The National Resource Center helps capture what is occurring in the field and across the country. Each week, we monitor hundreds of media outlets to learn and share with you the national conversation about early childhood development, mental health, and youth violence prevention. Take a moment to review a sampling of the latest news stories and find out what others across the country are doing to promote the overall well-being of children, youth, and their communities.
Bullying Prevention
To prevent bullying, focus on early childhood
The Huffington Post ▪ August 18, 2015
“Overall, it is clear that more attention needs to be paid to identifying, researching, and preventing the roots of bullying behavior in young children. It is only when we recognize that bullying behaviors do not simply appear in elementary or middle school, but may be part of a developmental trajectory, that will we be able to stop bullying.” – Deborah Temkin, Director, Education Research, Child Trends and Kyle Snow, Ph.D., Director, Center for Applied Research, National Association for the Education of Young Children
Schools battle bullying from day one
The Bay Net ▪ August 24, 2015
“Bullying, harassment, and intimidation are serious and will not be tolerated.” – Opening words of the Calvert County “Bullying, Harassment, and Intimidation Reporting Form” that is included in the “Students’ Rights, Responsibilities, and Code of Conduct”
Educators talk bullying prevention
ABC Columbia ▪ August 25, 2015
“Establish a community of learners in which they have strong relationships with their students and they are nurturing those relationships among and with those students.” – Tracy West, Professor of Education at Columbia College
More News
New survey to distinguishing between expectable vs. worrisome childhood misbehavior
Medical Xpress ▪ August 3, 2015
“Basically, we are generating a science of when to worry in early childhood, a kind of behavioral precision medicine for preschoolers. By combining this dimensional approach with consideration of other key factors that influence the likelihood that high early irritability will result in mental health problems, our goal is to provide a clinical decision making roadmap for pediatricians, teachers, and mental health professionals caring for young kids.” – Lauren Wakschlag, Ph.D., Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Medical Social Sciences, and Fellow of the Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, lead study author
Coordination urged in efforts to stem youth violence in Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel ▪ August 4, 2015
“I think many of these departments and many of these nonprofits are doing a really good job. They're working very tirelessly, but there does need to be somebody overreaching this issue and I think it has to be somebody in the public health arena.” – Michael Murphy, Common Council President, Milwaukee, WI
Mobile mental-health team to help kids in crisis
Orlando Sentinel ▪ August 21, 2015
“The goal is to keep kids out of the emergency department, out of the juvenile-justice system, and keep them in their home with their families. We want to bring the help to the family.” – Donna Wyche, Division Manager of Mental Health and Homeless Services, Orange County, FL
