April 2016

More American children and teens aren't just obese. They're morbidly obese. [Vox.com]

Samantha Sangenito · 4/27/168:01 AM

Public health researchers cheered an encouraging trend recently : Childhood obesity rates, which rose steadily through the 1980s and 1990s, seemed to have plateaued in the 2000s. But new research suggests a different, troubling problem lurking behind that plateau — a steep rise in the rates of severe obesity, particularly among older and minority children. The fraction of adolescents with severe obesity — a body mass index of 40 or greater — has more than doubled from 0.9 percent in 1999 to...

Risks of harm from spanking confirmed by analysis of five decades of research [MedicalXpress.com]

Samantha Sangenito · 4/27/167:50 AM

The more children are spanked, the more likely they are to defy their parents and to experience increased anti-social behavior, aggression, mental health problems and cognitive difficulties, according to a new meta-analysis of 50 years of research on spanking by experts at the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Michigan. The study, published in this month's Journal of Family Psychology, looks at five decades of research involving over 160,000 children . The researchers say...

Mapping Trauma Informed Care throughout First 5 Associations

Beth Hoch · 4/25/1611:52 AM

On April 15th, representatives from 6 counties met on a conference call to discuss recent First 5 activities around Trauma Informed Care (TIC). Since our first gathering at last year's Association Summit, we have been meeting quarterly via conference call and have learned that there is a lot going on with TIC. So much is going on that we decided to send out a survey gathering data to map all our TIC efforts across the state. Please let us know if you are at a First 5 and are interested in...

Beyond the Word Gap [TheAtlantic.com]

Samantha Sangenito · 4/25/169:33 AM

My co-teacher is stirring sugar into a pitcher of hot water. Our students, ages 4 and 5, stand around the table, watching the sugar intently. “It’s dissolving!” one student cries out. “What does that mean—dissolving?” my co-teacher probes. Another child raises his hand. “It means, like, disappearing, or disintegrating.” My students are the children of doctors, lawyers, teachers, and other professionals, and have been hearing words like “dissolve” and “disintegrate” since they were babies.

Focus On: Trauma-Informed Care

Mia Foreman · 4/15/163:13 PM

The California Community Foundation , First 5 LA , The California Endowment and The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation sponsored a convening of leaders from county departments, philanthropic foundations and community organizations to discuss and learn how Los Angeles County could become a model for identifying and addressing trauma in children and families in a systematic way. The event was held at the California Community Foundation in Los Angeles. A full summary is available here: ...

California is failing our kids [SactoBee.com]

Jane Stevens · 4/15/168:57 AM

California’s economy is the seventh-largest in the world, and home to global industries that have revolutionized our way of life. Yet when it comes to caring for our children, we are failing to provide the essential services they need to thrive and succeed. The facts are disturbing and unacceptable. California ranks 49th among the states for standard of living for kids; roughly half of children are in families in or near poverty; nearly three-fourths of our youngest kids don’t receive health...

Webinar on Becoming Trauma-Informed: What Does this Mean for Non-Clinical Staff?

Donielle Prince · 4/8/161:00 PM

Join this webinar to learn or teach staff how to understand trauma and identify how to apply trauma-informed principles even in non-clinical work.

Key Ingredients for Successful TIC Implementation

Mia Foreman · 4/8/1612:01 PM

Health care providers can address patients’ traumatic experiences and their associated health effects by implementing trauma-informed approaches to care. Changing organizational culture and clinical practice to reflect trauma-informed principles has the potential to improve patient engagement, treatment adherence, health outcomes, and provider and staff wellness. This brief outlines a practical implementation framework and policy considerations for instituting trauma-informed approaches to...

ACEs primer -- great five-minute video that explains ACE Study

Jane Stevens · 4/5/169:55 PM

This was produced by KPJR Films, and edited by Jen Bradwell.

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