Issue Brief 81: Innovative Service Delivery During COVID-19: Strategies to Meet the Needs of Children and Families During the Pandemic and Beyond
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During the pandemic, professionals across child-serving sectors adapted quickly to minimize disruption of services and support children's health and well-being. CHDI's latest Issue Brief summarizes strategies employed in four sectors to address the needs of children and families during the pandemic: pediatric primary care, children’s behavioral health, school-based health centers, and school settings. Four grantees, each representing one of these sectors, gathered information and recommendations for sustaining adaptations and innovations developed during the pandemic. The Issue Brief includes recommendations to permanently sustain adaptations and innovations that significantly reduced barriers to care and improved outcomes for children and their families.
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Journal Article Recommends Policies to Mitigate Effects of Pandemic on Children's Behavioral Health |
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The pandemic exacerbated mental health issues among youth and disproportionately harmed families of color. An article in Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, "Equity-Focused, Trauma-Informed Policy Can Mitigate COVID-19’s Risks to Children’s Behavioral Health," provides policy recommendations for supporting children’s behavioral health and mitigating the confounding effects of trauma, the pandemic, and health inequities. CHDI's Jason Lang, PhD co-authored the article with Robey B. Champine, PhD, MS, MPH and Anusha Mamidipaka, both of Michigan State University.
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School Mental Health Resources |
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School Responder Model Podcast Series Features CT SBDI |
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The National Center for Youth Opportunity and Justice (NCYOJ) and National Institute of Justice produced an eleven-episode podcast series to help schools and communities design and implement school responder models. CHDI's Jeffrey Vanderploeg, PhD and Jeana Bracey, PhD share their expertise as guests in the School, Family, Community episode (episode 10) and host episodes 8, 9, and 11.
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Episode 8: The “R” in the SRM, (Erika Treannie, Bristol Public Schools and Tiffany Hubrins, Wheeler Clinic)
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Episode 9: Engaging Families, (Susan Graham, family engagement specialist)
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Episode 10: School, Family, Community Partnerships, (CHDI's Jeffrey Vanderploeg and Jeana Bracey)
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Episode 11: Law Enforcement Engagement, (Angela Powell-Medlock and Uteeya Whitaker from Pontiac High School in Michigan)
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Additional resources for implementing a school responder model include:
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School Mental Health and Trauma Resource Sheets
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The Project AWARE team developed a series of 21 free professional development resource sheets covering nine topics. The series was designed to support school staff wellness and to increase staff knowledge around mental health and trauma. Project AWARE is a five-year, SAMHSA-funded initiative being implemented in three Connecticut school districts. CHDI provides training, implementation and quality improvement support to each district and is developing resources to share statewide. View resources.
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CHDI is Hiring: Current Openings |
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CHDI is looking to expand our team. We are seeking candidates with the dedication and demonstrated ability to contribute to systems, practices, and policies that improve children's health and well-being.
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Senior Project Coordinator (full time) - CHDI is seeking a Senior Project Coordinator to work on projects related to systems of care development, implementation, and sustainability in community-based children’s behavioral health. CHDI works to improve the quality of behavioral health services for Connecticut children and serves as the statewide Coordinating Center for the Connecting Children and Families to Care Initiative (CONNECT).
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Senior Project Coordinator (full time) - CHDI is seeking a Senior Project Coordinator to serve as the lead CHDI staff person advancing implementation of the state’s Children’s Behavioral Health Plan. CHDI led the input gathering and writing of that plan which was submitted by the Connecticut Department of Children and Families (DCF) and approved by the Connecticut state legislature in October 2014 (www.plan4children.org).
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Project Coordinator for Youth and Family Engagement (full time) - CHDI is seeking a Project Coordinator to work on youth and family engagement projects related to school and community-based systems of care implementation and sustainability in children’s behavioral health. CHDI works to improve the quality of behavioral health services for Connecticut children and serves as the statewide Coordinating Center for the Connecting Children and Families to Care Initiative (CONNECT) and the School-Based Diversion Initiative (SBDI).
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