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Children's Health Your child's health includes physical, mental and social well-being. Most parents know the basics of keeping children healthy, like offering them healthy foods, making sure they get enough sleep and exercise and insuring their safety. It is also important for children to get regular checkups with their health care provider. These visits are a chance to check your child's development. They are also a good time to catch or prevent problems.Other than checkups, school-age children should be seen for
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Bullying among older students receives a lot of attention, but it is often overlooked among children ages 2-5. Yet, these early years are an important time for children to develop positive ways of relating to their peers...
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"Bullying among young children is not uncommon. When groups of young children, who often differ significantly in physical size, skill level, and family experience, get together regularly, patterns of hurtful behavior often emerge. Children make mean faces, say threatening things, grab objects, push others aside, falsely accuse, or refuse to play ..."
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Equips teachers and students in grades 9 through 12 with interactive curriculum on the neurobiology of the brain as a result of drug abuse and addiction.
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Provides a science program for students in grades 2–3 to educate them about their brains, why they should protect them, and how drugs such as nicotine and inhalants can hurt their brains. Includes six modules, a teacher’s guide, a parent’s guide, and a DVD.
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· One in eight deaths among children ages 5 years old or younger are due to injuries, including violence?
· For every child that died from an injury in Colorado during 2011, 12 children age 5 or younger were hospitalized with an injury, and 437 were treated and released from an emergency department?
· Suffocation, including accidental strangulation, was the cause of 60 percent of the injury deaths among Colorado infants younger than 1 year old during 2011?
· Homicide or abuse was the second leading cause of injury deaths among infants but the leading cause among children ages 1-5 in Colorado during 2011?
The 2011 Infant and Early Childhood Injuries Report details the above statistics and more. Your agency can take an active role in preventing future injury or violence deaths or hospitalizations by taking some of the following steps.
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In this inaugural series based on the 2012 Shape of the Nation Report, part two depicts the missed opportunities for increasing physical activity in schools. Take a look at which states are taking important steps to create a culture of physical activity and which are not giving students ample opportunities to move!
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· One in eight deaths among children ages 5 years old or younger are due to injuries, including violence?
· For every child that died from an injury in Colorado during 2011, 12 children age 5 or younger were hospitalized with an injury, and 437 were treated and released from an emergency department?
· Suffocation, including accidental strangulation, was the cause of 60 percent of the injury deaths among Colorado infants younger than 1 year old during 2011?
· Homicide or abuse was the second leading cause of injury deaths among infants but the leading cause among children ages 1-5 in Colorado during 2011?
The 2011 Infant and Early Childhood Injuries Report details the above statistics and more. Your agency can take an active role in preventing future injury or violence deaths or hospitalizations by taking some of the following steps.
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This is an article from the National School Boards Association highlighting school-based health centers in Colorado and Arkansas. It also has pieces on vision and staff wellness. It includes compelling return on investment data that really does make the point that prevention pays in the long run.
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" This paper explores the concept of "systemic" in the context of systems of care. Systems theory is used to understand strategies of purposeful systems change undertaken by stakeholders in established system of care communities. The paper presents a conceptual model of systems change for systems of care that is grounded in data from a national study of system of care implementation."
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This newsletter highlights a grantee in Summit County, CO and their efforts to address substance abuse and trauma. In addition, the Adverse Childhood Experience Study is examined more and there is information about upcoming training.
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Examines the emotional impact that natural and human-caused disasters have on children and youth, one of the populations most at risk for negative mental health outcomes after a disaster.
Topics include the following: Factors influencing children's response to a disaster; Patterns of resilience and recovery; Social and environmental effects; and Implications for practice, policy, and planning.
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The Center for Early Education and Development strives to effect positive change in early education, childcare, and public policy. CEED has spent over 30 years helping children from infancy through age eight to learn and develop to the best of their abilities.
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"Nonprofit provider of capacity-enhancing services, research and evaluation in the area of child and family health and well-being, serving as a trusted partner for social change"
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A go-to source for data and information related to black male achievement, BMAfunders.org features a variety of resources, including an interactive mapping tool with funding data, a timeline of philanthropic milestones in the field, a toolkit for assessing project outcomes, a comprehensive collection of research reports, descriptive case studies of work on the ground, and multi-media content.
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Judge Macias describes the work of the Texas Supreme Court Commission on Children, Youth and Families, which developed the Texas Blueprint: Transforming Education Outcomes for Children and Youth in Foster Care, and explains the goal of the task force that will prioritize and monitor implementation of the committee’s recommendations.
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· One in eight deaths among children ages 5 years old or younger are due to injuries, including violence?
· For every child that died from an injury in Colorado during 2011, 12 children age 5 or younger were hospitalized with an injury, and 437 were treated and released from an emergency department?
· Suffocation, including accidental strangulation, was the cause of 60 percent of the injury deaths among Colorado infants younger than 1 year old during 2011?
· Homicide or abuse was the second leading cause of injury deaths among infants but the leading cause among children ages 1-5 in Colorado during 2011?
The 2011 Infant and Early Childhood Injuries Report details the above statistics and more. Your agency can take an active role in preventing future injury or violence deaths or hospitalizations by taking some of the following steps.
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A go-to source for data and information related to black male achievement, BMAfunders.org features a variety of resources, including an interactive mapping tool with funding data, a timeline of philanthropic milestones in the field, a toolkit for assessing project outcomes, a comprehensive collection of research reports, descriptive case studies of work on the ground, and multi-media content.
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A video created prior to the 2012 election. Provides documented sources (in the notes) concerning the potenial impacts of marijuana legalization in Colorado.
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A video created prior to the 2012 election. Provides documented sources (in the notes) concerning the potenial impacts of marijuana legalization in Colorado.
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Did you know...
· One in eight deaths among children ages 5 years old or younger are due to injuries, including violence?
· For every child that died from an injury in Colorado during 2011, 12 children age 5 or younger were hospitalized with an injury, and 437 were treated and released from an emergency department?
· Suffocation, including accidental strangulation, was the cause of 60 percent of the injury deaths among Colorado infants younger than 1 year old during 2011?
· Homicide or abuse was the second leading cause of injury deaths among infants but the leading cause among children ages 1-5 in Colorado during 2011?
The 2011 Infant and Early Childhood Injuries Report details the above statistics and more. Your agency can take an active role in preventing future injury or violence deaths or hospitalizations by taking some of the following steps.
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