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Have you heard about?. KidSCope. Its our 20 th birthday!. Our Mission. To provide comprehensive early childhood mental health services to young children and their families, who are experiencing emotional, social, behavioral, and/or developmental issues. KidSCope Facts.
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KidSCope Its our 20th birthday!
Our Mission To provide comprehensive early childhood mental health services to young children and their families, who are experiencing emotional, social, behavioral, and/or developmental issues.
KidSCope Facts • KidSCope is a program of Chapel Hill Training and Outreach Project, Inc • KidSCope provides program in Orange and Chatham Counties • Orange County programs include: Children’s Learning Center and the Community Outreach Programs • Chatham County programs include: Chatham Child Development Center and Community Outreach Programs
KidSCope Service Span Children with persistent challenges Intensive Individualized Interventions Parent Child Interactive Therapy Trauma Focused DBT Treatment Diagnosed Children Social Emotional Teaching Strategies Incredible Years Child Care Consultation Selected population Families of children with Behavior Problems Children at-risk Supportive Caregivers Child Care Consultation Program Indicated Disadvantaged Population All children Building Positive Relationships Chatham Parenting Now! Early Intervention Education & Awareness/ABCD
KidSCope Outreach Program KidSCope, existing for over twenty (20) years has: • Served nearly 3,000 children ages 0-6, their families and caregivers in Orange County • Consistently received positive feedback from families and community. • A proven track record of success and sustainability • SURVIVED MENTAL HEALTH REFORM!
Staff Administrative/Orange County 500 North Nash Street, Hillsborough • Linda Foxworth, Director • Marie Jost, Executive Assistant • Judy O’Connell, Children’s Learning Center Director Community Outreach • Katherine Eden, Licensed Clinical Social Work, Child Therapist • Evette Horton, Licensed Professional Counselor, Child Therapist • Jessica James, MS, Child Care Consultation Coordinator
Importance of “Intervening early” • Recent research says the quality of brain development is shaped by experiences that a child lives. • Early environmental experiences, especially parenting, have a huge influence on emotional development and behavior.
According to Jack Shonkoff, director of the Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University, Raleigh, 2009, “In these troubled economic times, it may be tempting -- may seem almost essential -- to scale back the state's aggressive commitment in recent years to early-childhood education. But the sad truth is that commitment has eroded in recent years, and further backsliding will haunt us. The results of skimping on that investment now are clear. One is the need for more and more $150 million commitments for more jail cells. It is much cheaper to help a young child overcome the hurdles to fully develop his or her capacity to learn in the earliest years than to pay the escalating costs of tackling those problems in middle or high school, or incarcerating those who end up afoul of the law.”
Who do we serve?Children, birth to five, who may have: • Been born premature/medically fragile • Experienced loss and grief/separation or divorce • Been traumatized through abuse or neglect • Severe behavioral issues/Poor social skills • Been diagnosed with Autism/Global developmental delay/Genetic Disorders/Mental Health Disorders
Community Needs Addressed:Developmental- • An estimated 1 in 150 children, or 500,000 in the United States, have autism • One in every six children across all economic levels and racial groups has special needs (Dunkle, 2005), but less than 30% of all children with disabilities are identified prior to beginning kindergarten. • Today more than 1,300 babies in the U.S. will be born prematurely, an increase of almost 31 percent between 1981 and 2004 (9.4 to 12.3 percent). March of Dimes
Behavioral/Emotional Needs Addressed: • National 17-27% of preschool children have social-emotional/behavioral challenges. One in five has a diagnosable mental disorder (DHHS, 2003). • According to NC Kids Count, there are 6,498 children, age 0-5 in Orange County , of which, 1105 have mental health problems. • Preschool children are three times more likely to be “expelled than children in grades K-12, (Gilliam, 2005)
Behavioral/Emotional Needs Addressed (continued) • Infants and toddlers experience the highest rates of child maltreatment of any age group. • Prevalence may be as high as 23% disruptive behavior among toddlers. • In Orange County, about 30% of children substantiated for abuse/neglect or found in need of services by DSS were ages 0-6
Interventions provided by KidSCope to address needs….. • Parent Child Interventions • Parent Child Interactive Therapy and other relationship building strategies • Community Based Rehabilitation Services(0-3) • Parent Education, Group and Individual • Inclusive 5 Star licensed child care program • Individual child therapies-speech, occupational, physical, play therapy • Child Care Consultation in community child cares
Outcomes • KidSCope Services are provided in a variety of settings including homes, child care settings and agency offices to maximize outcomes and access to services • KidSCope Early Intervention outcomes go beyond the child's cognitive functioning to include improvement in- • Behavioral, • Communication, • Emotional, • Family well being
