Community Training for Infant Mental Health

This 15 part training program aims to raise awareness and understanding of the unique needs of infants and toddlers in order to promote healthy social emotional development in the early years and reduce the likelihood of poor mental and physical health outcomes in the later years.

The science is clear – early experiences in the first three years impact the architecture of the brain – this impact can be life-long and profoundly positive or negative depending on the quality and consistency of the experiences.

This training is an effective and economical way to integrate Infant Mental Health learning and practice into continuing professional education and staff engagement events.

Full information here: http://www.imhpromotion.ca/TrainingEvents/NEWIMHCommunityTraining.aspx

Free guides for parents of deaf children to download: How school staff can help your child achieve their potential

Many children with a hearing loss have positive experiences at school. However, this is not always the case. Teachers and other staff might need help in supporting your deaf child achieve their potential.

You can help by passing on our 'Supporting the achievement of deaf children' guides to your child's teacher or other school staff.

Visit: http://www.ndcs.org.uk/family_support/education_for_deaf_children/education_during_school_years/how_school_staff_can.html

Study: Follow-Up Critical After Developmental Screenings

Kids with developmental delay are far more likely to receive the early intervention services they need if pediatricians follow up after conducting routine screenings, researchers say.

In a study of clinic patients at a large children's hospital in Colorado, researchers found that simply performing regular developmental screenings was often not enough to ensure kids got help.

Even after implementing standardized screening procedures for doctors, just 20 percent of the children flagged as having possible delays were referred to community resources including early intervention.

However, when the clinic began aggressively following up with phone calls in cases where children were found to have possible delays, referrals increased to 50 percent, the study found.

Full article at Disability Scoop - http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2014/09/02/study-follow-up-screening/19635/

Claiming Full Citizenship: An international conference on Individualized Funding, Self Determination, and Personalization - Vancouver, Canada in 2015 – CALL FOR PAPERS

ubc_thumb_medium91_123 With the passage of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, self-determination, personalization and individualized funding initiatives have a new foundation upon which to build. In countries all over the world, these initiatives are transforming the lives of people with disabilities.

Like the shift from institutions to community services, these initiatives are a momentous step forward in assisting disabled and elderly people achieve meaningful and rewarding lives as full citizens.

In October of 2015, UBC Centre for Inclusion and Citizenship is hosting: 'Claiming Full Citizenship: an international conference on Individualized Funding, Self Determination, and Personalization.'

We invite you to join us and share in the excitement and fellowship of this important event.

Website: http://interprofessional.ubc.ca/ClaimingFullCitizenship2015/