Guest Blog: The Importance of Including Children in Emergency Preparedness Planning
Jessica Franks and Eric Dziuban of DHDD’s Children’s Preparedness Unit wrote a guest blog article for the Spring 2017 edition of the Kansas Child Magazine. They highlight the importance of including children in emergency preparedness plans, and include many resources to help states and families prepare. Check out the article here!
Someone to Listen: Introducing the Family Support and Empowerment Program
The Child Neurology Foundation (CNF) Family Support and Empowerment Program (FSEP) offers families a direct connection with an experienced, compassionate Peer Support Specialist to help navigate the journey of disease diagnosis, treatment, and management for a child living with a neurologic condition. Along with offering relational support, Peer Support Specialists seek to empower families by sharing sound information and helpful resources.
Research has shown that one of the greatest threats to a caregiver’s resilience is isolation. When children have a chronic health condition, that isolation can be felt anywhere – whether the family lives in a big city or a small town. Having access to a person who has experienced this life, like a Peer Support Specialist, can be just what you need to keep moving forward. Since the program’s inception in early 2017, FSEP has reached families from 23 states and 22 countries! Let FSEP help you, too! Connect with an FSEP Peer Support Specialist today: www.childneurologyfoundation.org/FSEP. We aim to respond to all inquiries within 24 hours.
Do you know a parent with child or adolescent with ADHD? Are they seeking treatment and don’t know where to start?
T he National Resource Center on ADHD: A Program of CHADD Ask The Expert webinar series will be hosting Dr. John Barton next month. Dr. Barton’s presentation “Behavioral Therapy: What it is and finding a therapist” will be on Tuesday, June 6th at 2:00 p.m. ET. Participants in this webinar will be able to: define and identify behavioral therapy; explain why behavioral therapy is important in addition to medication; explain what to look for in a behavioral therapist; and list to the steps to find a behavioral therapist. Dr. Barton will answer participant submitted questions during the webinar. For more information and to register visit the webinar registration site. Share this resource with people in your community!
Check out NRC’s new infographic that compares the difference treatment makes in a typical day for a teenager with ADHD. Throughout the day, a teen coping with mechanisms and treatment experiences several positive feelings while a teen coping without help has a number of negative experiences.
In this 3 minute video in the ADHD and Food video series, ADHD expert Dr. Roberto Olivardia, Clinical Instructor of Psychology at Harvard Medical School and Assistant Psychologist at McLean Hospital in Belmont, MA, gives tips on how someone with ADHD can start eating well and explains the science behind unhealthy eating.
Expert Panel on Improving Access and Affordability
On April 12th and 13th, the Child Development Studies (CDS) team hosted an expert panel meeting that included professionals from a variety of governmental, academic, and professional groups. The meeting facilitators used a systems-thinking approach to identify ways to improve access and affordability to children’s mental health care.
Rural Health Policy Brief
A CDC policy brief presents a selection of potential policies and practices that may help rural children with mental, behavioral, or developmental disorders (MBDDs) access behavioral health services. This piece is part of the Rural Health MMWR series, and relates to the paper published by CDS about children’s mental health in rural areas.
DHDD Quarterly Newsletter
We hope that you all have received and enjoyed the latest issue of DHDD’s quarterly newsletter! It featured out latest work such as the piece on children’s mental health in rural areas, as well as highlighting the Special Olympics and their Winter Games in Austria. If you did not get the newsletter in your email, please contact dhddodrequests@cdc.gov and we will make sure your name is added to the subscription list!
DHDD Awardee Meeting
The Disability and Health Branch of NCBDDD’s Division of Human Development and Disability (DHDD) hosted their annual Awardee Meeting in late April. Their funded national and state programs came to Atlanta to share their work, learn from other programs successes, network among peers, and attend skill-building workshops. Here is a picture of a panel hosted by National Center on Health, Physical Activity, and Disability (NCHPAD) about iCHIP (Inclusive Community Health Implementation Package).
Early Hearing Detection and Intervention
On May 2nd, Dr. Georgina Peacock (DHDD’s Director) and Marcus Gaffney (Early Hearing Detection and Intervention team lead) traveled to Washington, DC, to participate in a briefing luncheon hosted by the Friends of the Congressional Hearing Health Caucus. Georgina presented on CDC’s work in early hearing detection and intervention.
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