PPN Newsletter March 2008
Listed below are recent updates to the Promising Practices Network on Children, Families and Communities website (http://www.promisingpractices.net).
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Ask the Experts: Child Policy experts answer your questions about Baby Videos and Television
PPN is pleased to announce the launch of our new Ask the Experts feature. This new feature allows you to ask three leading child policy experts your questions on the topic of videos and television programming for children under two years old. Answers to selected questions will be posted on this site. Watch for an announcement in an upcoming PPN newsletter. More ask the expert topics are planned in the future, so be sure to check back for more. We are very excited about your participation, so please submit your question today!
Learn more and submit your question
PPN launches new Partner Page for Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children's Media
PPN is pleased to announce the launch of a new Partner Page for the Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children's Media. The mission of the Fred Rogers Center is to advance the fields of early learning and children's media by acting as a catalyst for communication, collaboration, and creative change. On this new page, you can find information and resources on the Center's priority issues, including media and its influence on early learning and child development, baby and infant television and videos, and guidelines for young children's media use.
See the Fred Rogers Center page
See all Partner PagesMore about PPN Network Members
RESEARCH IN BRIEF
Listed below are research summaries that have been added to the PPN site this month.
See all in this area » Healthy and Safe Children
Association Between Trauma Exposure and Smoking in a Population-Based Sample of Young Adults
— Mar. 2008
Journal abstract at Journal of Adolescent Health website
Prenatal Care Initiation Among Pregnant Teens in the United States: An Analysis Over 25 Years
— Mar. 2008
School Effects on Young People's Drug Use: A Systematic Review of Intervention and Observational Studies
— Mar. 2008
Content Analysis of Tobacco, Alcohol, and Other Drugs in Popular Music
— Feb. 2008
Delinquency Cases in Juvenile Courts, 2004
— Feb. 2008
Fact sheet at Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention website
Drug Offense Cases in Juvenile Courts, 1985-2004
— Feb. 2008
Haves and Have-Nots: A Look at Children's Use of Dental Care in California
— Feb. 2008
How Maternal, Family and Cumulative Risk Affect Absenteeism in Early Schooling: Facts for Policymakers
— Feb. 2008
The Over-Scheduling Myth
— Feb. 2008
Petitioned Status Offense Cases in Juvenile Courts, 2004
— Feb. 2008
Teens with Treatment-Resistant Depression More Likely to Get Better with Switch to Combination Therapy
— Feb. 2008
Unintentional Strangulation Deaths from the "Choking Game" Among Youths Aged 6-19 Years
— Feb. 2008
Ways to Promote the Positive Development of Children and Youth
— Feb. 2008
Behaviors of Youth Involved in the Child Welfare System
— Jan. 2008
Early Childhood Health Problems and Prevention Strategies: Costs and Benefits
— Jan. 2008
Foster Care and School Mental Health
— Jan. 2008
The Increasing Racial Disparity in Infant Mortality Rates: Composition and Contributors to Recent U.S. Trends
— Jan. 2008
The Longitudinal Association Between Substance Use and Delinquency Among High-Risk Youth
— Jan. 2008
Medicaid-Based Child Restraint System Disbursement and Education and the Vaccines for Children Program: Comparative Cost-Effectiveness
— Jan. 2008
Physical Abuse During Adolescence: Gender Differences in the Adolescents' Perceptions of Family Functioning and Parenting
— Jan. 2008
Preschoolers Benefit from Mental Health Screening
— Jan. 2008
Variety of Approaches Help Children Overcome Auditory Processing and Language Problems
— Jan. 2008
Building Bodies, Boosting Brains
— Winter 2008
Health Care Access and Utilization: Adolescents and Young Adults
— 2008
See all in this area » Children Ready for School
How Maternal, Family and Cumulative Risk Affect Absenteeism in Early Schooling: Facts for Policymakers
— Feb. 2008
Early Childhood Health Problems and Prevention Strategies: Costs and Benefits
— Jan. 2008
Preschoolers Benefit from Mental Health Screening
— Jan. 2008
Variety of Approaches Help Children Overcome Auditory Processing and Language Problems
— Jan. 2008
See all in this area » Children Succeeding in School
CORAL Initiative
— Feb. 2008
Drug Offense Cases in Juvenile Courts, 1985-2004
— Feb. 2008
How Maternal, Family and Cumulative Risk Affect Absenteeism in Early Schooling: Facts for Policymakers
— Feb. 2008
Instructional Time in Elementary Schools: A Closer Look at Changes for Specific Subjects
— Feb. 2008
The Over-Scheduling Myth
— Feb. 2008
Petitioned Status Offense Cases in Juvenile Courts, 2004
— Feb. 2008
Behaviors of Youth Involved in the Child Welfare System
— Jan. 2008
Early Childhood Health Problems and Prevention Strategies: Costs and Benefits
— Jan. 2008
Variety of Approaches Help Children Overcome Auditory Processing and Language Problems
— Jan. 2008
Building Bodies, Boosting Brains
— Winter 2008
See all in this area » Strong Families
Prenatal Care Initiation Among Pregnant Teens in the United States: An Analysis Over 25 Years
— Mar. 2008
How Maternal, Family and Cumulative Risk Affect Absenteeism in Early Schooling: Facts for Policymakers
— Feb. 2008
The Over-Scheduling Myth
— Feb. 2008
Ways to Promote the Positive Development of Children and Youth
— Feb. 2008
Behaviors of Youth Involved in the Child Welfare System
— Jan. 2008
Foster Care and School Mental Health
— Jan. 2008
Physical Abuse During Adolescence: Gender Differences in the Adolescents' Perceptions of Family Functioning and Parenting
— Jan. 2008
Health Care Access and Utilization: Adolescents and Young Adults
— 2008
ABOUT OUR SUPPORTERS
The Promising Practices Network appreciates the generosity of our supporting organizations:
Annie E. Casey Foundation
The California Wellness Foundation
Colorado Foundation for Families and Children
The Colorado Trust
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Family and Community Trust
Family Connection Partnership
Foundation Consortium for California's Children & Youth
Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children's Media, at Saint Vincent College
Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families (GCYF)
Kansas Action for Children
KidsOhio.org
New York State Office of Children & Family Services
RAND Corporation
The Spencer Foundation
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