This recorded webinar features a brief overview presentation that describes considerations for building a continuum of services and supports around infant and early childhood mental health in order to expand early childhood systems of care. Drawing on the work of former and current SOC grantees, facilitators discussed strategies for expanding infant and early childhood SOCs, and covered a range of services and supports that could be expanded in building early childhood SOCs. These included promotion and prevention approaches that support social-emotional development, and more intensive supports and services for young children with (or at-risk for) mental health diagnoses. … [Read more...] about Infusing infant and early childhood mental health into systems of care
Wraparound Supports
Supervision and Support of Youth and Parent Peer Support Providers – Best Practices and Lessons from the Field
This is a recording of an interactive presentation and discussion about effective supervision and support for the youth-peer and parent-peer workforce. Presenters shared models of supervision, best practices in supervisory approaches, and strategies to use when youth peer support providers and parent peer support providers are working with the same families. Participants received tools and templates used in the field, as well as additional helpful resources. LEARNING OBJECTIVES Learn about the scope of activities and roles for this unique workforce of youth and parent peer support providers.Gain a greater understanding of best practices in supervising youth and parent peer support providers, including effective supervisor approaches and coaching structures.Learn strategies from the field on how youth and parent peer support providers can work together to honor both the youth and parent voices within the family unit. … [Read more...] about Supervision and Support of Youth and Parent Peer Support Providers – Best Practices and Lessons from the Field
Building Bridges of Hope through Trauma-Informed Caregiver-School Partnerships Institute Session Part 2: Mental Health & Culture
Supporting children and youth with high emotional and behavioral needs is often lonely, overwhelming, complex, and not well-understood. As a caregiver, how do you navigate school services, child welfare, and other involved systems to get the support you need for your child? As school providers, how might we learn with families through their advocacy journeys? In this recorded webinar, participants came together to listen and learn from family advocates and colleagues in the field to deepen their practice, student-center their services, and make this work less lonely and more connected. Parents, caregivers, providers, educators, and all members of the school community were invited to join and strategize how to support each other while supporting students with emotional and behavioral health needs. … [Read more...] about Building Bridges of Hope through Trauma-Informed Caregiver-School Partnerships Institute Session Part 2: Mental Health & Culture
Building Bridges of Hope through Trauma-Informed Caregiver-School Partnerships – Institute Session Part 1: Supporting Children & Youth with High Emotional & Behavioral Needs
Supporting children and youth with high emotional and behavioral needs is often lonely, overwhelming, complex, and not well-understood. As a caregiver, how do you navigate school services, child welfare, and other involved systems to get the support you need for your child? As school providers, how might we learn with families through their advocacy journeys? In this recorded webinar, participants came together to listen and learn from family advocates and colleagues in the field to deepen their practice, student-center their services, and make this work less lonely and more connected. Parents, caregivers, providers, educators, and all members of the school community were invited to join and strategize how to support each other while supporting students with emotional and behavioral health needs. … [Read more...] about Building Bridges of Hope through Trauma-Informed Caregiver-School Partnerships – Institute Session Part 1: Supporting Children & Youth with High Emotional & Behavioral Needs
The Evolution of the System of Care Approach for Children, Youth, and Young Adults with Mental Health Conditions and Their Families
First introduced in the 1980s, the system of care approach aims to deliver culturally competent, individualized care that is coordinated across multiple systems. This framework is effective, but it requires periodic updates. This document builds on a 2010 update of the approach and responds to environmental changes, changes in health and human services delivery, experience, and new data. Specifically, it outlines necessary updates to the approach’s guiding principles, infrastructure, service array, and more. … [Read more...] about The Evolution of the System of Care Approach for Children, Youth, and Young Adults with Mental Health Conditions and Their Families