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Toxic Stress in the First Three Years: Understanding and Mitigating the Lifelong Impact

Toxic Stress in the First Three Years: Understanding and Mitigating the Lifelong Impact. January 16, 2014 Summit Conference and Event Center Aurora, CO. Summit Objectives. Build shared understanding of: Critical importance of prenatal to age 3 timeframe;

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Toxic Stress in the First Three Years: Understanding and Mitigating the Lifelong Impact

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  1. Toxic Stress in the First Three Years: Understanding and Mitigating the Lifelong Impact January 16, 2014 Summit Conference and Event Center Aurora, CO

  2. Summit Objectives • Build shared understanding of: • Critical importance of prenatal to age 3 timeframe; • What adverse childhood experiences are & mean; • How the earliest experiences influence lifelong health, education, and success; and • Complexities of buffering the impact of toxic stress. • Establish collective responsibility to prevent adversities and buffer the impact of toxic stress.

  3. Early Childhood Colorado Partnership http://prezi.com/we8tpt_jvcpi/present/?auth_key=xlmdd7x&follow=CivicCanopy&kw=present-we8tpt_jvcpi&rc=ref-63011871

  4. Getting to Know Your Clicker • Press the button that matches the answer you want • The light will flicker when you vote • It will register the last selection pressed before the poll closes

  5. When the Broncos play the Patriots, I will be: • At the game • Watching on TV • At the movies • Not really sure, since I don’t even follow basketball.

  6. What region of the state do you work/live in? • Denver Metro • Front Range • Northeast CO • Southeast CO • Central Mountains • Northwest CO • Southwest CO • Western Slope • San Luis Valley

  7. What is your age? • Under 21 years old • 21-30 years old • 31 - 40 years old • 41-50 years old • 51-60 years old • 61-70 years old • Older than 71 years old

  8. What best describes the area you work in? • Urban • Rural • Frontier • Statewide

  9. What best describes the primary focus of your work? • Direct service provision with children and/or families • Program management/administrative • Policy/advocacy • Coordination/collaboration • Funding • Higher education/professional development • Other

  10. What sector is the primary focus of your work? • Health • Mental/Behavioral Health • Family Support/Parent Education • Early Learning • Other

  11. What age of children does your work focus on the most? • Prenatal • 0-3 years old • 3-5 years old • 5-8 years old • 8+ years of age

  12. What has been your interaction with the topic of Adverse Early Childhood Experiences (ACES)? • First time exposure to the topic • Some exposure to the topic • Moderate exposure to the topic • Much exposure to the topic • You consider yourself an expert on the topic

  13. This Revolution Will Be Twitterized. . . • Share your reactions, thoughts, responses today’s discussion on Twitter (#ToxStress) • We’ll follow the online discussion at breaks through Twitterfall!

  14. Summit Keynote Keynote: Dr. Sarah EnosWatamura, PhD Moderator: Lenita Hartman Early Intervention Colorado, Colorado Department of Human Services

  15. Perspectives from the Field Moderators: Jo Koehn, Colorado Department of Education Lisa Jansen Thompson, Early Childhood Partnership of Adams County _________________________ • What are your initial reactions to what you are hearing today? • Why is the topic important to you? • What are the implications of focusing on prenatal through the first three years on the work you do?

  16. Community Perspectives • BenzelJimmerson, family member • Dr. Steve Vogler, health care • Betsy Rogers, infant mental health • Brian Conly, child care and preschool • Stacy Hladek, resource and referral support • Gail Boekhoff, faith-based community • Gloria Higgins, business sector • Bill Jaeger, policy and advocacy

  17. LUNCH

  18. Evidence Base for Prevention and Intervention Panelists: • Dr. DipeshNavsaria, MPH, MSLIS, MD. Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health • Dr. Desmond Runyan, MD, DrPH. Executive Director, Kempe Center • Sarah EnosWatamura, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Denver Moderator: Noelle Hause Project LAUNCH Weld, North Colorado Health Alliance

  19. Building Collective Commitment

  20. This Afternoon: • Reflect on learning • Discuss activities that are a given • Identify how each of us will connect to those activities • Capture individual, organization commitments • Assess achievement of today’s objectives

  21. Crafting the Summit • Acknowledge newness • Starting point • Generate momentum • Recognize opportunity • Inspire hope

  22. Network as a Vehicle Early Childhood Colorado Partnership: • Open, welcoming table • Collective impact • Mutual interdependence • Learning community

  23. Neural Networks

  24. Social Networks

  25. A Study in Contrasts Hierarchy Network Decentralized Useful for innovation, adaptability Power derived from relationships and connectivity Well suited for innovation, adaptation • Centralized • Useful for stability, control • Power derived from position and authority • Ill-suited for innovation, adaptation

  26. Summit Objective 1: Build Shared Understanding • Stand up • Find 2 people who share your birth month • Introduce yourself • Share something you learned today about Adverse Childhood Experiences and Toxic Stress 10 minutes

  27. As a result of today, my understanding of the critical importance of development during the prenatal to age 3 timeframe was enhanced • Greatly • Significantly • Some • Not at all

  28. Prior to today’s summit, what was your level of understanding of what adverse childhood experiences means? • Extensive understanding • Moderate understanding • Limited understanding • No understanding

  29. At the end of today’s summit, what is your level of understanding of what adverse childhood experiences means? • Extensive understanding • Moderate understanding • Limited understanding • No understanding

  30. Prior to today’s summit, what was your level of understanding of how early adverse experiences influence lifelong health, education, and wellbeing outcomes? • Extensive understanding • Moderate understanding • Limited understanding • No understanding

  31. At the end of today’s summit, what is your level of understanding of how early adverse experiences influence lifelong health, education, and wellbeing outcomes? • Extensive understanding • Moderate understanding • Limited understanding • No understanding

  32. Prior to today’s summit, what was your level of understanding of toxic stress and its impact on physiological and brain development? • Extensive understanding • Moderate understanding • Limited understanding • No understanding

  33. As a result of today’s summit, what is your level of understanding of toxic stress and its impact on physiological and brain development? • Extensive understanding • Moderate understanding • Limited understanding • No understanding

  34. Prior to today’s summit, what was your level of understanding of the complexities of buffering the impact of toxic stress? • Extensive understanding • Moderate understanding • Limited understanding • No understanding

  35. As a result of today’s summit, what is your level of understanding of the complexities of buffering the impact of toxic stress? • Extensive understanding • Moderate understanding • Limited understanding • No understanding

  36. Summit Objective 2: Establish Collective Responsibility • Early Childhood Colorado Partnership • Make available relevant resources and research • Survey network to capture existing , planned efforts • Engage TA to develop shared messaging platform • Embed prevention and promotion frameworks • Mobilize and monitor collective will and action • Facilitate connections

  37. Summit Objective 2: Establish Collective Responsibility • Individual, organization commitments Consider: • next steps you, your organization or community might take to continue to understand and address toxic stress • different levels • personal , professional • families work with/on behalf of • service delivery level • systems level • what science, research says

  38. Sharing Commitments NW CO NE CO SE CO SW CO

  39. How committed are you to buffering the impact of toxic stress in the first three years? • Completely committed • Highly committed • Averagely committed • Somewhat committed • Not committed

  40. What is your sense of urgency to act to prevent adversities and buffer the impact of toxic stress? • Very high sense of urgency • High sense of urgency • Medium sense of urgency • Low sense of urgency • No sense of urgency

  41. Today’s event increased my sense of connection with others also supporting healthy child development. • Strongly Agree • Agree • Neither Agree nor Disagree • Disagree • Strongly Disagree

  42. Today’s event was a good use of my time. • Strongly Agree • Agree • Neither Agree nor Disagree • Disagree • Strongly Disagree

  43. Overall, I would rate my satisfaction with today’s Summit as • Completely satisfied • Highly satisfied • Satisfied • Somewhat satisfied • Not satisfied

  44. CLOSING CIRCLE

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