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EEC and Office of the Child Advocate launch trauma-responsive training initiative and expand behavioral health supports
Summary
EEC briefed the board on expanded early childhood behavioral-health staffing, its consultation grant network, and a new interagency trauma-responsive training called STREET (Strategic Trauma Responsive Early Education Training) developed with the Office of the Child Advocate and partner organizations.
The Board of Early Education and Care heard a multi-part briefing on mental and behavioral health initiatives for young children, educators and programs across the Commonwealth. Commissioner and EEC staff framed behavioral health supports as a top priority and described staff additions, expanded grants and a new partnership with the Office of the Child Advocate (OCA) to deliver trauma-responsive training and technical assistance.
EEC described a growing in-house behavioral-health team deployed regionally to provide direct support to programs, and an expanded Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation grant network that supplies classroom observation,…
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