social emotional infrastructure in hawaii eccs grantee meeting august 2, 2010
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Social Emotional Infrastructure in Hawaii
ECCS Grantee Meeting
August 2, 2010
Overview
• Context of Social Emotional Development in Hawaii
• Working with CSEFEL: Systems’ Level Impact
• Common Elements of a Mental Health System• Cultural Competency• Workforce Development/Professional
Development• Family-Centered Care
Context of Hawaii
• 7 Major Islands, 4 Counties
• Hawaii’s Public-Private Partnership through Legislative Statute (Early Learning Council)
• Children and Families from all over the Pacific
Context of Hawaii
Source: CC-EST200-6RACE-[ST-FIPS]: Annual estimates of the Resident Population by Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin for Counties I [STATE]: April 1, 2001 to July 1, 2007.
• State of Hawaii Population by Race (2007)
Context of Social Emotional Development in Hawaii
Historical Perspective• 1993-2005 Felix Class Action Lawsuit.
• 2004 ECCS Needs Assessment findings on social emotional/mental health: “challenging behavior” and the “fragmented services” for young children highest priority.
• 2008 Legislation enacted the development of an early learning system which includes “providing consultation on the social emotional development of children.”
• 2008-2010 Early Childhood Mental Health Summit (funded by Hawaii’s Mental Health Transformation State Incentive Grant).
Working with CSEFEL
Systems’ Level Thinking: Connecting Policy and Reality
Rate of children expelled from early childhood programs due to behavioral problems
Proportion of children in stable out-of-home placements (no more than 2 placements)
Rate of substantiated cases of child abuse and neglect
Proportion of early childhood programs with access to mental health consultation
Proportion of early childhood programs that implement validated effective curricula for social skills development
Proportion of children receiving behavioral screenings
Proportion of mothers screened and appropriately referred for maternal depression
Children in early childhood programs
All Children &Families
Children at-risk
Children Identified
Indicators along a spectrum of social-emotional well-being (Project THRIVE 2009)
Cultural Competency
• Hawaii’s children and families come from all over the Pacific.
• Helping early childhood practitioners to support behaviors, attitudes, and policies across cultures
– Island communities
– Urban vs. rural
Professional DevelopmentType of Training
#s Agencies Impact of Training
Parent Modules
38 Cross-sector (early childhood and child abuse and neglect prevention programs)
Local Parent Training & Information Center (PTIC) embedded the CSEFEL Parent Modules in their regular training offerings to parents.
Practitioner Training
384 Maui and Hawaii Island trainings to DOE, Head Start/Early Head Start, Community
Community-based training pairing national trainer with local trainer.
Pyramid Model
Training of Trainers (TOT)
54 • Early Head Start/Head Start• Private Center-Based• PATCH Hawaii’s Child Care Resource &
Referral• Family Strengthening Programs• Private Foundations• Public Health Nursing
• Working with Hawaii Careers with Young Children – Hawaii’s professional development system
• Using the Master Cadre Model to pair local trainer with national trainer for co-training
• Community-based training through PATCH-Hawaii’s CCR&R
Coach Module
22 Head Start, Center-Based Programs, Hawaii Early Childhood Accreditation Project (HECAP) from HAEYC
External coaches through Hawaii’s Association for the Education of Young Children (HAEYC) chapter
Child/Family Centered
CSEFEL Hawaii Team• Debbi Amaral, Maui Economic Opportunity• Kaina Bonacorsi, Maui County Early Childhood Resource Program• Valerie Chang, Early Intervention Section• Deidre Harris, Kamehameha Schools• Chris Jackson, Head Start Collaboration Office• Linda Machado, Hawaii Families as Allies• Lynn Meguro-Reich, Department of Education• Julie Morita, Child Care Administrator, Department of Human Services• Katherine Murphy, Hawaii Association for the Education of Young Children• Shair Nielsen, Kamehameha Schools• Lynn Niitani, Parenting Support Programs, Department of Health• Sharon Taba, Medical Home Works/Community Pediatrics• Brenda Watanabe, PATCH• Po Kwan Wong, Newborn Hearing Screening, Children with Special Health Needs• Ed Yonamine, Good Beginnings Alliance
