The NCTIC is a technical assistance center dedicated to promoting alternatives to seclusion and restraint, and building the knowledge base on the implementation of trauma-informed approaches in programs, services, and systems. Provides training and technical assistance to community-based behavioral health agencies, criminal and juvenile justice settings, homeless and HIV service providers, domestic violence organizations, and state and federal agencies.
Alcohol/Drug Services Depression Intimate Partner Violence Risk Assessment
Fetal and Infant Mortality Review (FIMR) is a community based, action-oriented process aimed at improving services, systems, and resources for women, infants, and families. FIMR brings a multidisciplinary community team together to examine confidential, de-identified cases of fetal and infant deaths. Review of individual cases helps teams understand families’ experiences of racism and how those experiences may have impacted maternal and child outcomes. The website includes publications and resources, information on FIMR programs around the country, and links to partner organizations.
Backbone Organization Community and Organizational Partnerships Community Engagement Data Utilization Group Processes/Facilitation Health Equity Prevention Quality Improvement Risk Assessment Social Determinants of Health
March of Dimes’ Prematurity Campaign aims to raise public awareness of the problems of prematurity and decrease the rate of preterm birth in the U.S.
Chronic Disease Depression Early Elective Delivery Home Visiting Nutrition Risk Assessment
This initiative aims to reduce preterm births and improve outcomes for newborns and pregnant women through an awareness campaign to reduce the rate of early elective deliveries and providing funding to test enhanced prenatal care approaches to reduce the frequency of premature births among pregnant Medicaid or CHIP beneficiaries at high risk.
Chronic Disease Depression Early Elective Delivery Home Visiting Nutrition Risk Assessment
The Interconception Care Project of California is a collection of recommendations to improve and promote the interconception health of women by maximizing care during the postpartum visit. The website contains links to free evidence-based clinical management algorithms for the 21 most common pregnancy and delivery complications in California. Patient education materials offering explanations of the conditions, treatment options, and self-care strategies to reduce risks in future pregnancies are also free and available in English and Spanish.
Other Reproductive Life Planning/Family Planning Risk Assessment
Screening pregnant and postpartum women is critically important to ensuring that women are cared for and connected to the services they may need to have a healthy pregnancy and healthy babies. This Ask the Expert webinar will provide an overview on Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) for identifying problematic drug and alcohol use and will provide information about two screening tools, the TWEAK (Tolerance, Worry, Eye Opener, Amnesia, Cut-Down) and the 4Ps (Parents, Partners, Past, and Pregnancy), which have been validated for use with pregnant women. Brief intervention techniques will also be discussed. Time for questions will be allotted during the webinar.
Webinar Materials:
Alcohol/Drug Services Risk Assessment
This webinar will address the importance of domestic violence/IPV prevention specific to Healthy Start grantees, evidence based approaches to screening and assessment, and where Healthy Start grantees can go for more information.
Webinar Materials:
Intimate Partner Violence Risk Assessment
Parents’ Evaluation of Developmental Status: Developmental Milestones (PEDS:DM) is a validated screening and surveillance tool that elicits parents’ report on a child’s skills and behavior. Six to eight questions per visit are used to assess fine motor, gross motor, expressive language, receptive language, self-help, and socio-emotional skills. The survey is designed for children at any age from 0 to 8 and takes about 5 minutes to complete and one minute to score.
Parenting Education Risk Assessment Socio-emotional Development for Children
Parents’ Evaluation of Developmental Status (PEDS) is a ten-question validated surveillance and screening tool designed to elicit parents’ concerns about their child’s development, behavior, and mental health. It takes about 5 minutes for parents to complete and 1-2 minutes to score. The screen can be used to indicate whether reassurance, advice, watchful waiting, further screening, or referral are called for in a child between ages 0 and 8.
Parenting Education Risk Assessment Socio-emotional Development for Children
