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Parents as Leaders in Early Childhood: Creating Change so ALL Children Succeed

SPAN- START Project Regional Conferences- April 2016

What is Happening for Infants and

Young Children in New Jersey?:

What Parents Need to KnowAdam DiBella, MSCE, M.Ed., IMH-E IV and

Lorri Sullvan, M.Ed, IMH-E IV

Center for Autism and Early Childhood Mental Health

A LOT IS HAPPENING!!!! Some of the picture!

New Jersey Council for Young Children

Race to the Top- Early Learning Challenge

Central Intake Units

Essex Project LAUNCH

County Councils for Young Children

Grow NJ KIDS and Regional Technical Assistance Centers

The Pyramid Model

Keeping Babies and Children in Mind

NJ-AIMH Competency Guidelines and Endorsement System

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Some Sobering Facts

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Children who are identified as hard to manage at ages 3 and 4 have a high probability (50:50) of continuing to have difficulties into adolescence(Campbell & Ewing, 1990; Egeland et al., 1990; Fischer, Rolf, Hasazi, & Cummings, 1984). 4

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Of the young children who show early signs of

challenging behavior, it has been estimated

that fewer than 10% receive services for these

difficulties.

(Kazdin & Kendall, 1998) 5

Preschool children are three

times more likely to be

“expelled” then children in

grades K-12

(Gilliam, 2005)6

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Why Focus on Social Emotional

Development?

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Imagine that you had all the resources that you need to make this community a great place to live and a great place to raise kids. . .

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Infant Mental HealthInfant and early childhood mental health

is concerned with the optimal physical, social, emotional, and cognitive development of the young child (birth through eight years old) within the context of his/her family.

It also investigates and honors the relationships – in the home and community - that are considered crucial to the child’s neurological, physical, emotional, and social development which are the foundation for all later developmental progress.

Infant Mental HealthInfant and early childhood mental health

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Least attention is paid to early relationships that form the human

mind and brain

In 2010, the New Jersey Council for Young Children was created by Executive

Order to serve as the Governor’s State Advisory

Council for Early Education and Care as authorized

under the Improving Head Start for School Readiness

Act of 2007.

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Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge

$44.3 Million for NJ

Purpose: to improve program quality and services coordination for infants, young children and their families to

maximize infants and young children’s learning and development, starting during pregnancy

County Councils for Young Children

County-level parent-led Councils for Young Children in all 21 counties

Funding supports early education systems development

Forum for parents/families and other community stakeholders

Identify/discuss the needs, concerns, aspirations and successes regarding health, education and well-being of their children

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Parent Leadership

LEADERSHIP is a combination of Mindset, Behaviors,

Skills, and a Cause.

LEADERSHIP is more

an Attitude

than it is a

Position.

Central Intake Units

Why is Central Intake Important?

Integrate health care, child care, education and family support services - Pregnancy to age 8… such as Home Visiting, Improving Pregnancy Outcomes, Help Me Grow, and Project Launch and other community-based services…

Central tracking reduces duplication of services

Support families to… improve prenatal care, birth outcomes, early learning, medical home, preventative care and other supports

Strengthen communities to… prevent Infant Mortality and Child Abuse & Neglect

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Essex Project LAUNCH Programs and Initiatives

- Newark, Irvington, East Orange, Orange

NJ Project Launch

Essex Parenting and Pregnancy Connections (EPPC) - Essex County Central Intake – access and linkages to EC programs and services

Educating Physicians in the Community (EPIC) - promotion of developmental screening within (5) Physician Practices

Promoting healthy social emotional development through Evidence Based Practices (EBPs): Montclair State University - Circle of Security, Zippy’s Friends & Brazelton

Touch points Family Connections - Incredible Years MCH Partnership - Active Parenting La Casa de Don Pedro - Legacy for Children

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Common standards across all

of our agencies through Grow

NJ Kids, our Quality Rating

Improvement System!

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Grow NJ Kids

http://www.grownjkids.com/Welcome

Road map to achieving quality for early learning and care providers

Sequenced levels of evidence-based practices in health, family and community engagement, early learning and assessment, workforce development and administrative practices

Assistance and resources to help sites progress through the 5 levels

Incentives for participation

Rating processes

Evaluation of efficacy of the system

Outreach to ensure provider and family participation

Keeping Babies and Children in Mind- KCBMState-supported

May 2014- and ongoing. Center for Autism and Early Childhood

Mental Health at Montclair State University offers a series of trainings

for professionals who work with infants, toddlers, young children and

their families (pregnancy thru age eight), initially in the 10 counties

most affected by Superstorm Sandy, now statewide.

Staff from all sectors of public and private infant/child/school and

family programs are invited to attend, including home visiting,

childcare centers, Early Head Start/Head Start, Early Intervention,

family child care providers, preschools, Family Outreach Program,

Parent Linking Program, Project TEACH, Family Success Centers,

elementary schools, and child welfare offices.

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Goals of KBCM

To “raise the floor” of knowledge and practice for all who work with infants, toddlers, children and families.

To emphasize the interpersonal process – especially affect, gesture, movement, pacing, voice – in promoting human development AND in responding to infants, children and families surrounding trauma.

To provide core knowledge in 7 critical domains of “knowing”

To promote “transformative” thinking and acting in participants.

21 Hours SeriesSeven, 3-hour sessions

1. In the Beginning: What Happens Early Matters

2. Infant and Early Childhood Development

3. The Language of Behavior

4. Encountering Early Stress and the Power of Meaningful Connections

5. Relationship-based Practices

6. Me, My Family, My Community

7. Reflective Practices: Caring for Ourselves

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Next

HERE WE ARE!!! KBCM continues and has expanded

statewide

Integrated with Pyramid Model work in NJ and the TA/Grow NJ Kids (QRIS) system unfolding in NJ.

IMH Endorsements are growing

Part of a growing IECMH/S-E system in NJ!

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http://csefel.vanderbilt.edu/

The Pyramid Model

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Evolution of The Teaching Pyramid

Supportive Environments

Building Positive Relationships with

Children, Families and Other Professionals

Social Emotional

Teaching Strategies

(PBS)

Individualized

Intensive Interventions

Tertiary

Secondary

Universal

The Pyramid Model

CSEFEL

The Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early

Learning (CSEFEL) is focused on promoting the social emotional

development and school readiness of young children birth to

age 5. CSEFEL was a national resource center funded by the

Office of Head Start and Child Care Bureau for disseminating

research and evidence-based practices to early childhood

programs across the country.

Housed at Vanderbilt University, it remains as the Pyramid Model

following the end of the CSEFEL funding.

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To promote the Pyramid Model

throughout New Jersey

In 2015- A Cadre of 12 Master Trainers were trained in the Pyramid Model. This includes targeted education in four domains:

Infants

Preschool

Families

Coaching

Currently, under the leadership of the Center for Autism and Early Childhood Mental Health at Montclair State University

Three levels of delivery: 6-hour Pyramid Model Framework Overview; Demonstration Classroom Sites, and Pyramid Model Implementation Sites

Introduction to the New Jersey Association for Infant Mental Health

Endorsement System (NJ-AIMH IMH-E®)

ENDORSEMENT FOR CULTURALLY SENSITIVE, RELATIONSHIP-

FOCUSED PRACTICE PROMOTING INFANT MENTAL HEALTH

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The New Jersey Association for Infant

Mental Health (NJ–AIMH)

The New Jersey Association for Infant Mental Health is the

statewide organization for multidisciplinary professionals

who work to support the relational and emotional

development of families from pregnancy through early

childhood.

We promote the formation and development of

multidisciplinary professionals in this field, create

supportive partnerships with families, and collaborate

with state-wide stakeholders to advance policies

towards the betterment of infants, toddlers, young

children and their families in New Jersey.

What is the intent of Endorsement?

The intent of the NJ-AIMH Endorsement (IMH-E®) is to recognize and document the development of infant and family professionals within an organized system of culturally sensitive, relationship-based, infant mental health learning and work experiences.

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NJ-AIMH

Four Levels

of the New Jersey Association for Infant Mental Health Culturally Sensitive, Relationship-focused Competency Guidelines and Endorsement System for

Work with Infants, Toddlers, Children, Parents, Other Caregivers and Families.

(Level I) (Level II) Level III) (Level IV)

Infant Family Associate

Infant Family Specialist

Infant Mental Health

Specialist

Infant Mental Health

Mentor

Regional Technical Assistance CentersSupporting GROW NJ KIDS

Prevent Child Abuse New Jersey (PCANJ - Northeast and Central Regions – Colleen Hicks

Central New Jersey Family Heath Consortium -Northern Region - Eve Robinson)

Atlantic County Women’s Shelter - Southern Region -Dana Hicks

Supported by the MSU Center for Autism and Early Childhood Mental Health in the areas of Socio-Emotional

Development and Inclusion/Individual Differences!

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So remember:

5 Ideas Worth Rejecting About Infants

and Young Children!

They’re too young.

They’ll get over it

They won’t notice the difference.

They’ll get used to it.

They’ll never remember.

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Center for Autism and Early

Childhood Mental Health

Montclair State University

College of Education and Human Services

14 Normal Avenue

Montclair State University

Montclair, New Jersey 07043

973-655-6675

Fax: 973-655-5376

Email: costag@mail.montclair.edu

Website: www.montclair.edu