Looking to erase stigmas among families and family service providers? I talk to mothers all the time, mostly young mothers. Their stress comes from the single mother duties they have to manage with little to no support from family and society. Why is this our concern? If we look to function as a village aka community then what affects one affects us all. We cannot ignore one another when times are bad and connect only to rejoice when times are good. We need each other all the time and we have to create resources and supports minus the stigmas. Why drop the stigmas? Dropping stigmas end the traumatizing of our families and communities. Please share your concerns for funding quality child care and maternal/paternal support in Pennsylvania May 8th in Philadelphia and May 9th in Pittsburgh. If you are outside of Pennsylvania please connect with when your state budget is being voted on. Together we can make our world a better place for all families and become a #StigmaFree Society!! #RealMotherHood #NoShame #Intervention #TwoGenerations #AskHer #MMH #FundOurFutureAndNotWithPrisons
Good Day, Office of Child Development and Early Learning
As a family/community advocate i’m writing to express my concerns for more funding to support our postpartum depressed families.
“Children exposed to early-life stress or deprivation are at higher risk for mental illness and addictions later in life, including schizophrenia,” said study co-author Brian F. O’Donnell, professor of psychological and brain sciences at IU Bloomington. “We have identified enduring changes in the brain and behavior that result from one type of stress in a rodent. These types of brain changes might mediate the effects of adverse events on children. Thus, policies or interventions that mitigate stress to children could reduce vulnerability to emotional disorders in adulthood.”
http://neurosciencenews.com/maternal-deprivation-brain-abnormalities-8965/
https://www.omicsonline.org/open-access/postpartum-depression-child-caring-behavior-of-mothers-and-developmental-milestones-of-their-children-a-correlational-motherchild-2090-7214-1000271.pdf
I couldn’t find a study on children doing what they want to do because of mothers postpartum depression keeping her in bed and the infant learning to do what they want to do because they don’t want to stay in bed all day. But I know from personal experience that this is what is taking place and being ignored because of stigmas. We have to stop building prison beds based on developmental disturbances and focus on early interventions for those developmental disturbances.
How much funding is being invested in Positive Behavioral Intervention and Supports (PBIS)? We are in need of child care programs that support families with postpartum depression. From my experience the best way to do this is by allowing families to receive in home care, CCIS and other support services by relatives who live with the families or trained professionals working in the family home at least ten hours per day versus stressing the family in search of quality child care trained to help develop postpartum depressed families. Today’s child care centers are not in tune with our family demographics aka icebergs or work in stigmas versus science of childcare and family development. For teachers who expel children for behavior challenges, their perception of expulsion as a solution is wrongly confirmed and they are no more prepared to help the next toddler or preschooler with a behavior problem than they were before. Furthermore, the child care center might have less motivation to change their curriculum to support behavioral skills.http://www.philly.com/philly/health/kids-families/philly-preschoolers-being-expelled-at-high-rates-20171005.html
Positive behavior support does not mean changing the child; rather, it means creating a new environment that supports the positive behavior you want to achieve. It means creating a plan that determines who will help and what you will do differently. Laura Riffel and Ann Turnbull
Please put more funding in connecting with Nemours and other health care professionals in identifying families with postpartum depressions and addressing the behavioral health concerns with interventions that support a safe and healthy environment for our families without being stigmatized. “Identification of women with [postpartum depression] may be associated with increased treatment costs, but the overall cost to the public sector of perinatal mental health problems is five times more than the cost of improving services, further highlighting that early intervention and effective treatment of perinatal depression are a public health priority,”
I was recently at a doctors appointment with my granddaughter and her mother and saw how the nurse recognized the stress of my granddaughters mom. The nurse asked if she could help the mother with anything and was pretty attentive towards the family concerns. The mom didn't mention her postpartum depression but i took the postpartum information with hopes that they would see me getting the information for her and ask questions. That didn't happen but i do talk about postpartum to the mom with hopes she will seek professional help. As a family community advocate i don't want to be an enabler of bad habits aka excuses. i seek professional advice because i want to enhance our families not further traumatize them. i come from the language of they are not right in the head, that's a bad mother, or other stigma influenced perception of #RealMotherHood. It's not easy for me and i make mistakes when helping these families but i look for professional training to improve how i assist our families and communities and ask that the state of Pennsylvania invest in training our families and centers in postpartum depression symptoms and treatments for our developing families.
Nemours duPont Pediatrics, Philadelphia is a satellite office of Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Del. Nemours is one of the nation’s largest health systems devoted to pediatric patient care, teaching and research. This office makes it easier for and your child to access this special Nemours quality of care in a central, convenient location.
We offer you a wide range of pediatric services:
- well-child checkups
- patient education and preventive medicine
- sick-child care
- breastfeeding counseling
- vision and hearing screening
- immunizations
- referrals to Nemours specialists right next door
First Visit
A parent or legal guardian must accompany your child for the first visit. If a legal guardian rather than a parent accompanies your child, the guardian must bring guardianship and custody papers for your child to be seen.
Languages Spoken
English
Our social worker as well as a few providers and medical assistants speak Spanish. Interpreter services are also available.
Sincerely,
Alicia Dorsey
Family/Community Advocate
Your feedback is needed on the CCDBG State Plan!
The Pennsylvania Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL) has been hard at work developing the Child Care Development Fund and Block Grant (CCDBG) State Plan for Federal Fi
scal Years 2019-2021.
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The Child Care Development Block Grant is one of the primary federal funding sources for monitoring regulated child care programs, child care subsidy through Child Care Works, and child care quality improvement through Keystone STARS.
Two public hearings are available during May. These hearings provide an opportunity to learn more about what is the State Plan and why it is important, as well as to provide testimony regarding what is in the State Plan.
All testimony should be prepared in writing and submitted at the end of each public hearing. This helps OCDEL keep a clear and accurate record of the testimony, comments, and questions. The public hearings are:
- May 8, 2018 from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM at 801 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107. All are welcome to attend; however, this is a secure building. Please be prepared to show ID upon entrance. If you choose to provide testimony, please RSVP no later than noon, May 4, 2018. Please RSVP to jsands@pa.gov, and use the subject line: RSVP: Philadelphia Public Hearing
- May 9, 2018 from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM at 475 East Waterfront Drive, Homestead, PA 15120. There is a limit of 50 seats in this session. If you choose to provide testimony, please RSVP no later close of business, May 7, 2018. Please RSVP to jsands@pa.gov, and use the subject line: RSVP: Pittsburgh Public Hearing
If you cannot attend one of the public hearings, you can provide comments in writing. To view the State Plan go to the PA Department of Human Services website and scroll down to access CCDBG State Plan. Comments are due by May 26, 2018. Use template for comments provided on the website. Send to RA-PWCCDBGComments@pa.gov
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