Online professional learning resources about supporting children's mental health in
the context of Early Childhood Services.
Not exact matches
Her areas
of research include cultural and situational
contexts of child development,
early childhood professional development, father - child relationships in urban communities, and
early childhood services for immigrant children and families.
We are foolish if we disconnect ourselves from community because we don't serve the children who we work with well by not helping them to understand that they are a part
of a community because what we know is that that will last those children for a very long time into the community and if they leave our
early childhood services feeling that they are a connected person and that there are people in that community who can help them if they get in trouble, and they also know that their families are part
of a community and that there are differences in that community which are beneficial and important and most importantly I think in the
context of contemporary
early childhood education we see it as an opportunity for children to feel that they can be active participants whose voices are heard.
The child is at the center and their development and learning occurs within the
context of relationships with family,
early childhood education and care
services, the community as well as other broader factors in society.
Findings suggest that yearly FCU
services within the
context of social, health, and educational
services in
early childhood can potentially prevent
early - onset trajectories
of antisocial behavior.
This might include upstream policies targeting levels
of socioeconomic inequality in society and a range
of comprehensive
early childhood interventions, potentially including a mix
of early health and home visiting
services, universal
early education opportunities, and programs and policies to promote the family relationship
context of the achievement gaps.
Home visiting, evidence - based parenting programmes and multicomponent interventions have been shown to be effective in other parts
of the world.45 Given the wide number
of contexts in which abuse occurs, these
services should be integrated with education, family health
services such as maternal health,
early childhood development, immunisations and adolescent health
services as suggested by a recent Child Maltreatment Readiness Assessment in South Africa.46
In particular, a tiered systems framework to the
service delivery
of school psychological
services is described as well as a description
of assessment, consultation, intervention, family support, and kindergarten transition activities school psychologists may play a central role within
early childhood education
contexts.
School psychologists are uniquely suited to enhance student outcomes in
early childhood special education
contexts because
of their ability to work across settings (home,
early childhood, and elementary school settings) and across key stakeholders (educational professionals, related
service providers, community members, and family members).