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SFTS October 2004 Newsletter
SCHOOL READINESS AND SPECIAL NEEDS NEWS
Infants and toddlers, from birth to 36 months, at risk of or with developmental delays or disabilities
may be eligible to receive services through California’s 21 community-based regional centers. Family
resource centers receiving Early Start funding collaborate with the regional centers and with educational
agencies to help families access early intervention services. Some of the services provided include:
support services in many languages, home visits, transition assistance, and information and referral.
Many centers also have resource libraries, web sites and telephone help lines.
For more information on Early Start, call 1-800-515-BABY, or check out
www.dds.ca.gov/earlystart
A new television series funded in part by First 5 California and First 5 LA on the local PBS affiliate in
Los Angeles, KCET, called "A Place of Our Own" and its companion Spanish-language series, "Los Niños En Su
Casa," help prepare kids for kindergarten by training caregivers and giving them information they need to
nurture early learning skills. The series is aired weekdays at 1:30 pm & 5:30 pm in English and at 6 am &
1 pm in Spanish.
For more information, check out www.aplaceofourown.org or www.losninosensucasa.org
NEW RESOURCES
One of the most difficult issues that child welfare workers face is how to help families experiencing both
child maltreatment and domestic abuse. But two new resources from the Family Violence Prevention Fund can
help. Both Family Team Conferences in Domestic Violence Cases: Guidelines for Practice and Accountability
and Connection with Abusive Men: A New Child Protection Response to Increasing Family Safety are designed
to improve the child welfare system’s response to domestic violence and child abuse.
For more information, check out http://endabuse.org/programs/display.php3?DocID=159 and http://endabuse.org/programs/children/files/AccountabilityConnection.pdf
Child abuse and domestic violence are linked in a number of important ways that have serious consequences
for the safety of children. But with effective intervention and a coordinated response to child abuse and
domestic violence, battered women advocates, child protective workers, judges and community members can
help keep families safer.
For more information, check out http://endabuse.org/programs/display.php3?DocID=150
As the new school year begins, many kids are going to demand attention—literally. Some are going to
intentionally harm their peers to get what they want. What makes a child become a bully in the first
place? How can it be prevented?
For more information, check out http://www.connectforkids.org/resources3139/resources_show.htm?doc_id=237435
How can you make your school safer? Help your child identify warning signs of violence and work with
other parents to develop standards for school-related events. Find these and other tips in this
resource from KSA-Plus Communications and the National Crime Prevention Council on how parents can be
more effective advocates for their children and partners with their schools.
To order this free publication, check out http://www.parents.ksaplus.com/framesplpubs.html
NEW RESEARCH
Here's a link to a new poll about the benefits of preschool released by Fight Crime: Invest in Kids.
They polled kindergarten teachers across the country and found that children who had not had access
to pre-kindergarten programs were substantially less prepared to succeed in school than those who
attended pre-kindergarten. Eighty-six percent of the teachers said poorly prepared students in the
classroom negatively affect the progress of all children, even the best prepared.
Complete results of the survey are available at http://www.fightcrime.org/reports/bts04poll.pdf
TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
The Learning Disabilities Association of California will have its fall conference, "Learning
Disabilities: Finding Solutions," in Ontario, CA on October 14-16, 2004. Participants will
receive up-to-date information regarding issues affecting those with learning disabilities,
Attention Deficit Disorder, and other related disorders, including a day-long series of sessions
on early identification of disabilities.
For more information or to register, check out http://www.ldaca.org/conf2004/
The Migrant Education Even Start 10th Annual Conference will be held in Sacramento on November 16-19,
2004. Migrant Education Even Start is a statewide Migrant Education Program sponsored by the California
Department of Education and the Office of Migrant Education, and administered by the Butte County Office
of Education.
For more information on the annual conference, check out http://www.bcoe.org/evenstart/
This 8-hour course will provide support and resources for agencies interested in developing or enhancing
a volunteer program and for citizens who wish to volunteer their time and skills with a law enforcement
agency in their community. The training will take place on December 8, 2004 at the Palm Springs Police
Department, Palm Springs, CA. For further information call 1-800-659-8985.
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