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Upcoming Events:
The National
Head Start Association’s 22nd
Annual Parent Training Conference takes place in Washington
DC, December 16th-20th. NHSA’s Annual Parent Conference
is directed toward parents of young children and staff who
work with parents in early care and education programs.
The conference is designed to build capacity for parents
and those who work with them, while providing an opportunity
for networking. BRYCS will be providing resources at this
conference.
New Resources
Measurement
Tools for Evaluating Out-of-School Time Programs: An Evaluation
Resource, from the Harvard Family Research Project,
describes instruments and tools that have been used to evaluate
Out-of-School Time Programs. These tools are organized in
a series of tables according to category: academic, psychological/social
development, drug use prevention, program quality/environment,
and multi-component scales/comprehensive surveys. The reader
can choose an instrument that best matches their program
for evaluating program outcomes.
Case
Planning for Families Involved With Child Welfare Agencies,
from the National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect
Information, explains what a case plan is, including information
on when they are required, who may participate in constructing
a case plan and what needs to be described. This document
also links to state-specific information regarding child
welfare policies.
Standby
Guardianship, from the National Adoption Information
Clearinghouse, defines the provisions of most standby guardian
laws, broadly describes how to establish a standby guardian,
how to activate the standby guardian’s authority,
the involvement of the noncustodial parent, the relationship
between authority of the parent and the standby, and withdrawal
of guardianship.
National
Standards of Practice for Interpreters in Health Care,
from the National Council on Interpreting Health Care, with
funding from the Commonwealth Fund and the California Endowment,
provides guidelines that were developed through a national
consensus-building process that included focus groups and
surveys of hundreds of working health care interpreters
from across the United States.
Research
Resiliency-Based
Research and Adolescent Health Behaviors, a paper
from The Prevention Researcher, identifies research on protective
factors and resiliency that can lead youth to choose positive
health behaviors, and minimize their potential to engage
in negative health behaviors.
Children
and Adolescents in Sahrawi and Afghan Refugee Households:
Living with the Effects of Prolonged Armed Conflict and
Forced Migration, a report from the Refugee Studies
Centre at Oxford University, focuses on lessons learned
from research with refugee youth in North Africa and Iran,
the methods used to study them and the challenges of linking
academic knowledge with policy and practice.
Health Announcements
PandemicFlu.gov,
from the Department of Health and Human Services, provides
comprehensive government-wide information on pandemic influenza
and avian influenza. This site contains an online copy of
the HHS Pandemic Influenza Plan, a detailed guide for how
our nation's health care system can prepare for and respond
to an influenza pandemic.
Enhancing
Child Development Services in Medicaid Managed Care A Best
Clinical and Administrative Practices Toolkit,
from the Center for Healthcare Strategies, reflects the
findings of the Enhancing Child Development Services in
Medicaid Managed Care workgroup (representing 10 health
plans and a primary care case management program), which
has developed best practices for enhancing child development
services.
Hurricane
The Centers
for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) at HHS have compiled
information for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries who
were affected by Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma. This
information can be accessed at: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/emergency/.
COMING
SOON:
Streaming
Video: Those who use our Web site regularly are often
surprised to learn about the depth and breadth of resources
available from our Clearinghouse. For this reason, we are
developing a streaming video demonstrating how to find resources
on brycs.org. Look for an announcement soon!
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