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Trauma Informed Early Childhood Education: why you need to care. Leslie Lieberman, MSW Director of Special Initiatives Health Federation of Philadelphia llieberman@healthfederation.org www.multiplyingconnections.org. Is Early Childhood Trauma Real?.
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Trauma InformedEarly Childhood Education:why you need to care Leslie Lieberman, MSW Director of Special Initiatives Health Federation of Philadelphia llieberman@healthfederation.org www.multiplyingconnections.org
Behavior is the Language of Young Children Calm Brain Stressed Brain Used with Permission, http://www.victoriatennantconsulting.com/
ECE Expulsion and Absenteeism • Preschoolers are expelled at three times the rate of their older peers • Racial disparity in expulsion/suspension begins in preschool • 45% of 3 year-olds and 36% percent of 4 year- olds were chronically absent from preschool
Concepts and Strategies • SSNREs • Identification and Assessment • Workforce Development • Teacher Emotional Regulation
What works and what can we do? • ECMH Consultation Programs • Professional Development (e.g. Becoming Trauma Informed • Integrated Programs – (e.g. Head Start Trauma Smart) • Policy changes
Pay now or Pay Later • https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=35&v=L8U96Q_x3qE
Sources and Resources • www.multiplyingconnections.org • http://heckmanequation.org/ • https://ccsr.uchicago.edu/sites/default/files/publications/Pre-K%20Attendance%20Research%20Summary.pdf • http://hechingerreport.org/expelled-preschool/ • http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/03/21/292456211/black-preschoolers-far-more-likely-to-be-suspended • http://ffyf.org/