Videos
American Academy of Pediatrics Support for Military Children and Adolescents
Social Emotional brain development: First Five Years Fund
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These Nine Months: The Realities of Alcohol and Pregnancy
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A window to the world: Promoting Early Language and Literacy Development. From the Zero to Three organization.
- Logic Model Presentation
Early Learning Matters. A very compelling video from the First Five Years Fund illustrating why the first five years of a child's life are so important.
A video highlighting the dangers of consuming alcohol during pregnancy.
Watch and share this powerful video to help understand the importance of early childhood development.
Change the First Five Years and You Change Everything
Documents
- KY SEED Progress Report: A Spotlight on Cohort 1
- Children of Military Service Members Resource Guide: A great new resource when working with the families of members of the military
- KY SEED System of Care Flower Poster
- KY SEED Informational Flyer
- KY SEED's Cohort and RIAC Map
- KY SEED Logic Model
- Military OneSource Educational Materials for
Military Families
- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: A Guidebook for Kentucky Families 2011. This is a great new resource for families with children who have FASD, created by the Weisskopf Child Evaluation Center in Louisville
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Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development has announced that Putting the Pieces Together: A Toolkit on Developing Early Childhood Systems of Care has just been posted online. It is a wonderful repository of tips, strategies, resources, and lessons learned regarding systems development from the Early Childhood System of Care Communities and national TA providers.
Links
- Kentucky has the prescription for significantly reducing childhood obesity. It's called 5-2-1-0
- Kentucky's Early Childhood Development Programs
- March of Dimes Pregnancy Information - For every stage of your pregnancy
- SAMHSA National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day
- SAMHSA Caring for Every Child's Mental Health
- TA Partnership for Child and Family Mental Health: Systems of Care
- National Alliance on Mental Illness
- Children's Mental Health Initiative Digital Library
- Ounce of Prevention Organization
- Child Welfare Information Gateway
- Military One Source
- Military Child Education Coalition
- Kentucky Special Parent Involvement Network, Inc.
- First Five Years Fund
- Kentucky's Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities (DBHDID)
- Kids Mental Health Info
- Kentucky's Voice for Early Childhood (formerly Parent Voice)
- As of December 2010, there were 778 credentialed trainers in Kentucky. A list of trainers is available online through the Early Care and Education Training Records Information System (ECE-TRIS). Click here to view the list.
- The Early Care and Education Training Records Information System (ECE-TRIS) is a database created to store and maintain individual training records for Early Care and Education professionals in Kentucky. ECE-TRIS creates an easily accessible, centralized location for training records.
- Kentucky Partnership for Early Childhood Services
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
- Caring for Every Child's Mental Health - Systems of Care
- Child Care Health Consultation
- Council for Exceptional Children
- Kentucky Partnership for Families and Children, Inc.
- KY Head Start Association
- Bright Futures
- Zero to Three
- National Federation of Families
- National Institute of Mental Health
- Center for Child and Human Development
- American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
- American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)
- Kentucky's Department for Community Based Services (DCBS)
- Kentucky Division of Child Care
More About us
KY SEED is a $9 million, six-year cooperative agreement initiated in 2008,
between the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and the Kentucky Division of Behavioral Health to support Kentucky's further development of its system of care for children age birth to 5 who have social, emotional, and behavioral needs and their families.
What is a System of Care?
A system of care is a coordinated network of community-based services and supports that are organized to meet the needs of children and youth with mental health challenges and their families.
The values of a System of Care are:
> Family-Driven and Youth-Guided> Community-Based
> Culturally Competent
Latest News
5-21-13
Registration is now open for the 4th Annual Western Kentucky Mini Parent/Professional Conference Aug. 24. The event will be from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Murray State University Curris Center, 1500 Chestnut St., Murray, Ky. 42071. Special education, learning strategies, legal rights and advocacy will be just a few of the topics discussed at the conference. Parents, grandparents, caregivers, educators, providers and therapists are all welcome to attend. A free gas card will be given to each family that participates and will be handed out at the end of the day. A meal and refreshments will be provided, along with information booths, exhibits and door prizes. Register now at www.wkec.org. Click on the event listed on the right hand side of the screen under "PD Opportunities" or call Rhonda Logsdon with KY-SPIN (Rhonda@kyspin.com) at 1-800-525-7746. For more information about the conference, call Susan Clifton of the Western Kentucky Special Education Cooperative at (270)809-6980.
4-16-13
April is Autism Awareness Month The National Federation is partnering with the IDEA Partnership to share these ready-to-use materials for Autism Awareness Month! Share widely! (read more)
4-12-13
2013 Kentucky Fathering Conference Engaging Fathers Strengthening Families (read more)
3-4-13
FREE Communicare training, "Ages and Stages," will be March 18 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and March 28 from 2-5 p.m. or 5-8 p.m. Both sessions will be conducted at the Nolin RECC Building in Elizabethtown. Training participants will learn about ASQ-3, ASQ-SE and receive an overview about early childhood development. Seating is limited, so please reserve a spot by calling (270) 765-5145 or e-mail cquick@communicare.org. The trainings are sponsored by KY SEED and the Lincoln Trail RIAC.
3-8-13
Child Adult Relationship Enhancement (CARE) Model Training will be hosted three times in April by Erica Pearl, Psy.D. The events, which will be conducted from noon to 4 p.m. April 8, 11 and 15, will be located at 100 Gray Street in Elizabethtown. CARE is a trauma-informed, field-initiated practice that can be used by clinical and non-clinical adults who interact with traumatized children. CARE focuses on connecting with children and increasing children's positive behaviors. A light lunch and resource fair will begin at 11 a.m. A limited number of spots are available. RSVP by calling (270) 765-5145
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