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California Early Start Policy Primer:
Where Do We Go From Here?
Marie Kanne Poulsen, Ph.DKeck School of Medicine
Children’s Hospital Los AngelesUniversity of Southern California
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California FamiliesInfants & Toddlers: Birth to Three
1,500,000 babies birth to three
34,000 families with
babies with special needs
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California Early StartEarly Intervention Services
1986: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): Part C
1993: California Early Intervention Services Act (CEISA): Early Start (Family) Program
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California Early Intervention Services ActEarly Start for Infants, Toddlers & Families
Family Centered Multidisciplinary Interagency Comprehensive Coordinated Statewide system CA Government Code, 95002
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Part C Federal RequirementsCA Early Start Program
Designated lead agency DDS w/ CDE as partner
All Regional Centers & school districts provide intervention & educations services.
DDS: Administration & coordination of the statewide delivery system
CDE: Solely low incidence & maintenance of effort
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Part C Federal RequirementsCA Early Start Program
$53 million federal support, with $ 256 M from state general fund = $309,000,000
Federal mandates, including Performance Plan and Annual Report on 10 indicators of compliance
2014 Added Requirement of a State Systemic Improvement Plan addressing an outcome for high interest but low performance indicator
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CA Early Start Federal Requirement
Definition of State Eligibility
Infants and Toddler: Birth to three years
Significant developmental delay (33%) Established condition High risk of experiencing developmental delay
or disability due to a combination of biomedical risk factors (removed 2009 restored 2015)
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Part C Federal Eligibility RequirementsEstablished Condition & Significant Delay
Developmental Areas
Cognitive Physical & Motor Communication Adaptive Social-Emotional
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CA Early Start State Requirement
Eligibility: 2 Biomedical Factors Low birth weight Assisted ventilation Small for gestation Asphyxia Prenatal exposure Neonatal seizure CNS lesion Failure to thrive
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Part C Federal Requirements
Child Find
Evaluation Individualized Family
Service Plan Early Intervention Services Mediation/ Due Process State Interagency
Coordinating Council
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Part C Federal Requirements Service Coordination
assistive technology audiology family supports health services medical evaluations nursing services nutrition services occupational therapy language therapy
physical therapy psychological services respite care service coordination social work services special instruction transportation vision services
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2012 California Legislative Changes
Utilization of Private Insurance
Regional Centers can access a parent’s private insurance benefits to pay for early intervention medical and health care services.
Qualified personnel Natural environments Collaboration/coordination Deductibles and Co-pays
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Part C Federal Requirements State Performance Plan & Annual Report
Compliance to the 10 Federal Indicators Timely Assessment and IFSP in 45 days Positive social-emotional, use of knowledge &
language, adaptive self-help skills outcomes Early Start Services helped families Child find percentage of population Transition
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2014 Part C Federal RequirementState Systemic Improvement Plan (SSIP)
Increases capacity of Early Intervention Services to implement, scale up, and sustain evidence-based practices
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2014 Part C Federal SSIP Requirement2020 Achievable Measureable Result
Improves outcomes for infants and toddlers
and their families
Based on State data and Stakeholder input
Recommended by the State Systemic Improvement Plan Task Force
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2014 Part C Federal RequirementState Systemic Improvement Plan (SSIP)
Identify a significant state challenge Identify root causes for low performance Develop Theory of Action Build EI program and EI provider capacity to
achieve the chosen State Identified Measureable Result by 2020
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State Identified Measurable ResultSocial and Emotional Development
Turns to caregivers for TLC, solace, attention & guidance
Manages emotions & behaviors to developmentally appropriate expectations
Has the initiative to explore, discover, learn & make friends
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State Identified Measureable Result
Social and Emotional Development
High parent priority Infant brain research Critical preschool inclusion indicator Critical resilience indicator Lowest Annual Report indicator
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State Identified Measureable ResultEnhance Social and Emotional Development
Identified Root Causes: Lack of skills of professionals who
provide Early Intervention services related to social-emotional development
Lack of family-centered approaches in service delivery that address mother-child interaction & promote first relationships
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State Identified Measureable ResultEnhance Social and Emotional Development
Identified improvement strategies: Sustainable professional development on infant-family
mental health
Strengthen parent-child interactions through relationship based practices
Strengthen families through community services and supports to complement Part C
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1997 White House Conference Brain Development in Young Children
Insights on Early Mother-Child Nurturing Relationships
Influence how the intricate circuitry of the brain is wired
Influence extremity and frequency of stress levels of cortisol
Interpersonal interaction, not sensory stimulation, as the key to healthy development
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1999 White House Conferenceon Mental Health
Infants as young as one month can sense when their parents are angry, anxious or depressed
Babies as young as 3-4 months can experience symptoms of depression when separated from their mothers
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Poulsen/ USC UCEDD
Roots of Social-Emotional DevelopmentResponsive Meaningful Caregiving
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Maternal Emotional Availability
Infant Emotional Availability
Relation-ship
Relationship: Centrality of Social-Emotional Development
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Poulsen/ USC UCEDD
“The emotional well-being of young children is directly tied to the emotional functioning of their care givers and the families in which they live.’
-- Center on the Developing Child (2008)
Harvard University
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Poulsen/ USC UCEDD
Mothers of Babies with Delays, Disabilities and Biomedical Risks
May be first time moms May be experiencing anxiety
or depression May be experiencing birth-related
posttraumatic stress disorder May be alone May be worried about family circumstance
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24% live below federal poverty level 46% babies live in low income families 32% live in single parent families 45% babies born to foreign-born mothers 10-15% on new mothers experience
postpartum depression
California’s Challenging Family Circumstances
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Caregiving as Modifier of the Brain
Babies of mothers w/ postpartum depression Infants withdrawn & less active Infants with shorter attention Elevated heart rates and cortisol levels 75% with less frontal brain activity Greatest risk between 6 and 18 months Brain activity normalizes when mother has
treatment
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19% of mothers did not finish high school 12% live in families with parents who are
unemployed 23% of babies experience high mobility 65% of babies have at least one risk factor
known to increase the chance of poor health, school & developmental
outcome
California’s Challenging Family Circumstances
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Early Childhood Summit 2010 Impact of ACE on Child-Well Being!
Infants and young children absorb stresses within their families, increasing cortisol level & reactivity.
Adverse childhood experiences can effect the architecture of the brain, the ways of
responding to the world, and long term health and mental health.
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Social-Emotional Development OutcomesCumulative Risk
The notion of CUMULATIVE RISK asserts that the greater the number of adverse child experiences, the greater is the risk for negative developmental, mental health and health outcomes.
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Policy Voices from the FieldSocial-Emotional Development
Financially support a community comprehensive system of care* for children and their families that promotes protective factors and responds to biological, psychosocial & environmental risks to child well-being
--- Strengthening Families, MCHB Center for the Study of Social Policy
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Key System of Care Partner Early Start Family Resource Centers
47 Centers: Primarily parent driven & parent run Parent to parent support Many languages / Culturally responsive Resource libraries, Information & Referral System navigation Transition assistance to families (2011) Prevention Resource & Referral Services
CEISA: 1998 Amendment
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Policy Voices from the FieldSocial-Emotional Development
“Expertise in the identification, assessment and treatment of young children with mental health problems should be incorporated into early intervention programs.”
--- National Scientific Council on the Developing Child
“Require a professional with expertise in social – emotional development to sit on the {Part C} multidisciplinary evaluation team.”
--- National Center for Children in Poverty
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Policy Voices from the FieldSocial-Emotional Development
“Establish comprehensive screening protocols for social-emotional, developmental, autism and maternal depression as part of well child visits.”
Provide written guidelines to establish common procedures for screening for all Medi-Cal Managed Care well-visits. Adopt quality measures to ensure statewide consistency
---First 5 Association of California
Early Childhood Mental Health Project
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Policy Voices from the FieldSocial-Emotional Development
Ensure greater reimbursement for maternal depression & early childhood mental health screening.
Develop a state level policy proposal that requires statewide collaboration & coordination to increase utilization of existing reimbursement mechanisms.
--- First 5 Association of California Early Childhood Mental Health Project
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Policy Voices from the FieldSocial-Emotional Development
“Promote universal adoption of CA Training Guidelines and Personnel Competencies for Infant-Family and Early Childhood Mental Health by state and local agencies and institutes of higher education.”
--- First 5 Association of California
Early Childhood Mental Health Project
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Policy Voices from the FieldSocial-Emotional Development
“Promote state-level coordination and collaboration to develop a statewide system for training early childhood professionals from multidisciplinary backgrounds to attain the Infant-Family and Early Childhood Mental Health Competencies.”
--- First 5 Association of California
Early Childhood Mental Health Project
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Social-Emotional DevelopmentEnhancing Part C through Policy
Community supports to strengthen families Establish screening protocols and funding through
medi-cal as part of primary health care visits Require infant-family mental health specialist as
member of Part C multidisciplinary team Develop a statewide system for training early
childhood providers from multidisciplinary back grounds to attain infant-family mental health assessment and intervention competencies.
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State Identified Measureable ResultSocial-Emotional Well-Being
Relationships: Getting Leads to Giving and Resilience!
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