Kindergarten Readiness And Early Childhood Screening
Definition of Kindergarten Readiness • Find a partner whom you do not know and introduce yourselves • Name • Workplace • Goal for attending this session • Share your working definition of kindergarten readiness • How are they the same? • How are they different?
Kindergarten Readiness • Shared definition • Who’s responsibility is it? • Families? • Pre-school teachers? • The community? • Is there a good way to measure kindergarten readiness?
Kindergarten Readiness definition - DESE School readiness is a combination of readiness among children, families, schools and communities: For children , school readiness means being prepared in key dimensions of early learning and development (social and emotional, language and literacy, cognitive, motor, health and physical well-being, and positive attitudes and behaviors toward learning.) For families , it means an understanding of their children’s current level of development and how to encourage them, as well as a supportive partnership with the school and an understanding of the school system their children will enter. For schools , it means providing a welcoming and accepting environment for all children and having professional educators who consistently advance student growth and achievement while working in partnership with families. For communities , it means supporting schools, families and valuing the critical role of early learning.
Kindergarten Readiness definition - DESE School readiness is a combination of readiness among children, families, schools and communities: For children , school readiness means being prepared in key dimensions of early learning and development (social and emotional, language and literacy, cognitive, motor, health and physical well-being, and positive attitudes and behaviors toward learning.) For families , it means an understanding of their children’s current level of development and how to encourage them, as well as a supportive partnership with the school and an understanding of the school system their children will enter. For schools , it means providing a welcoming and accepting environment for all children and having professional educators who consistently advance student growth and achievement while working in partnership with families. For communities , it means supporting schools, families and valuing the critical role of early learning.
PROJECT LAUNCH A program of VCR Funding from SAMHSA Pilot area zip codes 63106 and 63107
Contact amongst organizations, including early childhood programs 2014 106 Organizations 2016 118 Organizations 2015 110 Organizations
Collaboration at the level of Coordination 2014 2016 2015
Screening & Assessment • ASQ-3 and ASQ-SE screenings in community • Public awareness campaign for screening — Simple Steps to a Healthy Child • Radio ads and parent panel discussion to encourage other parents to advocate for screening for their children • Developing a structure for screenings, follow ups, and referrals
Public Awareness Campaigns • SimpleSteps to a Healthy Child • CD Milestones • Five Minute Miracle • Radio ads
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HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH COMMITTEE OF THE RECC
Vision and Mission • Vision: Ensure all children ages 0-5 receive developmental and social-emotional screenings and are connected to resources when concerns are identified. • Mission: To enhance the well-being of children by promoting healthy, physical, social and emotional development
Scope of the Screening Project • Reflects goals of St. Louis Regional Early Childhood Plan • Three workgroups • Screening • Resources • Alignment • Focus on social emotional screening
Social Emotional Focus • The least assessed of all early childhood issues • General developmental screening tools do not identify social emotional concerns • Providers are being encouraged to use both the general screening tool and a separate tool for social emotional functioning
Goals • Within five years, we will ensure that 5000 children aged 0-5 receive appropriate developmental screenings, including and emphasizing social-emotional screenings. • Within five years, we will ensure that 25% of all children with identified needs receive appropriate resources.
Strategies • Develop and implement a model for scaling up developmental and social- emotional screening across the St. Louis region by pilot-testing a cohort of agencies using the ASQ tools to replicate the Drive model from Boston • Inclusive of perinatally exposed children • Trauma informed approach • Create a coordinated, well informed referral and/or linkage system for children who screen in need of mental health services • Evidence-based approach • Ensure alignment of this project with other regional initiatives
Important Details for the Screening Project • Action Plan Just Completed in February 2018 • Minimum of two years to implement • The committee is open to the community • Any organization currently using the ASQ-3/ ASQ-SE or interesting in using one of these tools is invited to join the data base cohort
Contact In Information Sanaria Sulaiman Nancy Spargo, AM, LCSW Executive Director CEO/ Co-Founder Vision for Children At Risk St. Louis Center for Family Development 1000 N. Vandeventer Avenue 3250 Hampton Avenue St. Louis, MO 63113 St. Louis, MO 63139 314-534-6015 314-750-4077 ssulaiman@visionforchildren.org Nancy.Spargo@stlcfd.com
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