Circle of Security Parenting Program: A Wise Early Intervention Investment to Promote Healthy Futures

• By: Giselle Stolper Kimberly Williams, LMSW MHA-NYC
• January 1st, 2017
• adverse childhood experiences, early childhood development, early intervention, Medicaid managed care, mental health prevention, parent-child attachment, social-emotional development, toxic stress
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As New York State transitions children, youth, and family services into Medicaid managed care, there must be far greater attention, capacity, and investment in tools and strategies that promote early childhood development. According to The Heckman Equation, investment in early development is a...

Trauma-Informed Care Leads to More Integrated Care

• By: David Woodlock Institute for Community Living (ICL)
• October 1st, 2015
• behavioral health, chronic disease, health outcomes, integrated care, mental health, toxic stress, trauma, trauma-informed care
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Our inattention to the emotional dimensions of health and illness is a public health perfect storm, especially for the mentally ill. This group of people experiences high rates of illness, suffers greatly, uses an enormous amount of our precious healthcare dollars, and dies 25 years earlier than...