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Early Intervention Month! This month, we will answer our most frequently asked questions about Early Intervention. One question that gets asked is how much these services cost. We are here to let you know our Early Intervention program is FREE!!! It's a two-in-one bundle, you can help your child reach their highest potential, and it's at no cost to you. Please message us if you have any questions about our programs. #earlyintervention #childrensdevelopment

NEW resource! HOPE and Strengthening Families are practical, versatile, and impactful frameworks that professionals can use in their work with children and families. Our latest resource, in partnership with the Center for the Study of Social Policy and National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), shares simple ways on how professionals can implement these two frameworks effectively in their work, including: 💪 Training team members on strengths-based practices 📄 Reviewing intake and assessment forms 🏨 Examining organizational policies 👨👧👧 Engaging with those with lived experiences Learn more about the practical application of HOPE and Strengthening Families: https://lnkd.in/gCBb_zSD

A little late but here it goes… Some months have passed since I shared time and space with brilliant individuals who are passionate about the work they get to do with children and youth at the annual Ontario Association of Child and Youth Care conference. During my presentation, I talked about the art and science of relationship building. As research suggests, providing evidence-based interventions to clients is a strong predictor of positive therapeutic outcomes. However, a positive prognosis cannot exist in the absence of a solid therapeutic relationship that is experienced as safe by a client. Through the intentional use of self, one then lays the groundwork for fertile soil that allows for growing and flourishing to occur. Likened to art, there are many ways one can go about the work. A work that requires authenticity. It requires presence. It requires creativity. It requires vulnerability. An opportunity to think outside the box and discover different ways of connecting with other humans. Truly, it is the best part of the work I get to do with youth and families.

Seminar alert (online seminar hosted from Australia). Topic: Researching with children and young people on sensitive topics: Voices from therapeutic residential care. Hosted by Prof Lynne McPherson & Dr Antonia Canosa, Centre for Children and Young People, Southern Cross University. In this presentation, they discuss learnings from recent research with children and young people living in therapeutic residential care in Australia. They explore how best to involve children who are often ‘gate-kept’ out of research because they are considered ‘too vulnerable’ to participate due to their lived experiences of trauma, abuse and neglect. While the research focused on exploring relational practices of care that support young people’s development of positive relationships and social connections, in this presentation they focus on how the research team had to embody the principles of relational practice to establish rapport, trust and mutual respect and encourage our young participants to share their lived experiences and discuss sensitive topics to better inform policy and practice in the sector. Details and how to register in link below. https://lnkd.in/gKhMAMFD

Have you checked out Youth MOVE Peer Center's new resources?! Today we are highlighting a new issue brief - A Brief History of Youth Peer Support! In this issue brief, we will provide a snapshot of the developmental timeline of peer support that eventually led to the implementation of youth peer support that we are seeing today. Check it Out >> https://buff.ly/3UHw0KP

San Jose State University faculty members Miranda Worthen and Soma de Bourbon, with Michael Mason from the San Francisco Fire Department and multiple civic and community partners, are tackling a critical issue: moral injury in first responders. They’ve developed interventions to address symptoms like guilt, shame, and withdrawal, while also exploring equity within the EMS system. This research is making a real difference in the lives of those who protect ours. Watch the journey and see the impact. 🚒 ⬇️ 🎥 #PublicImpactResearch #CommunityPartnerships #SJSU

Here's a link to a guest lecture for a REPPP colleague's course on Evidence on public policy, silos, trauma & more.

Truth and Reconciliation Week 2024 runs from September 23 -27. We encourage you to participate in immersive Lunch and Learn webinars that challenge the myths of colonial history in Canada. We stand in solidarity with residential school survivors, children who never returned home, as well as their families and communities. This is an opportunity to support reconciliation and healing. Register here: https://lnkd.in/eMDKukxp 📅 Programs: 💡 Monday, September 23 - Health related impacts of the residential school system. 💡 Tuesday, September 24 - Allyship and confronting unconscious bias. 💡 Wednesday, September 25 - Impacts and addressing Indigenous identity fraud. 💡 Thursday, September 26 - A community perspective of United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. 💡 Friday, September 27 - How do we address the barriers to reconciliation? #NDTR

Here is an excellent video of a webinar from the National Federation of Families, SAMHSA and NAMI describing how and why Family Support Services are valuable: "Informal and Formal Family Peer Support: The Impact and the Evidence" https://lnkd.in/gVdH7GmV