Please join us for an upcoming webinar, “Promoting Positive Child Development in Young Latino Children of Immigrants Involved with Child Protective Services” (please see attached flyer) on

Friday, February 27^th from 12:30-2p.m. CST.

Among children who come to the attention of child protective services today, maltreated infants and toddlers are at the greatest risk of developmental delay and the largest age group entering foster care. Early intervention services can mitigate the negative effects of abuse and neglect and support children in healthy development. When compared to other racial/ethnic groups, Latino children tend to experience a disproportionate burden of developmental risk factors. Among Latinos, children of immigrants are particularly vulnerable to developmental risk given factors such as poorer health, diminished access to health insurance, and lower reported quality of health care when compared to children of U.S.-born parents. This free webinar focuses on promoting positive development in young Latino children of immigrants, one of the fastest growing racial/ethnic groups in the U.S. and in the U.S. child welfare system. The webinar will highlight promising practices for working collaboratively across child welfare and early intervention systems and with vulnerable Latino families.

 The webinar is FREE and CEU's are available. To register for this event visit: http://bit.ly/1EpdmLY

We hope you and your staff will join us! We also ask that you please forward this message to others you think may be interested.

Kind regards,

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Michelle Johnson-Motoyama, Ph.D., M.S.W.

Associate Professor|University of Kansas School of Social Welfare

311 Twente Hall|1545 Lilac Lane

Lawrence, KS 66045

michellejm@ku.edu

785-864-2378|785-864-5277 (FAX)