by Mackenzie Soniak, PsyDDirector, Partners for Early Attuned Relationships (PEAR) Network, South Carolina Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health COVID-19 blog series “I’m just pouring from an empty cup.” This widespread feeling continues to be shared among adults as they…
COVID-19 blog series Nationally, an estimated 85 million people (17 percent of all U.S. households) are living as extended families, up from 58 million in 2001. About 2.7 million children live in extended family households, a significant amount of whom are being…
by Lorraine Cragan-Sullivan, South Carolina's Act Early Ambassador Did you know 23 percent of children aged 3-17 in South Carolina (210,441 children) have one or more emotional, behavioral, or developmental conditions (KIDS Count Data Book, 2017-2018)? That is nearly one-fourth of…
COVID-19 blog series In February 2021, ICS was pleased to co-host a webinar on housing challenges with Root & Rebound, a Greenville-based organization whose mission is “to restore power and resources to the families and communities most harmed by mass incarceration.” (Slides and the recording are available here.)…
COVID-19 blog series More than a year into the COVID-19 health crisis, millions of American families, especially those with young children, are still struggling to access nutritious and adequate food their families need. Throughout much of 2020, food insecurity rates…
Officer: Stop acting like a child.Young Girl: I am a child! In a recent blogpost we detailed some of the structural failures that contributed to the pepper spraying and arrest of a nine-year-old girl in Rochester, New York. Prior to…
by Taylor Stathes, MS, CTRS, CCLS - Manager, Child Life and Special Programs, Prisma Health Children’s Hospital–Upstate My “Introduction to Child Life” professor started class by asking, “What will your elevator speech be?” I pondered this question, not knowing I would…
by guest contributor Rosie Kickish, DMD, Inspiration Dental in Riverview, FL Everyday life looks different lately. We shop for groceries online and curbside, refrain from visiting loved ones for birthdays and holidays, and we wonder how safe it is to…