PPN Newsletter July 2006
Listed below are recent updates to the Promising Practices Network on Children, Families and Communities website (http://www.promisingpractices.net).
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
New Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families Partner Page!
We are pleased to announce the launch of the Partner page for one of the PPN Network Members, Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families (GCYF). GCYF is a membership association of grantmaking institutions whose mission is to increase the ability of organized philanthropy to improve the well-being of children, youth and families. On GCYF's Partner page, you can find information and resources on the topics of family support; early childhood; youth; and healthy children, youth and families.
PROGRAMS THAT WORK
Cognitive Relaxation Coping Skills Program Shows Promise in Reducing Anger, Anxiety, Depression, and Deviant Behavior
The Cognitive Relaxation Coping Skills (CRCS) program has been adapted to work with middle school students to help them increase control over their own emotions. Participants are taught methods for relaxation and attitude change and how to use those skills to control their feelings of anger when dealing with frustrating situations. Evaluation results show the program is effective at reducing a range of negative outcomes, including anger, anxiety, depression, general deviance, and deviant behavior at school.
More about the CRCS programMore programs on violent behavior and mental health
RESEARCH IN BRIEF
Listed below are research summaries that have been added to the PPN site this month.
See all for 2006 » Healthy and Safe Children
2006 KIDS COUNT Data Book
— June 2006
News release at Annie E. Casey Foundation website
Effectiveness of Child Safety Seats vs Seat Belts in Reducing Risk for Death in Children in Passenger Vehicle Crashes
— June 2006
Journal abstract at Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine website
Emotional, Developmental, and Behavioral Health of American Children and Their Families
— June 2006
Fewer High School Students Engage in Health Risk Behaviors, Racial and Ethnic Differences Persist
— June 2006
Impact of Extremely Low Birth Weight on the Families of School-Aged Children
— June 2006
Mental Health Care Services for Children With Special Health Care Needs and Their Family Members
— June 2006
National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (1991-2005): Trends in the Prevalence of Selected Behaviors
— June 2006
Nonfatal Injuries and Restraint Use Among Child Passengers
— June 2006
Nonfatal Injuries from Off-Road Motorcycle Riding Among Children and Teens
— June 2006
Obesity Among U.S. Urban Preschool Children
— June 2006
Youth Overweight Increases Risk of Bone Fractures, Muscle and Joint Pain
— June 2006
Youth Under Age 18 in the Adult Criminal Justice System
— June 2006
Fertility, Contraception, and Fatherhood: Data on Men and Women from the National Survey of Family Growth
— May 2006
The Media Family: Electronic Media in the Lives of Infants, Toddlers, Preschoolers, and Their Parents
— May 2006
The Relative Effectiveness of 10 Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment Programs in the U.S.
— May 2006
Girls and Drugs
— Feb. 2006
Characteristics of Recent Adolescent Inhalant Initiates
— 2006
Protect Children Not Guns
— 2006
Substance Use and Employment Among Youths Aged 15 to 17
— 2006
See all for 2006 » Children Ready for School
2006 KIDS COUNT Data Book
— June 2006
Obesity Among U.S. Urban Preschool Children
— June 2006
Parent Employment and the Use of Child Care Subsidies
— June 2006
The Media Family: Electronic Media in the Lives of Infants, Toddlers, Preschoolers, and Their Parents
— May 2006
Rural Families Choose Home-Based Child Care for their Preschool-Aged Children
— Spring 2006
See all for 2006 » Children Succeeding in School
2006 KIDS COUNT Data Book
— June 2006
Diplomas Count: An Essential Guide to Graduation Policy and Rates
— June 2006
Reality Check 2006: How Black and Hispanic Families Rate Their Schools
— May 2006
See all for 2006 » Strong Families
2006 KIDS COUNT Data Book
— June 2006
Impact of Extremely Low Birth Weight on the Families of School-Aged Children
— June 2006
Parent Employment and the Use of Child Care Subsidies
— June 2006
ABOUT OUR SPONSORS
The Promising Practices Network appreciates the generous financial support of the following organizations:
Annie E. Casey Foundation
The California Wellness Foundation
The Children's Institute
Colorado Foundation for Families and ChildrenThe Colorado Trust
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Family and Community Trust
Family Connection Partnership
Foundation Consortium for California's Children & Youth
Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families (GCYF)
Kansas Action for Children
KidsOhio.org
Northwest Early Childhood Institute
New York State Office of Children & Family Services
Oregon Commission on Children and Families
Parents Action for Children (formerly the I Am Your Child Foundation)
RAND Corporation
The Spencer Foundation
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