ICAAP: Make Oral Health a Part of Well Child Visits
Bright Smiles from Birth is an ICAAP educational program that provides guidelines and support to Pediatricians and Family Physicians, Dentists, and families to make oral health a component of well child visits.
ICAAP: Immunization Provider Education
The Reaching Our Goals: Immunization Provider Education program is presented to hospitals, clinics, FQHC, and practices throughout the state.
ICAAP: Prevent Early Childhood Caries
The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) recognizes that caries-risk assessment is an essential element of contemporary clinical care for infants, children, and adolescents.
ICAAP Partner: Reach Out and Read
The Illinois Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics partners with Reach Out and Read to provide children of all ages with books.
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News & Events
New Documentary: The Raising of America: Early Childhood and the Future of Our Nation
Are We Crazy About Our Kids? is one of the supporting episodes to the forthcoming documentary series The Raising of America: Early Childhood and the Future of Our Nation. Science has demonstrated that a child’s experiences during the earliest years are vital to building the foundation for life-long individual successes in school and in life. Economic studies by James Heckman and others have concluded that high quality early care and preschool yield huge individual and public benefits: children are more likely to graduate high school and college, get better jobs, and contribute more in taxes and are less likely to abuse drugs or alcohol, be unemployed, or go to jail. In fact, the return on investment is six dollars to one, or more. For more information or to watch the episode, click here.
Transition to Motherhood Workshop
Insight Behavioral Health Centers will be hosting a Transition to Motherhood: Recognizing Mental Health Issues in New and Expectant Mothers workshop on Wednesday, June 19 from 8:30-11am at Flourish Studios in Chicago. Participants will learn to distinguish between what is a normal part of the adjustment process and what is clinically significant in addition to treatment approaches and strategies that effectively prevent and reduce symptoms. The conference is free, but registration is required as space is limited. Click here to register.
Symposium on Child Trauma in the Public Sector: July 18-19, 2013
Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, and the Illinois Childhood Trauma Coalition have partnered to host the Symposium on Child Trauma in the Public Sector on July 18-19, 2013 at Northwestern University. The symposium will focus on the Adverse Childhood Experiences Studies (ACES) and community violence and is intended for policymakers, clinicians, health care providers, child advocates, educators, and others who work with children. View the flyer here.
House Bill 1063 Passes
After unanimous approval in the Illinois House and Senate, House Bill 1063 awaits Governor Quinn’s signature to become a law. The legislation removes the criminal statute of limitations for sex offenses that occurred when the victim was under 18 years old and ensures that all survivors, many of who remain silent about childhood abuse for years, have the opportunity to seek justice. Illinois joins 33 other states that have already begun extending the statue of limitations related to child sexual abuse. For the full text of HB 1063, please click here.
Upcoming Events at TAP Rockford
The Autism Program (TAP) Service Center in Rockford, a program of Easter Seals Metropolitan Chicago, has announced four exciting summer opportunities taking place around the Rockford region:
Drive it Home Show: 6.18.13
The Allstate Foundation and National Safety Council have partnered to bring the Drive it Home Show to Rockford on June 18, 2013 at 7:00 pm at Rockford College’s Maddox Theater. The free, one hour show will feature a skit performed by comedians from Second City, and safety experts will provide easy, lifesaving tips to keep children safe on the road. For more information on the Drive it Home initiative, click here. Pediatricians, their colleagues and staff, and parents can register online here.
CDC Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Disease Conference
Are you up to date? Vaccination is a field that’s always changing. It’s as important for you to stay current on developments as it is for your patients to stay up on their shots. Here’s your chance to connect with national experts from the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Disease Conference This two-day course at the Chicago Cultural Center on October 10th and 11th will give you the very latest information on immunization and vaccine-preventable diseases.
I-CARE VFC Vaccine Ordering Activation
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Vaccines For Children (VFC) provider clinics are now responsible for self-directed training and fulfillment of the VFC Activation Checklist in order to prepare for online vaccine ordering through I-CARE. Failure to satisfy any of the checklist requirements may delay online vaccine orders after activation. The VFC program will no longer accept faxed vaccine orders after June 1, 2013. VFC providers are required to use the Illinois Comprehensive Automated Immunization Registry Exchange (I-CARE) and activate VFC ordering by June 1, 2013. Please read the full VFC memo released May 28, 2013 which includes instructions on how to activate the ordering module.
