PPN Newsletter September 2009
Listed below are recent updates to the Promising Practices Network on Children, Families and Communities website (http://www.promisingpractices.net).
WHAT'S NEW
Newly added Resources and Tools page on High School Graduation
PPN has added a new Resources and Tools page on the topic of high school graduation. This new page includes links to data tables, fact sheets, seminal reports, and a variety of other resources that are among the best research-based materials available on this topic. More Resources and Tools pages are available on the topics of child abuse and neglect, childcare/preschool, low birth weight, mental health, and substance abuse.
See the High School Graduation Resources and Tools See all Resources and Tools topics
Brief examines the risks and barriers to effective treatment faced by children with socio-emotional problems
A new brief from the National Center for Children in Poverty, titled Social-Emotional Development in Early Childhood: What Every Policymaker Should Know, examines the prevalence of socio-emotional problems in early childhood and which family and environmental factors are associated with increased risk for these problems. Children in foster care, African-American children, and children of parents with mental illness are more likely to develop socio-emotional problems, yet these children are less likely to receive treatment for these issues. In fact, the brief's authors find that up to 97 percent of children ages three to five with identified socio-emotional needs do not receive services. Policy may play a role in this issue, for example, inadequate screening in this population is due in part to the reimbursement structure of Medicaid and other similar programs. The authors conclude the brief with policy recommendations for improving care in this population.
Read the brief at the National Center for Children in Poverty website
New model of community-based prevention shown to be effective at reducing high-risk behaviors in middle-school populations
Communities that Care, a community-based prevention program, has been shown to be effective at reducing initiation of alcohol and tobacco use among middle-school age children in 24 communities across 7 states. The program helped communities identify their particular risk factors, then facilitated the selection of evidence-based prevention programs aimed specifically at those factors. This unique prevention program shows that a strategy whereby communities tailor best practices to their own particular context can be effective at improving outcomes.
Read the news release at the National Institutes of Health website
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
Does Higher Quality Early Child Care Promote Low-Income Children's Math and Reading Achievement in Middle Childhood?
— Sep. 2009
Journal abstract at Child Development website
Early Emergence of Behavior and Social-Emotional Problems in Very Preterm Infants
— Sep. 2009
Innovative Community-Based Prevention System Reduces Risky Behavior in 10-14 Year Olds
— Sep. 2009
Prevalence and Trends of Severe Obesity Among U.S. Children and Adolescents
— Sep. 2009
Promoting Social-Emotional Wellbeing in Early Intervention Services: A Fifty-State View
— Sep. 2009
Rates and Correlates of Recurrent Psychiatric Crisis Episodes Among Children and Adolescents in State Custody
— Sep. 2009
The School Food Environment and Student Body Mass Index and Food Consumption: 2004 to 2007 National Data
— Sep. 2009
Social and Emotional Development in Early Childhood: What Every Policymaker Should Know
— Aug. 2009
From Time Out to Hard Time: Young Children in the Adult Criminal Justice System
— July 2009
Latino Children of Immigrants in the Child Welfare System: Prevalence, Characteristics, and Risk
— July 2009
Mental Health Needs of Low Income Children With Special Health Care Needs
— Apr. 2009
See all in this area » Children Ready for School
Does Higher Quality Early Child Care Promote Low-Income Children's Math and Reading Achievement in Middle Childhood?
— Sep. 2009
Early Emergence of Behavior and Social-Emotional Problems in Very Preterm Infants
— Sep. 2009
Promoting Social-Emotional Wellbeing in Early Intervention Services: A Fifty-State View
— Sep. 2009
Social and Emotional Development in Early Childhood: What Every Policymaker Should Know
— Aug. 2009
See all in this area » Children Succeeding in School
Does Higher Quality Early Child Care Promote Low-Income Children's Math and Reading Achievement in Middle Childhood?
— Sep. 2009
See all in this area » Strong Families
Rates and Correlates of Recurrent Psychiatric Crisis Episodes Among Children and Adolescents in State Custody
— Sep. 2009
Mental Health Needs of Low Income Children With Special Health Care Needs
— Apr. 2009
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