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Let’s Talk about Expulsion and Suspension and the Role of Quality Improvement

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By: Child Care State Capacity Building Center June 1, 2018
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This tool, Building a Comprehensive State Policy Strategy to Prevent Expulsion from Early Learning Settings (Expulsion Policy Strategy Tool), is designed to address this complexity. Its aim is to support states and territories in designing a multifaceted policy approach to developing a continuum of supports for programs, families, and children. It provides policy options to promote young children’s social-emotional development and reduce the likelihood of expulsion and suspension in early learning.

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Foundations of Well-being: Policy Strategies for Integrating Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health into Child Welfare

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From birth to age 3, the brain undergoes its most dramatic period of growth, as babies learn to think, speak, walk, reason, and interact with others. This brief highlights the importance of IECMH for families in child welfare. It covers key components of the IECMH continuum of care and the importance of integrating ZERO TO THREE’s IECMH Guiding Principles and Best Practices for family support and reunification. Additionally, it suggests policy strategies for states to enhance collaboration between IECMH, child welfare, and other early childhood systems.