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Protect Your Loved Ones - Find The Right Seat The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) created the Car Seat Finder, a simple tool that helps families locate the appropriate car seat for their child. Enter your child’s age, height, and weight to see the suitable types of car seats. Then, use the NHTSA Car Seat Inspection Finder to find an inspection station staffed with certified technicians who can assist families in installing and correctly using their child’s car seat — often at no cost. This tool also offers a virtual car seat inspector, a Certified Child Passenger Safety Technician (CPST), who provides guidance on car seat installation and use through a video call, enabling caregivers to have their car seats inspected and their questions answered from home. Website
Protective Factors Conversation Guides From Child Welfare Information Gateway:Protective Factors Conversation Guides were created to help service providers engage caregivers in personalized conversations about the protective factors. Each set (one for each of the six protective factors) includes a guide for service providers and a worksheet for caregivers. These can be used one-on-one, as part of a structured activity for a larger group, or in in-person or virtual settings.After a brief introduction about the protective factor, caregivers are encouraged to fill in each worksheet and relate the protective factor to their family's unique circumstances and goals.  Website
Provider-Recommended Toys for Development Cynthia Hockman, ARNP, MS, CPNP, UnityPoint Health, recommends the following developmental toys for babies and toddlers to make play fun and educational. Website
Proyecto de 40 días (40 Day Project) Escuche mientras Karina Elze, miembro de la junta directiva del CICC, entrevista a la Dra. Silvia Álvarez de Dávila, Ph. D. CFLE, profesora de extensión del Departamento de Familia, Salud y Bienestar de la Extensión de la Universidad de Minnesota, y a la Dra. Enid Campos, directora clínica de The Center Clinic en Dodge Center, Minnesota. Ambas mujeres están trabajando para ayudar a desarrollar el Proyecto de 40 días, que brinda apoyo a los padres hispanohablantes. El Proyecto de 40 días promueve el bienestar mental y el apoyo social para los nuevos padres antes del nacimiento y durante las primeras cinco semanas posteriores al nacimiento. Listen in as CICC Board Member Karina Elze interviews Dr. Silvia Alvarez de Davila Ph. D CFLE. Extension Professor, Department of Family, Health and Wellbeing at the University of Minnesota Extension, and Dr. Enid Campos, clinical director of The Center Clinic in Dodge Center, MN.  Both women are working to help develop The 40-Day Project, supporting Spanish-speaking parents.  The 40-Day Project promotes mental well-being and social support for new parents before birth and during the first five weeks after birth. ¿Preguntas? https://40days.umn.edu/ Podcast
PsychCentral Psych Central is the Internet's largest and oldest independent mental health social network created and run by mental health professionals to guarantee reliable, trusted information and support communities to consumers, for over 14 years. We are today's modern voice for mental health information and advocacy and have the broadest online reach and recognition of any mental health network online today, touching the lives of nearly 1 million people around the world every month. Website
Psychosocial Factors in Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs and Their Families According to the National Survey of Children's Health, children with special health care needs increased 4.3% between 2010 and 2016. The latest issue of Pediatrics from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) (January 2019, VOLUME 143, Issue 1), discusses the psychosocial factors of this population and provides recommendations for caregivers, pediatricians and schools to better support the well-being of children challenged with special health care needs. Document
Public Perceptions of Baby Brain Development: A National Survey of Voters The rapid brain development in the critical first three years of life lays the foundation for future health, learning and behavior. This research revealed what voters know about early brain development and the emotional development of young children ages zero to three.  Document
Put Away the Screens and Play Together! Busy schedules leave little time for play. In addition, screen-based entertainment is a constant distraction. Children need to learn how to become engaged in simple games and outdoor play after the rapid-fire zap, zap, zap they get from screen activities. TRUCE (Teachers Resisting Unhealthy Children?s Entertainment), created a set of Family Play Plans to provide some simple ideas for seasonal family activities. All the suggested activities use inexpensive or free materials that are readily available such as sand, water, cardboard, bubbles, or string. Unlike specialized toys, open-ended materials like these offer endless opportunities for rich, creative, and on-going play. Document
Put Down Your Smartphones When Caring For Babies! That's the message from University of California, Irvine researchers, who have found that fragmented and chaotic maternal care can disrupt proper brain development, which can lead to emotional disorders later in life. The findings imply that when mothers are nurturing their infants, numerous everyday interruptions -- even those as seemingly harmless as phone calls and text messages -- can have a long-lasting impact. Website
Put On Your Oxygen Mask First Children who are exhibiting challenging behavior need interactions with calm, clear-headed adults. In order to effectively support children, teachers and other adults in their lives must learn how to monitor their own reactions and responses to project calm. That means adults must practice self-care as well as have “in the moment” strategies for getting calm themselves. Here are some tools and ideas. Website
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