Event Presentations

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Presentations

Prioritizing Possibilities for Child and Family Flourishing: Our Greatest Public Health Opportunity – Christina Bethell, PhD, MBA, MPH

Preschool Expulsion and Suspension: Implications for Administrators, Teachers, and Teacher Education – Dee Stegelin, PhD and Mary Garvey

Latino Families: Nurturing Child Development from the Clinic to the Community – Julie M. Linton, MD, FAAP

Promoting Children’s Optimal Healthy Development.
It’s the Environment, Stupid! – Paul Dworkin, MD

We Are the Medicine:  Leveraging the Power of Relationships and Engagement to Nurture Developing Minds – Christina Bethell, PhD, MBA, MPH

Why and How We Can Reduce Physical Punishment in Medical and Community Settings – Elizabeth Gershoff, PhD

Breakout Sessions Track 1 – Developmental & Behavioral Challenges

What to Do When There are Concerns about a Child’s Development – Ryan Baker, MD and Meghan Doyle, MD

An Update on Management of Children with ADHD – James H. Beard Jr., MD

Breakout Sessions Track 2 – Healthcare & Well-being

Been Caught Stealing: An Overview of the Assessment and Treatment of Disruptive, Impulse-control, and Conduct disorders – Jo Mason, MD

To do and not to do; The complementary roles of Triple P and No Hit Zone – Shaniece Criss, ScD, MPH, MPA; Jessica Herron; Lochrane Grant, MD; Nancy Henderson, MD; Kerry Sease, MD; and Cinnamon Stetler, PhD

Breakout Sessions Track 3 – Early Childhood

Environments Encouraging Flourishing – Moderated by Megan Carolan, MPP

Health as a Key Component of Child Care Quality – Amanda McDougald Scott,
Noelle Mcinerney, Misty Pearson, Nicole Shea, and Aditi Srivastav

Bundling Services to Improve Family Outcomes: Lessons from Communities – Janice Gruendel, PhD and Molly Talbot-Metz

A world without play! The dangers of depriving children of their right to natural play – Mary MacKenzie

Breakout Sessions Track 4 – Promoting Healthy Child Development

Digital Diets and Screen Time: The Impact on Brain Development and Future Academic Success – Angie Neal

Using the Well Visit Planner to support parents’ effective communication with their child’s health care provider – Tiffany Howard and Charlene Sanchez

The Influence of Child Sexual Abuse on Preschool-aged Children – Amaris Tejada, PhD, Candidate, and Sandra Linder, PhD

Young Child Expo NYC. 2018. Beyond the Classroom: Using Community-Based Interventions to Improve Early Literacy and Math. Megan Carolan, Director of Policy Research.

IDEAs That Work: 2017 Leadership Conference. Pay for Success: Innovative Financing to Improve Child Outcomes. ICS Vice President Bryan Boroughs with Jennifer Tschantz (Early Childhood Research to Practice Team, Office of Special Education Policy, U.S. Department of Education); Donna Spiker (SRI @ DaSy); & Maureen Greer (DaSy)

SmartStart 2017: Playing in the Sandbox- Community-based Approaches to Expanding Early Care Smart Start 2017. ICS’s Associate Director of Research Keller Anne Ruble, with Barbara Manoski (Spartanburg Quality Counts) and Art Rolnick (Human Capital Research Collaborative at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota).

Sixth Annual Home Visiting Summit (2016). Grandparents Matter: Home Visiting comes to Three Gen. ICS Senior Fellow Janice Gruendel. Part of a workshop also featuring David Willis, M.D. (Human Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services); & Clare Anderson (Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago)

Blueprints for Healthy Youth Development Conference (2016). Triple P & Pay for Success. ICS Director of Policy Research Megan Carolan with Sara van Driel (Triple P America).