From Our Recent Children’s Issue: An Innovative Solution for Family and Home Day Care

• By: Shannon Van Loon, EdM Westchester Jewish Community Services (WJCS)
• April 1st, 2019
• early childhood education, family child care, literacy skills, low-income families, parent engagement, professional development, school readiness, social-emotional development
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Westchester Jewish Community Services (WJCS), a non-sectarian, not-for-profit multi-service agency founded in 1943, has a long history of focusing on early childhood as a key component to its program for children and families. Research has proven the crucial importance of the first years of life on...

Essentials for Working with Teenagers in Groups

• By: Andrew Malekoff, LCSW, CASAC North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center
• January 1st, 2019
• adolescent group work, community involvement, empowerment, family collaboration, group development, social-emotional development, strengths-based practice, youth engagement
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As we transition into a changing system of care, it is essential that we do not lose sight of fundamental practice skills such as tuning-in, engaging and contracting with teens and their families. Nowhere is this more critical than working with teens in groups. Group work cannot simply be a...

Building Workforce Capacity to Support the Mental Health Needs of Young Children and Their Families

• By: Susan Chinitz, PsyD Early Childhood Mental Health Training and Technical Assistance Center (TTAC)
• January 1st, 2019
• clinician training, early childhood mental health, evidence-based practices, infant therapy, parent-child interventions, social-emotional development, trauma-informed care, workforce development
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New York City is supporting its youngest children’s early development and their families through an innovative training partnership and network, funded by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) as part of ThriveNYC. The Early Childhood Mental Health Network, which...