Meaningful community partners for supporting
diverse young children and families may also include ethnic or culture specific resources such as: outreach programs, relocation programs, natural healers, faith - based and religious organizations, and cultural community leaders.
To be meaningful resources for
diverse young children and families, referral agencies should be culturally and linguistically competent to serve diverse communities.
Mental health consultants may choose to become an advocate or active participant in efforts to build the capacity of communities to better serve
diverse young children and families.
Not exact matches
Choosing the best foreign language instruction for your
child Trends As
families and communities become more
diverse, foreign language instruction is becoming more common for kids at
young ages.
Overall, programs, policies,
and research need to reflect
diverse fatherhood experiences, as they allow us to understand the ways in which culturally specific parenting practices are beneficial to
young children,
and family as a whole.
The secret to juggling
diverse obligations like research, book projects, teaching,
and family life with two
young children, observes Johnson, is being organized
and transitioning quickly from one type of work to another.
Family time has decreased; many women with
young children are working outside of the home; society is more
diverse; income inequity is growing —
and technology access widens the gap; drugs, crime, disease,
and poverty make the world a dangerous place for
children and families.
These questions include the potential value of having a socially
and economically
diverse group of
children together prior to kindergarten; supporting
families with working parents who require full - day care
and education for their
young children;
and where best to serve
children with special needs whose early education costs already are fully assumed (regardless of
family income) by the public schools (based on the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act [IDEA]-RRB-.
So what role is there for religiously trained people — chaplains — to be endorsed by the federal government as the only personnel that they will fund to provide advice
and care to
children from
diverse cultural, religious
and ethnic backgrounds in need — to
young people struggling with issues of sexual orientation
and identity, with bullying or
family violence, death
and trauma?
Positive
family - program connections have been linked to greater academic motivation, grade promotion,
and socio - emotional skills across all types of
young children, including those from
diverse ethnic
and socioeconomic backgrounds.Sandra L. Christenson, «
Families and Schools: Rights, Responsibilities, Resources,
and Relationships,» The Transition to Kindergarten, ed.
The journal publishes on
diverse topics related to literacy, including: reading, writing, speaking, listening, visual literacy, digital literacy, adolescent literacy, assessment, intervention,
family and adult literacy, literature for
children and young adults,
and professional development
and teacher education in literacy.
This brief highlights research that can inform policies to expand the capacity of early care
and education programs to promote parent engagement in linguistically
diverse families with
young children.
This is evident at each of the PAW Team's clinics, as
diverse crowds of people, including
families with
children in strollers,
young people, individual adults, seniors,
and the disabled, some with canes or walkers, some in wheelchairs wait in line for their turn to be seen.
«I am a licensed psychologist whose professional mission is to provide evidence - based treatments to
children, adolescents,
young adults,
and families of
diverse cultures
and backgrounds.
She is also a registered
family mediator
and child consultant with extensive experience working with parents,
children and young people from
diverse families, including separated, step -
and single parent
families.
The contributors to this issue of Zero to Three illustrate the
diverse settings
and situations that early childhood professionals confront in their work with
young children and families: A busy morning in a pediatric clinic; the traumatic aftermath of domestic violence; guiltridden parents worried about the health of their infant; mothers with severe psychiatric disorders; reflective supervision in an early intervention program;
and peer - group support for enhancing social
and emotional development in
child care settings.
Highest priority is given to vulnerable
children,
young people
and their
families including those from Indigenous or culturally
and linguistically
diverse backgrounds,
children and families in contact with the
child protection system,
and young people transitioning from out - of - home care.
Recognize
and respond to
diverse values, beliefs, practices
and expectations related to
child development, emotional health
and well - being
and child rearing practices of
young children, their
families and program staff,
and
The method is particularly relevant to early childhood mental health consultants who face the challenges of working with
families and young children of
diverse cultures
and helping staff
and families to negotiate
and dialogue cultural differences.
Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation: Applying Central Tenets Across
Diverse Practice Settings Ash, Mackrain, & Johnston (2013) Zero to Three, 33 (5) View Abstract Illustrates how front - line staff capacity can recognize, interpret,
and support
young children's
and family's social, emotional
and behavior health care needs in early care
and educational setting, a domestic violence shelter, any pediatric primary care utilizing early childhood mental health consultation (ECMHC).
What evidence based practices already exist that have been shown to be effective with
young children and families from
diverse communities?
This nearly 2 - hour webinar from the PACER Center is designed for early childhood care
and education providers
and early intervention
and early childhood special education professionals or anyone who wants to increase their effectiveness in working with
families from
diverse cultures, especially those who have a
young child with developmental concerns or delays.
Webinar Engaging
and supporting culturally
diverse families with
young children.
Being knowledgeable about the mental health concerns of the
young children,
families,
and diverse communities served by the ECE program.
The chapter dedicated to interventions for
young children affected by trauma reviews early seminal work in this area of expertise
and provides an insider's view to addressing the impact of
diverse types of trauma through both
child -
family as well as programmatic consultation.
KIPS: An Evidence - Based Tool for Assessing Parenting Strengths
and Needs in
Diverse Families (PDF - 344 KB) Comfort, Gordon, & Naples (2011) Infants & Young Children: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Early Childhood Intervention, 24 (1) Describes studies on and results of the Keys to Interactive Parenting Scale (KIPS), an observational assessment of parenting quality, with 397 f
Families (PDF - 344 KB) Comfort, Gordon, & Naples (2011) Infants &
Young Children: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Early Childhood Intervention, 24 (1) Describes studies on
and results of the Keys to Interactive Parenting Scale (KIPS), an observational assessment of parenting quality, with 397
familiesfamilies.
ZERO TO THREE's Cross-sector competency based training supports
diverse early childhood professionals in coordinating
and collaborating on behalf of
young children and their
families.
For Aboriginal
children and young people, or
children and young people from culturally
and linguistically
diverse (CALD) backgrounds, practitioners are expected to create
and implement cultural plans that support them maintaining connections to their
families and communities.
The authors provide insight
and inspiration in different contexts — pediatric primary care, military
families,
children prenatally exposed to alcohol,
and children adopted from abroad —
and share effective approaches to supporting the
diverse needs of parents with very
young children.
Australia's population is one of the most culturally
and linguistically
diverse in the world, which presents a range of challenges
and opportunities for early childhood educators who care for
diverse groups of
young children and their
families.
She is a private practitioner in Atlanta, GA who works with a
diverse population of
children, teens,
young adults,
and families.
Culturally
and linguistically
diverse (CALD) OOHC tools
and resources Community Services has put together some basic resources to provide information, advice
and tools to assist OOHC providers to accurately identify the needs
and supports required by refugee
and migrant
children,
young people
and families in OOHC.
Strong connections with their cultural heritage,
family and community has big mental health benefits for
children and young people, particularly those from culturally
and linguistically
diverse backgrounds
and Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander
young people.
They also recommend working with
families in ongoing, collaborative goal setting for children.Anne T. Henderson and Karen L. Mapp, A New Wave of Evidence: The Impact of School, Family, and Community Connections on Student Achievement (Austin, TX: National Center for Family & Community Connections with Schools Southwest Educational Development Laboratory, 2002); Linda Halgunseth et.al., «Family Engagement, Diverse Families, and Early Childhood Education Programs: An Integrated Review of the Literature,» National Association for the Education of Young Childre
families in ongoing, collaborative goal setting for
children.Anne T. Henderson
and Karen L. Mapp, A New Wave of Evidence: The Impact of School,
Family,
and Community Connections on Student Achievement (Austin, TX: National Center for
Family & Community Connections with Schools Southwest Educational Development Laboratory, 2002); Linda Halgunseth et.al., «
Family Engagement,
Diverse Families, and Early Childhood Education Programs: An Integrated Review of the Literature,» National Association for the Education of Young Childre
Families,
and Early Childhood Education Programs: An Integrated Review of the Literature,» National Association for the Education of
Young Children, 2009.