Early Childhood
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Issue Brief - Building an Infant Mental Health Workforce (May 2013)
An important component of addressing infant mental health is assuring that the adults who interact with young children and their families are knowledgeable and skilled in promoting social-emotional development and identifying the early signs of me...
Care Coordination: Improving Children's Access to Health Services (Nov 2012)
Care coordination connects children to medical and community services that can address their health and developmental needs. It is especially important that children receive timely intervention when needs are identified, as they receive the greate...
Connecticut's Children: Off to a Healthy Start (Oct 2012)
This report has been prepared as a background paper for the First 1000 Days: Off to a Healthy Start forum. It includes an overview of how Connecticut’s youngest children are doing on key health indicators, what the State is currently doing, a...
Mid-Level Developmental and Behavioral Assessments: Between Screening and Evaluation (May 2012)
This report provides evidence for the effectiveness of a new "mid-level" of assessment for children in Connecticut at risk for developmental or behavioral problems.
A Framework for Child Health Services - Tool Kit (Jul 2011)
A Framework for Child Health Services highlights the importance of child health in overall school readiness. This tool kit provides a guide for implementing the major recommendations outlined in the Framework.
Health & Safety Fact Sheet (Feb 2011)
The Children's Fund of CT funded a study on the health and safety risks in Connecticut's child care centers. View this fact sheet on "Ensuring Health and Safety in Connecticut's Child Care Programs".
Hearing Loss (Jan 2011)
This EPIC module provides an overview of hearing loss in young children and the importance of early detection and monitoring.
Behavioral Health Screening (Nov 2010)
This EPIC module provides simple instructions for incorporating behavioral health screening into routine primary care practice.
IMPACT: Ensuring Health & Safety in CT's Early Care & Education Programs (Dec 2009)
An Analysis of DPH Child Care Licensing Specialists' Reports of Unannounced Inspections
A Framework for Child Health Services (Mar 2009)
This report is written to benefit advocates, providers and policymakers by offering a Framework as a basis for action to improve delivery of child health services for infants, toddlers and pre-schoolers.
IMPACT - Promoting Early Health and Learning (Feb 2009)
This report provides a description of the work and summary of the results of the Promoting Early Health and Learning Initiative in two communities that received funding.
IMPACT: Addressing Maternal Depression: Opportunities in the Pediatric Setting (May 2008)
This report discusses the condition of maternal depression from the postpartum period through early childhood and its effect on child health and development.
IMPACT: Reducing Behavior Problems in Early Care and Education Programs (May 2007)
This publication describes the results of a rigorous random-controlled evaluation of the Early Childhood Consultation Partnership (ECCP), a statewide system of early childhood mental health consultation for early education and child care programs.
An Evaluation of Connecticut's Early Childhood Consultation Partnership (May 2007)
This is a full report of the evaluation of Connecticut's Early Childhood Consultation Partnership (ECCP).
Creating a Statewide System of Multi-Disciplinary Consultation for Early Care & Education in CT (Apr 2005)
This report discusses the creation of a multi-disciplinary child care consultation system in Connecticut.
