RESOURCES FOR PROVIDERS on opioids and substance use disorder, sensory strategies for children, mental health, and disabilities

·         Key Messages for Providers Related to Opioids and Substance Use Disorder

The Mom and Baby Substance Exposure Initiative from Addiction Free CA has also written Key Messages for Providers in English and Spanish. Please scroll down to the bottom of the website to view these documents.

·         Calming the body before calming the mind: Sensory strategies for children affected by trauma

This short article describes how understanding brain development can help inform approaches to working with children affected by trauma.

·         To improve students’ mental health, Yale study finds, teach them to breathe

When college students learn specific techniques for managing stress and anxiety, their well-being improves across a range of measures and leads to better mental health, a new Yale study finds.

·         Considerations for Building Post-COVID Early Care and Education (ECE) Systems that Serve Children with Disabilities

This fact sheet from Child Trends examines the interrelationship between disability, race, and ethnicity, and how this plays out across the country. Next, it discusses specific impacts of the pandemic on families with young children with disabilities, and, finally, the resource offers considerations for states as ECE programs begin to reopen.