Webinar: Infusing a Developmental Approach into Child Welfare Services for Infants and Toddlers
Infusing a Developmental Approach into Child Welfare Services for Infants and Toddlers
Wednesday, May 30, 2012 at 2:00 PM Eastern
(1:00 PM Central, 12:00 PM Mountain, and 11:00 AM Pacific)
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This webinar, hosted by the ZERO TO THREE Policy Center, will highlight the release of an assessment tool for states entitled A Developmental Approach to Child Welfare Services for Infants, Toddlers, and Their Families: A Self-Assessment Tool for States and Counties Administering Child Welfare Services. The webinar will include a discussion of relevant data on infants, toddlers, and their families that will help states develop a clearer picture of strengths and gaps in their child welfare system. Representatives from Iowa and Connecticut will discuss their state initiatives to ensure a developmental approach to child welfare services for very young children, identify challenges they have faced in producing data on infants and toddlers in the child welfare system, and share how they plan to use the tool.
Infants and toddlers are the age group most vulnerable to maltreatment and its aftermath. Although this time of life is one of great vulnerability, it is a time of great potential to intervene early and effectively to prevent or minimize negative effects that may prove to be irreversible later in life. It is crucial that child welfare systems infuse guiding principles for infant and toddler development into practices and policies. The September 2011 passage of the Child and Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act, which instituted a new requirement for states to describe in their child welfare state plans how they promote permanency for and address the developmental needs of young children in their care, offers an opportunity for states to be more intentional in their efforts to meet the unique needs of infants, toddlers, and their families.
AGENDA
Facilitation by:
Assistant Director of Public Policy, ZERO TO THREE
Presentations by:
Patricia Cole
Director of Government Relations, ZERO TO THREE
Question and answer session
Barbara Gebhard
Assistant Director of Public Policy, ZERO TO THREE
Arlene F. Lee
Associate Director, Public Policy, Center for the Study of Social Policy
Wendy A. Rickman
Division Administrator, Iowa Department of Human Services
Janice Gruendel
Deputy Commissioner for Operations, Connecticut Department of Children and Families
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