This week I decided to find out
more information about The Alberta Family Wellness Initiative which is located
in Canada. "The AFWI began with the Building Blocks for a Healthy Future conference
in 2007, which brought policy makers together with leading experts in
brain and child development to talk about the implications of this
knowledge for negative health outcomes like addiction" (http://www.albertafamilywellness.org). This website gives the public information about brain development in
the early years and why it is important to try and catch a problem with
development before it is too late. From this website I learned that a doctor by
the name of Dr. Briggs, “ found the easiest and least expensive way to
determine what children needed family intervention services was to ask their
parents the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) questions” (http://www.albertafamilywellness.org).
This tool reminds me of the ASQ and ASQ-SE
that we perform on the children every 6 months. This site has information for families, law
makers, health professionals, and researchers. There are many videos about
brain development and why it is important to make sure that children have positive
experiences early on in life. I found myself watching videos and being very
informed. I would recommend this site just as a resource to have.
http://www.albertafamilywellness.org
Hi Brittany
ReplyDeleteHi Brittany your resources were excellent. Episode 2 was very good. I will pass it on. The animated building blocks of the brain was very informative. The Accelerating Innovation Symposium introduced a good program
ReplyDeleteBrittany,
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing the video and ACE information. This is my first time learning about the ACE questions and I found the information very interesting. Once I complete this masters program, I am considering a PhD program in infant mental health. I found your post very informative.
Thanks for sharing such rich resources.
Susan
Brittany,
ReplyDeleteGreat post, I am going to be looking at the site as you made it so enticing to learn! With that said, I have never heard of ASQ and ASQ-SE that you mentioned. Wondering what that is--an assessment, a communication tool? I am curious to know more, especially since it is something that is done every 6 months!
Looking forward to hearing more from you!
Anne-Marie
Hi Anne-Marie,
DeleteThe ASQ is an Ages and Stages Questionnaire assessment that we preform on the children to see if they are developing at the pace they are supposed to at a certain age and if they score low we retest in two months to see if they need early intervention services. And it the same for the ASQ-SE which is the Social Emotional component.
Brittany
ReplyDeleteNice! Thank You for the resource. Watching the video makes understanding what goes on with early brain development easier to understand. Thank You, Tana Isenhour