Resources
Resources for families, professionals and providersNurturing Center – a family and parenting resource center. www.nurturingcenter.org or 406-756-1414
Perinatal Mental Health information and resource guide – This is more than the Baby Blues!
Bright by Text: Sign up for Free Expert Parental/Caregiver Advice Over Text. For anyone who cares for a child, prenatally through age 8: parents, parents-to-be, grandparents, babysitters, aunties/uncles, neighbors, friends, teachers, and more
PROJECT LIFTS: Search for Parenting Support, Maternal Mental Health resources and family friendly events in your area
LIFTS, a magazine created for Montana families who are expecting or raising young ones. LIFTS stands for Linking Infants & Families to Supports and is a project of Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies.
COVID-19/Coronavirus Resources for Families and Caregivers:
Parents’ Guide to Coping with the Pandemic
Back-to-school with COVID and Grief
Back to School Support Plan for ADHD
Supporting Young Children from Montana Early Childhood Services mt-parent-info-handout-final-8.7.20-2Download
From ACEs Connection: Coping with current events and the great mask debate
Resources from Harvard Center for the Developing Child
- ACES – Adverse Childhood Experiences Study: News and research about ACES
- ACES Connection – Networking and information sharing nationwide. ACESconnection.com
Downloadable PDF Infographic about ACEs
Basic introductory video about ACEs - AEYC – Montana association for the education of young children – mtaeyc.org
- Kids Count – Providing state legislators, public officials and child advocates with data, policy recommendations and tools needed to advance sound policies that benefit children and families. aecf.org/work/kids-count
- The business case for early childhood: http://www.readynation.org/
- The law enforcement case for early childhood: http://www.fightcrime.org/
- The military preparedness case for early childhood: http://www.missionreadiness.org/
- Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning – the Pyramid model
- Maternal Mental Health Local Resource Guide – This is more than the Baby Blues!
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Resilient Flathead Dos and Don’ts, definitions, and next steps as a downloadable PDF
- COVID-19 pandemic from the organizational leadership lens:
BoardSource on leading through this crisis for boards of directors
Building Organizational Resilience from the National Council for Behavioral Health - ACES – Adverse Childhood Experiences Study: News and research about ACES
- ACES Connection – Networking and information sharing nationwide. ACESconnection.com
Downloadable PDF Infographic about ACEs
Basic introductory video about ACEs - AEYC – Montana association for the education of young children – mtaeyc.org
- Kids Count – Providing state legislators, public officials and child advocates with data, policy recommendations and tools needed to advance sound policies that benefit children and families. aecf.org/work/kids-count
- Harvard Brain development Research – Videos on the 3 core concepts of brain development. learn more & view videos
- Trauma Resource Institute website and the iChill App
Harvard University videos
These videos provide an overview of the science behind the impacts of adverse experiences in early childhood.
Child Resilience Video Series by InBrief
These three videos provide an overview of why resilience matters, how it develops, and how to strengthen it in children.