Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) is a facilitated peer group program designed to support individuals who want to improve their wellness that can be applied to a range of areas individuals want to change, including mental health or substance use … Read More
Mental Health
Identifying Suicide Risk in Foster Care: Screening Practices and Policy Implications Tracy W. Halasz; Alexandra Armstrong; Jeremy Jordan; Brigit VanGraafeiland
With suicide being the second leading cause of death in adolescents, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP), and the Children’s Hospital Association (CHA) in 2021 declared a mental health emergency for adolescents … Read More
Internet Safety for Kids
What Is Internet Safety for Kids? Internet use among kids is pervasive — nearly all U.S. teens (96%) say they use the internet every day. It also begins early. The majority of parents with younger kids (89% with kids ages 5 to 11, 81% with kids ages 3 to 4 and 57% … Read More
What Happens to Youth Aging Out of Foster Care?
Understanding Aging Out of Foster Care All children, especially older children in foster care, need and deserve a loving family to support their lifelong growth. This desired outcome — called permanence — occurs for older youth in foster care via one of three pathways: … Read More
Engaging Black 2SLGBTQIA+Youth in Advocacy
Introduction Welcome to the Engaging Black 2SLGBTQIA+ Youth Implementation Guide. Created between 2020-2023 by the QIC-2SLGBTQIA+ community, this guide is a resource for professionals who are new to, or struggling with, engaging Black 2SLGBTQIA+ youth in their work. There are … Read More
MACStats: Medicaid and CHIP Data Book
This 2024 edition of the MACStats: Medicaid and CHIP Data Book presents the most current data available on Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), two programs that provide a safety net for low-income populations who otherwise would … Read More
Ten Myths About the Effect of Social Media Use on Well-Being
Claims about the harms of social media are everywhere. Many are taken as fact. In the face of this certainty, it is useful to remember that it was once taken for granted that serial dramas on the radio, comic books, … Read More
Elevating Prevention and Promotion in Early Childhood Mental Health
Early life stress and adverse childhood events can affect the mental and physical health of children. Mental health for young children includes how they understand, express, and manage their feelings and how they create and sustain healthy relationships. Various stressors … Read More
Study Links Infant Temperament, ADHD Symptoms, and Childhood Maltreatment
An analysis of data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study found that negative emotionality—the tendency to experience frequent and intense negative emotions—in infancy was associated with maltreatment at ages 5 and 9. Children with higher negative emotionality as … Read More
Penalized for Their Prescriptions: Parents Using Legal Addiction Medications Face Ongoing Discrimination in the Child Welfare System
s this country battles yet another drug epidemic, medical authorities and the federal government continue to promote “medication-assisted treatments” like methadone as the most-effective frontline defense against the ravages of opioid addiction. The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the bedrock … Read More