| Understanding Neglect |
Nurturing healthy children sets the foundation for healthy community and economic development. As we look at the forms of toxic stress that interrupt the healthy development of children, child neglect is of the largest challenges we face. Neglect is the most common form of child abuse, accounting for almost two-thirds of victims nationally and almost three-quarters in Minnesota. - Critical Issues in Child Abuse, a Wilder Research report sponsored by the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, March 2010. Here is some information on signs of neglected children. Signs of neglect of children - low weight for age and/or failure to thrive for no medical reason
- untreated sores, severe diaper rash and urine scalds, significant dental decay
- poor standards of hygiene i.e. child consistently unwashed
- children not adequately supervised for their age
- hunger and scavenging or stealing food and focus on basic survival
- extended stays at school, public places, and other homes
- longs for or indiscriminately seeks adult affection
- poor school attendance
- emotionally withdrawn
- permitted alcohol and other drug abuse
- inadequate clothing, especially inadequate clothing in winter
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| Videoconference on Neglect |
| Preventing Child Neglect by Building on Community and Family Strengths
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
9:30 a.m. to Noon
REGISTER HERE!
This no-cost videoconference will be broadcast to multiple counties throughout Minnesota and will focus on the prevention of child neglect. Our agenda includes:
- Understanding Child Neglect - Connie Skillingstad and Alice O. Lynch
- Understanding Poverty - Jennifer Skuza, Phd
- A Strategy to Prevent Neglect: End Poverty - A Minnesota Without Poverty 2020
- More Strategies to Prevent Neglect: Promoting Protective Factors - Connie Skillingstad and Alice O. Lynch
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| Updated Parenting Counts Website from Talaris |
 Talaris is proud to announce Parenting Counts Center as a free service, available at Parenting Counts. After a tremendous reception from parents, Talaris has enhanced the Parenting Counts Center ( www.ParentingCounts.org) and is offering it as a free service. Furthermore, Talaris is thrilled to introduce the Center without any commercial advertisements or sponsors in order to maintain its objectivity. Features of the Parenting Counts Center include:
Developmental Timeline
Short video segments
Research summaries
Webcasts
Online journals
Private online community
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| Issues in Working with Teen Parents |
Issues in Working with Teen Parents
August 25 and 26, 2010
This two-day session is for all professionals who work with teen parents. It offers constructive insights into teen parents, their children and the issues they all face. Topics include:
- Adolescent brain development and the developmental characteristics unique to adolescents
- Parallel developmental needs of both teen parent and child
- Techniques to enhance teen parents' feelings of confidence and competence & strategies to help them transition into adulthood
- Strategies to address the special family dynamics & multigenerational issues teen parents face
- Strategies to facilitate father involvement
- Parent group meetings and personal visits
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