Tagged With "ECE"

High-quality early childhood education (ECE) has an enormous positive impact on lifelong health, serving as a protective factor against adult disease and disability. Children who receive high-quality ECE stay in school longer and earn more income as adults, helping to close the income inequality gap. Yet parents sometimes struggle to access or pay for available programs, and only about 16% of children who were eligible for federal childcare subsidies in 2015 received them. Given the high...

· Key Messages for Providers Related to Opioids and Substance Use Disorder The Mom and Baby Substance Exposure Initiative from Addiction Free CA has also written Key Messages for Providers in English and Spanish. Please scroll down to the bottom of the website to view these documents. · Calming the body before calming the mind: Sensory strategies for children affected by trauma This short article describes how understanding brain development can help inform approaches to working with...