Nemours Health & Preventions Services (NHPS) works with community partners and coalitions to inspire change in policies in the places where children live, learn and play: schools, child care centers, primary care practices, and neighborhoods.
Promoting Positive Social Skills
Nemours Health & Prevention Services (NHPS) believes public health policy and practices can be effective in promoting healthy behaviors and positive social skills. NHPS is working with community partners and coalitions to inspire change in places where children live, learn and play, from schools and child care centers to primary care practices and neighborhood centers.
Current Public Health Policies on Helping Children with Social Skills
and Development
The Advantages of Providing Mental Health Services in the Primary Care Setting (2009)
This policy brief provides a rationale for integrating social and emotional development and mental health services in primary care as well as strategies for helping to ensure effectiveness.
Improving Children’s Social and Emotional Health through Delaware Child Care Policy (2008)
This brief outlines the importance of the child care setting in the development of a child's social and behavioral health, as well as the new Stars for Early Success quality rating and improvement system for early care facilities.
Building Healthy Communities and
Emotional Development
Nemours Health & Prevention Services (NHPS) believes ongoing policy development and changing practices is often necessary to build healthy communities and promote positive emotional development in children.
Recent Policies in Development Promoting
Emotional Competence for Children
The Advantages of Providing Mental Health Services in the Primary Care Setting (2009)
This policy brief provides a rationale for integrating social and emotional development and mental health services in primary care as well as strategies for helping to ensure effectiveness.
Improving Children’s Social and Emotional Health through Delaware Child Care Policy (2008)
This brief outlines the importance of the child care setting in the development of a child's social and behavioral health, as well as the new Stars for Early Success quality rating and improvement system for early care facilities.
Handouts & Resources
Read more articles and reports on recent measures to implement education on healthier habits for children.
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