Goal 2 : Promote healthy social-emotional development of children ages 3-18
Anticipated Impact
Increased community access to programming and information about socialemotional development in children will result in increased community knowledge and skills related to promoting positive social-emotional development in children . Building these types of skills and knowledge are being supported with the long term goal of better health and education outcomes for youth .
Strategy 2.1
Improve collaboration with community partners to promote children ’ s socialemotional health .
Tactic : Provide professional development and technical assistance for schools and community-based organizations seeking to incorporate social-emotional content and programming for youth and families .
Tactic : Forge local partnerships that expand access for underserved youth to arts , music , sports , physical activity , and nutrition programming that contribute to positive social-emotional development . ( Note : Linked to Physical Activity , Nutrition , and Obesity Plan ).
Tactic : Utilization of resources identified in Strategy 1.1 with shared outcome measures in place .
Setting / Delivery Mechanism
School : This program can be integrated in the school resource center project to ensure that all school based health centers providing behavioral health care include the promotion of positive social-emotional development .
Provider : This program can be expanded and administered through a clinical network of primary care providers that ranges from the traditional private pediatric practice to the safety net clinic .
Community : Social-emotional workshops will be provided in a variety of community based settings , such as recreation centers or Boys and Girls club locations .
Employer : Workshops will be provided to the employees of corporate partners educating them about the role of positive social-emotional development in their child ’ s health and well-being .
Home : Community Health Workers can provide basic social-emotional development education information and link families up with other additional resources they may need to address child specific dynamics .
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