Family – Healthy Child Development State Resource Center

February 2020: Michigan Works to Improve Health Equity for Mothers and Infants

February 3, 2020/in Addressing Needs, Developmental Screening, Family, Healthy Child Development, Identifying Children, Making the Case, Medicaid, Parent and Family Resources, Primary Medical Care, Resource of the Month Archive, Screening Tools Michigan /by kevina

This month, NASHP features Michigan’s Mother Infant Health and Equity Improvement Plan. The plan is designed to address maternal and infant health disparities that are rooted in racial inequity by aligning and leveraging maternal behavioral health resources, Medicaid, and child welfare and human services. View other resources at the Healthy Child Development State Resource Center. Submit new resources to ehiggins@nashp.org.

January 2020: California Initiative Addresses Adverse Childhood Events

January 7, 2020/in Addressing Needs, Developmental Screening, Family, Healthy Child Development, Identifying Children, Making the Case, Medicaid, Primary Medical Care, Resource of the Month Archive, Screening Tools California /by kevina

January 2020: California Initiative Addresses Adverse Childhood Events This month, NASHP features California’s ACEs Aware website. Individuals with multiple ACEs are at a much higher risk of developing physical or mental health disorders, and life expectancy for individuals with six or more ACEs is 19 years shorter than for those with none. The initiative’s website provides resources, information, and training for providers and community leaders working to reduce the prevalence and impact of ACEs and toxic stress. View other resources at the Healthy Child Development State Resource Center. Submit new resources to ehiggins@nashp.org.

February 2019: Medicaid Incentives and Measures for Developmental Screening Map

February 11, 2019/in Family, Healthy Child Development, Resource of the Month Archive /by admin

This month, NASHP features its updated Medicaid Incentives and Measures for Developmental Screening map. State Medicaid agencies promote early identification of developmental concerns or delays in young children in a variety of ways, including providing financial incentives and establishing performance measures. The map showcases that, in an increase from 2016, 18 states have established measures or incentives for managed care organizations or providers to increase developmental screening. Check out other resources at the Healthy Child Development State Resource Center supported by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Submit new resources to ehiggins@nashp.org.

Measure: Developmental Screening Follow-up: Follow-up Referral After Positive Developmental Screen

November 17, 2016/in CHIPRA, Electronic Health Record (EHR), Family, Federal, Follow Up, Measure, Measurement, Primary Medical Care, Referral Forms, Tracking /by admin

This is a fact sheet by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality about a measure pediatricians can use to track referrals made after a positive developmental screening.

Measure: Developmental Screening Follow-up: Follow-up Referral Tracking

November 17, 2016/in CHIPRA, Electronic Health Record (EHR), Family, Federal, Follow Up, Measure, Measurement, Primary Medical Care, Referral Forms, Tracking /by admin

This is a fact sheet by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality about a measure pediatricians can use to track referrals made after a developmental screening.

Measure: Developmental Screening Follow-up: Follow-up with Patient Family After Developmental Screening

November 17, 2016/in CHIPRA, Electronic Health Record (EHR), Family, Federal, Follow Up, Measure, Measurement, Primary Medical Care /by admin

This is a fact sheet by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality about a measure pediatricians can use to track follow-up with a child’s family after a developmental screening.

Emotional-Behavioral Screening by Primary Care Practitioner: Attitudes, Practices, and Barriers

May 3, 2016/in Family, Mental Health, National, Pediatrician, Primary Medical Care, Screening, Spreading Results /by admin

Katherine Murray, Andrew Barnes, Marjorie Ireland, et al. (Minnesota ABCD Project, 2006). This study assesses the specific techniques and instruments primary care pediatricians and family practitioners use to detect emotional and behavioral problems and describes their beliefs about the prevalence of these problems and barriers to universal screening. (From Abstract.)

North Carolina Early Childhood Resource List

May 3, 2016/in ABCD, Addressing Needs, Autism, Developmental Screening, Family, Federal North Carolina /by admin

(North Carolina ABCD Project, 2006) This document lists resources relevant to early childhood development service providers and policymakers.

Families as Primary Partners in Their Child’s Development and School Readiness

May 3, 2016/in Engaging Families, Family, National, Parent and Family Resources /by admin

Kathy Seitzinger Hepburn (Baltimore, MD: Annie E. Casey Foundation, December 2004). This toolkit has been created for the Annie E. Casey Foundation to help promote early childhood development and school readiness. The purpose of the tool kit is to provide guidance, resource materials, and references that will assist communities in working with families as primary partners in their child’s development and school readiness.

Do You Have Concerns about a Child’s Development?

May 3, 2016/in Engaging Families, Family, National, Parent and Family Resources Oregon /by admin

Oregon Dept of Education, 2012. Website with links to the ASQ, Early Intervention, family organizations, and Zero to Three