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On May 17, 2007, Commission on
Children Executive Director Elaine Zimmerman gave a presentation for an audio and Web conference entitled, "School
Readiness and Success: Improving Children's Social and Emotional
Development."
Sponsored by the
National Conference of State Legislatures and the Chapin Hall Center
for Children at the University of Chicago, the conference explored
ways of addressing children's behavioral and emotional problems
before they result in the children falling behind at school.
Listen to a 59-minute recording of the conference, via the Chapin
Hall website
View Ms.
Zimmerman's PowerPoint presentation
as a PDF
View the documents and other
resources she cited
I. Early Care and Education
II. Pediatric Care
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The Children's
Trust Fund - Recognizing a need for coordinated efforts and
funding for programs designed to prevent child abuse and
neglect, the state of Connecticut created the Children’s Trust
Fund in 1983.
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Help Me Grow - Ensures that Connecticut children and
their families have access to a system of early
identification, prevention, and intervention services. It
also links child health providers, parents and service
providers with existing community resources through a
toll-free phone number.
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Ages & Stages - Helps families keep track of their
children's development.
III. Most At-risk
- Child FIRST - A model program to
reduce the incidence of serious emotional disturbance,
developmental and learning problems, and abuse and neglect among
high-risk children in and around Bridgeport, one of
Connecticut's largest and poorest cities.
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