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University of Minnesota
The mission of the Center of Excellence
in Children's Mental Health is to promote children's mental health
through collaborative action in the state of Minnesota that
effectively links research, practice, and policy.
The mission of the College of Education
and Human Development is to generate knowledge about teaching,
learning, and human development and to apply that knowledge to
improve education and development for all individuals.
The Children, Youth, and Family
Consortium at the University of Minnesota was
established during the Fall of 1991 to bring
together the varied competencies of the
University of Minnesota and the vital resources
of Minnesota's communities to enhance the ability
of individuals and organizations to address
critical health, education, and social policy
concerns in ways that improve the well-being of
Minnesota children, youth, and families.
The Institute of Child Development is an
internationally known premiere center pursuing
research on basic psychological processes
underlying the development of infants, children,
and youth, and on the applications of this
knowledge to improving the quality of human life.
The Institute is a part of the College of
Education and Human Development at the University
of Minnesota.
All About
Child Care: What Parents Need to Know is a 20-minute
video available on the ICD web site that provides an overview of
what child care is like for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers.
The video is intended to give parents or others who may be
looking for child care an idea of what options are available and
what they should be on the look out for in terms of finding high
quality care.
Department of Curriculum and
Instruction Courses
Of interest to professionals and graduate
students interested in working with parents and families:
The University of Minnesota is
offering graduate level parent education courses online. The parent education courses are graduate level and offered in
sequence beginning June of each year. The instructors and students are
immediately actively engaged together and build relationships as they
complete the sequence of courses. This program prepares parent
educators to work in Minnesota's Early Childhood Family Education
(ECFE) programs and other Minnesota settings in other states and
countries.
For more information about the online
parent education courses and licensure program, visit the
Curriculum and Instruction Parent and family education licensure web
page or contact Chris Buzzetta at 612-624-1294.
The Department of Educational
Psychology provides a sound base of knowledge in applied
psychology as it relates to educational issues. Students
prepare for careers in educational psychology or professions
in which they will work with children, youth, and adults who
have special needs.
Educational
psychology is the study of learning, memory, behavior, and
emotional well-being, usually within education contexts. Our
field exists in the interface between psychology and
education, and professionals from our field create new
knowledge about how to make schooling more effective.
The
Department of
Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences in the College of Liberal Arts at
the University of Minnesota offers internationally recognized
programs in speech-language-hearing sciences, audiology, and
speech-language pathology that provide outstanding opportunities
for undergraduate and graduate students to pursue academic and
clinical careers.
In all programs, the
Department strives to serve scholars within the University and
broader community with interwoven coursework, clinical, and
research experiences that enable students to better understand the
complexities of human communication across the lifespan, and to be
sensitive to the personal, social, academic, and vocational
consequences of difficulties in communication.
The Institute on Community Integration is a
University Centers for
Excellence in Developmental Disabilities
Education, Research, and Service [UCEDD]) located in the
College of Education and Human Development at the
University of Minnesota. Its mission is to
improve the quality and community orientation of
services and supports available to individuals
with developmental disabilities and their
families. The Institute carries out
interdisciplinary training, service and
consultation, research, and information
dissemination to address issues concerning
individuals with disabilities across the life
span.
The web site of the Minnesota Center Against
Violence and Abuse offers resources, references,
teaching aids, conferences, and hypertext links
examining issues of violence and abuse.
Child Abuse Prevention
Studies (CAPS): Building an Interdisciplinary
Perspective.
Located at Web site of
MINCAVA: Minnesota Center
Against Violence and Abuse Electronic
Clearinghouse, College of Human Ecology,
School of Social Work, University of Minnesota.
http://mincava.umn.edu/caps/bip.asp
This project is designed to build the
interdisciplinary nature of CAPS and bring
together a team of faculty experts in child abuse
prevention. The project will support a series of
lectures and seminars pertaining to child
abuse-related research and education.
This study at the Institute of
Child Development at the University of Minnesota began in 1975
and focuses on social relationship experiences: how people think
about their experiences, risk and protective factors, and issues
of continuity and change. The overreaching goal has been to
trace the course of individual development and to understand
factors that guide it toward good outcomes or poor outcomes,
studying how people develop at different points in their lives
and across diverse settings (school, home, social
relationships).
Byron Egeland,
Ph.D., is one of the investigators for this study.
The Initiative on Children, Youth,
and Families is sponsored by University of Minnesota President
Robert Bruininks and has three objectives to improve the quality
of life for children, youth, and families:
- develop and implement a
comprehensive communication strategy to advance knowledge
and raise public awareness of the issues and challenges
facing children, youth, and families;
- engage the expertise and
commitment of new and ongoing University-community
partnerships to identify solutions to challenges facing
children, youth, and families; and
- establish new, and expand
existing, areas of research and academic exploration through
a rigorous interdisciplinary agenda to improve the education
and quality of life of children, youth, and families.
The major educational outreach arm of the
University of Minnesota, with offices in every
county of the state. Campus-based extension
specialists work with county-based extension
educators to deliver educational programs through
meetings, demonstrations, workshops,
publications, and electronic delivery methods
such as interactive TV, satellite
teleconferences, and computer networks.
Family Development
Develops and implements programs that foster
the empowerment of families in our
communities. Specialists across the state
emphasize parenting, fathering, divorce
issues, alternatives to physical punishment,
and violence/abuse prevention.
University of Minnesota
School of Nursing
http://www.nursing.umn.edu/
The School of Nursing's vision is to be a leader
in knowledge development and dissemination in
selected areas of excellence in order to promote
health and care of people. Their mission is to
generate and disseminate knowledge for improving
nursing care.
Community
The Center for Inclusive Child Care is a
comprehensive resource network for promoting
and supporting inclusive early childhood and
school age programs and providers. This
network provides leadership, administrative
support, training, and consultation to early
care and education providers, school age
care providers, parents, and the
professionals who support providers and
parents of children with special needs.
CICC has a variety of self-study courses via
distance learning online. Visit the
CICC Learning Center to read more about
these courses and how to register.
Make sure
to take a look at the
CICC Newsletter, including the Nov/Dec
2005 issue with an article by Dea Anderson
that asks the question "How can I promote
positive behaviors among the children in my
care?"
10 Yorkton Court, St. Paul, MN, 55117-1065. The library is open from
8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m Monday through Friday; 6:00pm to 9:00pm when
evening classes are scheduled. The librarian can be reached at 651-641-3544
or at
library@resourcesforchildcare.org.
Some of the library's resources are included
on our project web page for
Partnership to Address Violence through
Education (PAVE).
Eager to Learn
Eager
to Learn is an internet-based learning program for people who
care for young children. Through online interactive classes,
explore opportunities for parents to learn new information and
resources as well as share their knowledge and experiences with
other parents, all from the warmth of their own home.
Folwell Center
for Urban Initiatives" (Folwell Center).
Folwell Center pursues a comprehensive,
creative and cross-neighborhood approach
to address issues confronting North
Minneapolis. Programs and projects are
mutually supportive and interdependent,
utilizing multiple strategies of crime
prevention and intervention, facilitation
of multi-jurisdictional coordination,
youth development, education, family
support and community-based academic
research. Folwell Center operates a
community and economic development (CED)
and a cluster of programs under the
auspices of the
4th Precinct CARE Task Force (CARE Task).
In
late 2004, Hennepin County and the
University of Minnesota launched the
Hennepin-University Partnership as an
initiative to capture value for both
organizations through a more strategic
collaboration--connecting the two
organizations where mutual benefit can be
found. The Partnership includes
collaboration on important community-based
research, sharing of academic and
practitioner expertise, and providing
students with field experience. The vision
is to make the connection between the
state's premier research institution and
largest county more strategic--to build from
existing and historical collaborations
towards a sustained and productive
relationship--"connecting where it counts."
The Hennepin-University Partnership web site
is a tool for facilitating collaboration by
providing information regarding upcoming
events, past and current collaborative
projects, topical meetings, how to find
academic and practitioner expertise, and how
to connect and work with students.
An
employer-led project to drive regional
efforts to keep the Twin Cities economy and
quality of life competitive with other
regions, including the goal to improve early
childhood development.
The mission of MnAEYC is to promote
the professional growth and development of those who are
committed to the care and education of young children.
The Minnesota Legislative Early Childhood Caucus was formed in
2002. The purpose of the caucus is to influence and shape public
policies that impact Minnesota's youngest children, their
families, and caregivers. The caucus seeks to educate
legislators, create dialogue, build consensus, and provide
direction for legislative action. The caucus is open to all
members of the Minnesota Legislature. The ECC web site includes
an updated
membership list of the Early Childhood Caucus and other
information.
Summaries
of Early Childhood Caucus Community Forums
MnBEL emphasizes awareness around an array of
early learning issues, identifies and promotes best practices
in the workplace, and impacts public policy. Regarding the
preparedness of five year olds, the goal of the council is to
recruit business support for early learning/school
readiness in order to leverage corporate corporate resources
on behalf of our youngest children and their families.
The Minnesota Department of
Education works to help communities to measurably improve the
well-being of children through programs that focus on education,
community services, prevention, and the preparation of young
people for the world of work. All department efforts emphasize
the achievement of positive results for children and their
families.
Minnesota Parents
Know. Trusted parenting information, resources and
activities to help your children grow, develop, and learn from
birth through high school.
Online Trainings. MDE has recorded trainings specifically
for online learning. Click on the Recorded Training Sessions
link under "Attend a Session." Recorded training sessions
include:
- Appropriate
Services for Young English Language Learners.
Maintaining a child's native language, working with
bilingual paraprofessionals, involving parents, literacy
strategies, and using the Work Sampling System with young
English language learners. Trainer Lillian Duran.
- Becoming Familiar
with Early Childhood Indicators of Progress (ECIPs).
Introduction for Teachers and Administrators. Trainer Nancy
Wallace.
- Learning to Use
the Work Sampling System. A series of five modules that
cover all areas of using the Work Sampling System. Trainers
Nancy Wallace, Sandy Benson, and Jonathan Fribley.
The Minnesota Department of Health is responsible
for protecting, maintaining and improving the
health of Minnesotans.
Minnesota Healthy
Beginnings
Minnesota Healthy Beginnings (MHB) is a
universally offered home visiting program for
all expectant parents and families with new
babies, regardless of income or risk status.
The Minnesota Department of
Human Services helps people meet their basic needs by
providing or administering health care coverage, economic
assistance, and a variety of services for children, people
with disabilities and older Minnesotans.
The Minnesota Child Care Resource
and Referral Network is a statewide organization of 19
community-based child care resource and referral agencies that
work to build a diverse, high-quality child care system
accessible to all Minnesota families. Detailed information on
child care is available through a child care resource and
referral service in your area.
The Minnesota Literacy Council (MLC)
is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving literacy
throughout the state. The MLC offers literacy services for
adults and at-risk children, native-English speakers and
recent immigrants, and urban and rural residents.
The National
Alliance on Mental Illness of Minnesota (NAMI-MN)
is a non-profit organization dedicated to
improving the lives of adults and children
with mental illness and their families. NAMI-MN
offers programs of education, support and
advocacy, and supports research efforts.
The mission of
Prevent Child Abuse Minnesota is to prevent
child abuse and neglect by promoting
positive parenting, healthy families, and
supportive communities where children are
respected and valued.
Project Exceptional Minnesota is a
statewide network for promoting and supporting inclusive early
childhood and school-age programs and providers in Minnesota.
This network provides leadership, administrative support,
training and consultation to early care and education providers,
school-age care providers, parents, and the professionals who
support providers and parents of children with special needs.
The Mission of Ramsey Action
Programs, Inc. is to mobilize community resources to reduce
poverty in Ramsey and Washington Counties. Ramsey Action
Programs, Inc. is a private, non-profit agency offering a
wide variety of services to low-income people living in
Ramsey and Washington Counties.
Parents In Community Action, Inc.
(PICA) is a private, non-profit agency designated by the federal
government to operate Head Start and Early Head Start programs
in Hennepin County, Minnesota. PICA serves nearly 2,500 children
and families and offers a variety of programs and services for
children and families in addition to Head Start and Early Head
Start.
Ready 4 K seeks to unite
Minnesota's parents, communities, organizations, and
policymakers to act and advocate for school readiness. Ready 4 K
is engaged in a public awareness campaign highlighting the
importance of school readiness and is working to improve
parents' and other's efforts to prepare young children for
kindergarten. In cooperation with many leaders in the early care
and education fields, Ready 4 K also helps develop policy
proposals that integrate the early childhood system, enhance
parent education, and improve professional early care and
education.
Located in the western suburbs of Minneapolis,
St. David's offers a variety of early childhood
services to special needs and typically
developing young children and their families.
Supporting professionals who
educate, advocate, and care for children, youth, and families
Also check out their
newsletter
The mission of Sheltering Arms is
to enhance the lives of children and help them reach their full
potential, especially those experiencing barriers to success. As
a grantmaking organization, the Foundation supports programs
benefiting children and their families in Minnesota who are most
vulnerable, have least access to resources, and are least likely
to have a wide array of choices about their future.
Way to Grow helps parents prepare
their young children for success in school by supporting and
educating parents in their role as their child's first and most
important teacher. Way To Grow is a school readiness program
that uses home visitors to promote learning of both parents and
children.
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American Academy of Pediatrics
(AAP)
http://www.aap.org/
The American Academy of Pediatrics provides
general information and research on children's
physical health and topics related to children's
health.
Attachment Theory and
Research at Stonybrook
http://www.johnbowlby.com
This Web site at State University of New York
Stonybrook includes reports of attachment theory
and research by Bowlby and Ainsworth. Also
included are a library of attachment researchers'
publication lists, attachment measures for
infant-mother, childhood, parenting, and marriage
research.
Autism Information Center,
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/dd/ddautism.htm
This center focuses on activities
and resources which are considered best practice for individuals
with autism spectrum disorders.
Center for Mental
Health Services Knowledge Exchange Network (KEN)
http://www.Mentalhealth.org/
CMHS leads federal efforts to treat mental
illnesses by promoting mental health and by
preventing the development or worsening of mental
illness when possible. Congress created CMHS to
bring new hope to adults who have serious mental
illnesses and to children with serious emotional
disorders. CMHS was established under the 1992
ADAMHA Reorganization Act, Public Law 102-321,
that mandates CMHS' leadership role in delivering
mental health services, generating and applying
new knowledge, and establishing national mental
health policy. CMHS is a component of the
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA), U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services.
Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC)
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss5104a1.htm
The CDC released data from its most recent Youth
Risk Behavior Survey study on June 28, 2002.
Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance—United
States, 2001 reports data, collected February to
December 2001.
Child Trends
http://www.childtrends.org/Files/K2Brief.pdf
Child Trends, one of the most reliable sources
for research studies related to children, has
issued "Encouraging Teens to Adopt a Safe,
Healthy Lifestyle: A Foundation for Improving
Future Adult Behaviors". This report is part
of a series on American teens. Of particular
interest are summary tables that review the
research literature and report findings on what
works and what doesn't.
Children Now
http://www.childrennow.org/
Children Now uses research and mass
communications to make the well being of children
a top priority across the nation.
Children's Defense Fund
http://www.cdf-mn.org
The Children's Defense
Fund-Minnesota (CDF-MN) was established to improve the lives of
Minnesota's children and their families and to provide a voice
for children of Minnesota. Their mission is to bring the needs
of children to the attention of the general public and to
provide a voice for children of Minnesota. Their mission is to
bring the needs of children to the attention of the general
public and policymakers through research, education, and
advocacy.
Common Sense Media
http://commonsensemedia.org
Common Sense Media is an
independent non-profit organization dedicated to helping
families make the best media choices for their kids.
Early Childhood Australia
http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au
Early Childhood Australia Inc. (ECA),
formerly known as the Australian Early
Childhood Association, was established in 1938. ECA works with
Government, early childhood professionals, parents, other carers
of young children, and various lobby groups to secure the best
range of options and outcomes for children as they grow and
develop. Social justice and equity are the cornerstones
of ECA’s advocacy and publications programs. As a non-profit,
non-partisan organization, ECA is in an ideal position to
challenge the status quo and campaign for change. As a leading
early childhood publisher, we aim to identify and promote best
practice.
A guide to the best education
sites on the Web, over 8000 indexed education websites sorted by
subject and life stage so you can find what you're looking for
quickly and easily.
KIDS COUNT
http://www.aecf.org/kidscount
KIDS COUNT, a project of the Annie E. Casey
Foundation, is a national and state-by-state
effort to track the status of children in the
United States. By providing policymakers and
citizens with benchmarks of child well-being,
KIDS COUNT seeks to enrich local, state, and
national discussions concerning ways to secure
better futures for all children.
Maternal and Child Health
Master of Public Health Degree
http://www.epi.umn.edu/epi_pages/academic/mph_mch.html#top
Information about this degree
offered by the University of Minnesota School of Public Health,
Division of Epidemiology.
Midwest Association for
the Education of Young Children (MWAEYC)
http://www.mwaeyc.org/
The Midwest AEYC is a collaboration among AEYC
members in 12 states located in the Midwest
region. With a combined membership of over
26,000, the organization supports a broad array
of early childhood professionals. Members work
with and advocate for young children (birth
through age 8) in a variety of roles, such as
caregivers, preschool and primary teachers,
administrators, college and university
professors, child care providers, teacher
trainers, state and local agency professionals,
and many others.
Minnesota KIDS
Initiative
http://www.mnkids.org
The Minnesota KIDS (K-Child Health and Well-Being
Indicators Data Set) Initiative was established
to strive to improve the accessibility of
existing children and youth's health,
educational, and social well-being indicators at
the state and local levels in Minnesota, and to
provide training in the use of KIDS data to
influence public policy and track the effects of
welfare reform.
Minnesota Licensed
Family Child Care Association
http://www.mlfcca.org
The Minnesota Licensed Family Child Care
Association is a professional family child care
organization of licensed family child care
providers serving children and family child care
providers. Their mission is to support the
highest standard of care for children in licensed
family child care homes through education,
resources, recognition, and advocacy, while
acknowledging the diversity of licensed family
child care providers.
Mt. Hope Family
Center, University of Rochester (NY)
http://www.psych.rochester.edu/research/mhfc
National Association
for the Education of Young Children
http://www.naeyc.org/
The National Association for the Education of
Young Children (NAEYC) is the nation's largest
and most influential organization of early
childhood educators and others dedicated to
improving the quality of programs for children
from birth through third grade. Founded in 1926,
NAEYC has over 103,000 members and a national
network of nearly 450 local, state, and regional
Affiliates. NAEYC Affiliate Groups work to
improve professional practice and working
conditions in early childhood and to build public
support for high quality early childhood
programs.
National Center for
Education in Maternal and Child Health (NCEMCH)
http://www.ncemch.org
Children with
Special Health Care Needs Knowledge Path
Databases, bibliographies, organization
lists, project descriptions, electronic
discussion lists, downloadable electronic
publications, and Web sites selected for
high-quality information. It is aimed at
policymakers, health professionals, and
researchers who are interested in tracking
current information on children with special
health care needs.
Additional
knowledge paths at NCEMCH on key maternal and
child health topics include
Adolescent Violence
Prevention,
Child Health
Insurance and Access to Care,
Infant Mortality, and
Oral Health and
Children.
National Center on
Fathers and Families
http://www.ncoff.gse.upenn.edu
The National Center on Fathers and Families
(NCOFF) was established in 1994 at the Graduate
School of Education, University of Pennsylvania
with core support from the Annie E. Casey
Foundation. An interdisciplinary policy research
center, NCOFF is dedicated to research and
practice that expands the knowledge base on
father involvement and family development, and
that informs policy designed to improve the
well-being of children.
National Child Care Information
and Technical Assistance Center
http://nccic.org
The National Child Care Information
Center (NCCIC), a service of the Child Care Bureau,
Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services, is a national resource that links
information and people to complement, enhance, and promote the
child care delivery system, working to ensure that all children
and families have access to high-quality comprehensive services.
National Early
Childhood Technical Assistance System (NECTAS)
http://www.nectas.unc.edu
NECTAS was established in 1987 under the
Education of the Handicapped Act
(EHA)—renamed as the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This federal
legislation created two programs to build
statewide systems of services for young children
with disabilities and their families: the Early
Intervention Program for Infants and Toddlers
with Disabilities, for children birth through two
years of age; and the Preschool Grants Program,
for children three through five years of age. The
NECTAS role is to support these watershed
programs by contributing to the nation's
initiative to promote the optimal development of
all children, including those with disabilities
and other special needs, and to foster the full
participation of these children in family and
community life.
National Institute on
Media and the Family
http://www.mediafamily.org/
The National Institute on Media and the Family,
founded by David Walsh, Ph.D., is a national
resource for teachers, parents, community
leaders, and other caring adults who are
interested in the influence of electronic media
on early childhood education, child development,
academic performance, culture, and media. The
Institute offers a number of unique resources
including movie, television and video game
content ratings; media awareness programs; and
helpful hints for parents and families to
evaluate their media use.
National Network for
Child Care
http://www.nncc.org/
The National Network for Child Care offers child
care information from America's leading public
colleges and universities. The Network publishes Connections
Newsletter.
Connections
Newsletter
Newsletter series for child care
professionals
Neurons to
Neighborhoods
http://books.nap.edu/books/0309069882/html/
This National Academy Press Web site contains the
full text and ordering information for the book Neurons
to Neighborhoods, the product of a
two-and-a-half-year project during which a
committee evaluated and integrated the current
science of early childhood development.
Parent Advocacy
Coalition for Educational Rights (PACER)
http://www.pacer.org/
PACER is a nonprofit organization with programs
that help parents become informed and effective
representatives for their children in early
childhood, school-age and vocational settings.
PACER Center has published a series
of brochures and accompanying handouts to help school districts
tell families of young children about early intervention and
early childhood special education services, funded by the
Minnesota Department of Education. The materials are in Hmong,
Spanish, Somali, and Russian as well as English.
Visit the PACER web site to
download copies of these brochures and handouts at
http://pacer.org/parent/childhood/.
Positive Behavior Support
for Young Children (PBSYC)
http://www.cenmi.org/pbsyc
PBS provides a framework to think
about behavior concerns in order to understand the impact of the
learning environment.
Rand Corporation Child
Policy Research Area
http://www.rand.org/research_areas/children/
RAND Child Policy serves as a gateway to RAND research on
children's issues from prenatal to age 18, and provides easy
access to objective information that will help improve policy
and decisionmaking.
Research and Training
Center for Children's Mental Health
http://rtckids.fmhi.usf.edu/
The mission of the Research and Training Center
(RTC) at the University of South Florida, Tampa,
is to improve services for children and
adolescents with serious emotional disabilities
(SED) and their families by strengthening the
knowledge base for effective services and systems
of care. The Center is seeking to achieve this
mission through an integrated set of research,
training, and dissemination activities. The
Research and Training Center for Children's
Mental Health is jointly funded by the National
Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation
Research and the Center for Mental Health
Services.
Research and Training Center on Early
Childhood Development
http://www.researchtopractice.info/
The mission of the Research
and Training Center (RTC) on Early Childhood Development is to
promote and enhance the healthy development of infants,
toddlers, and preschoolers with or at risk for developmental
delays or disabilities. The RTC was established to create a
bridge between research evidence and early childhood
intervention practices. This website is designed specifically
for parents, therapists, early childhood educators, and early
interventionists, as well as researchers. The website includes
information about effective practices based on research.
TANF PHN Home Visiting
Program
http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/fh/mch/homevisit
The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
(TANF) Public Health Nurse (PHN) Home Visiting
Program promotes health and self-sufficiency for
some of Minnesota's most vulnerable families. The
Program works by offering eligible families the
opportunity to receive home visits by a public
health nurse and trained home visitors. The TANF
PHN Home Visiting Program can offer families a
wide range of services, information, and
resources to help them provide a healthy start
for their children and to become self-sufficient.
Touchpoints
http://www.touchpoints.org
The Brazelton Touchpoints Center (BTC) is a
training organization at the Child Development
Unit, Children's Hospital, Boston. The BTC offers
a training program based on the work of Dr. T.
Berry Brazelton which combines relationship
building and child development into a framework
that professionals can use to enhance their work
with families.
Toward Better Mental
Health
http://www.dhs.state.mn.us/mental_health/tbmh/default.asp
The Department of Human Services (DHS), the
Department of Health, and other state agencies
have begun working together on this initiative.
The goals of this effort are: to increase our
understanding of mental health needs and the
community infrastructure, both formal and
informal, necessary to meet those needs; to
strengthen state agency partnerships with
stakeholders so we can better serve adults and
children with mental illness; and to reshape the
role of DHS, as the state's mental health
authority, in delivering those services.
Training Center on
Family Support and Children's Mental Health
http://www.rtc.pdx.edu/
The Research and Training Center on Family
Support and Children's Mental Health was
established in 1984 at Portland State University,
Portland, Oregon with funding from the National
Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation
Research (NIDRR), U.S. Department of Education,
and the Center for Mental Health Services,
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services, U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services. The
Center is dedicated to promoting effective
community-based, culturally competent,
family-centered services for families and their
children who are, or may be affected by mental,
emotional or behavioral disorders. This goal is
accomplished through collaborative research
partnerships with family members, service
providers, policymakers, and other concerned
persons.
Info-U Consumer
Link (Families and Parenting)
http://www.extension.umn.edu/info-u
Answers questions about families and
parenting
Washington Learning Systems
http://www.walearning.com
Free reproducible language and
early literacy activities in English and Spanish
World Association for
Infant Mental Health
http://www.msu.edu/user/waimh/
The World Association for Infant Mental Health is
an interdisciplinary and international
association that, among many other goals,
promotes education, research, and study of the
effects of mental, emotional, and social
development during infancy on later normal and
psychopathological development.
Zero to Three National
Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families
http://www.zerotothree.org/
Zero
to Three is the nation's leading resource on the
first three years of life. National non-profit
charitable organization whose mission is to
strengthen and support families, practitioners
and communities to promote the healthy
development of babies and toddlers.
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