Legacy for Children Training Center, UCLA

Caregiver responsiveness is a key ingredient to child development.

InBrief: The Science of Neglect Learn more about the science of neglect on our website: https://goo.gl/wUtAw9Extensive biological and developmental research shows significant neglect—the on...

The Legacy for ChildrenTM parenting program can help to prevent the impact of toxic stress on children.

Toxic Stress Learn about toxic stress response; how it differs from two other stress responses, positive and tolerable; and how it can be prevented or even reversed.

• SoCal Museums Annual FREE-For-All Day is back on Sunday, February 5, 2023!

Over 30 museums—presenting art, cultural heritage, film, natural history, and science—will open their doors and offer free GENERAL admission

For more information & reservations
https://socalmuseums.org/annual-free-for-all-23/

Happy New Year from Legacy for ChildrenTM

Happy Holidays from your friends at Legacy for ChildrenTM

Wishing you a very Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at 🦃🍁

Legacy for ChildrenTM outcomes 4-6 years post-intervention children had a significant increase in IQ.

Behavioral and Socioemotional Outcomes of the Legacy for... : Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics ing in poverty. Methods: Mothers who were recruited prenatally or at the time of childbirth participated in a set of Legacy parallel design randomized control trials between 2001 and 2009 in Miami, Florida, or Los Angeles, California. Of the initial 574 mother-child dyads, 364 completed at least 1 b...

In December 2021, the Surgeon General's Advisory on Youth Mental Health calls for a swift and coordinated response to this crisis as the nation continues to battle the COVID-19 pandemic. It provides recommendations including the Legacy for ChildrenTM parenting program. Legacy is highlighted as prevention strategy for children’s mental health on page 36.

COVID-19 vaccines have been approved by the CDC and are NOW available for children ages 6 months through 4 years old. This means that COVID-19 vaccines are available to anyone 6 months and older and booster shots are currently available to anyone 5 years and older who has received their primary doses of the vaccine.

COVID-19 and kids: How mRNA vaccines work Vaccination is the best way to protect your child from COVID-19. Learn how mRNA vaccines work like invisible coaches to teach your child's immune system to r...

The Landing will be having its first Financial Empowerment Class in collaboration with the California Reinvestment Coalition on Wednesday, 7/6/2022 from 2:30pm-4:30pm. There will be six classes total, held once a month. For the first session, parents can come with any questions they have regarding finances, and any topics they would like to learn more about. Please see the attached flyer for info about our address and how to RSVP.

Feel free to pass along the info and flyer for the class to any interested families. This class will be open to ALL families! Lunch and childcare will be provided. We hope to see some new faces there!

Guidance for parents amid infant formula shortage ‘My advice is not to panic. Work with your health care provider or your pediatrician to navigate this,' says UCLA Health's Dr. Kara Calkins

Happy Earth Day-Let's work together to protect the planet for future generations.🌳🌷💦🌞

Happy Valentine's Day from your friends at Legacy for ChildrenTM! ❤️

Learn how you can develop strategies to improve child and mental health.

Using Data to Improve Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH): The Opening Playbook - PHII Overview The Child Development Studies team within the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) collaborated with the Public Health Informatics Institute (PHII) to create this playbook as a resource for state, territorial...

Support positive mother-child relationships with Legacy for ChildrenTM.
Please visit the following websites:
https://www.uclahealth.org/mattel/legacy-for-children/
https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/childdevelopment/legacy.html

Wishing you a very Happy Thanksgiving from your friends at the Legacy for ChildrenTM Training and TA Center at UCLA.

Legacy for Children™ (Legacy) is an evidence-based parenting program that has proven to improve child outcomes by fostering positive parenting. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designed the model to address the need for rigorous effectiveness studies of early childhood intervention.

Please visit the following websites:
https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/childdevelopment/legacy.html
https://www.uclahealth.org/mattel/legacy-for-children/

Please contact us for additional information. We look forward to hearing from you!
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (310) 825-4821
Dane Fitzmorris, MA, Director
Maria Gonzalez, Administrator

A nice reminder as we begin this Thanksgiving week!

https://youtu.be/YeSdQmO51Ps

Thankful by The Juicebox Jukebox | 2021 Gratitude Appreciation Kids Songs Music Thanksgiving We've got a lot to be for with this song! Wishing you all a very with your friends and family this year. Tell us what you're tha...

Reading aloud is a great way to support a child's development

Thank you Grover for remining us about some health habits as we begin this holiday season!
https://youtu.be/hGhzfjXSjGE

Sesame Street: Healthy Habits with Grover PSA | #CaringForEachOther Everyone’s favorite “expert” Grover is here with some ways to stay healthy! to the Sesame Street Channel here: http://www.youtub...

Dr. T. Berry Brazelton's reminder about how health and development of a baby is directly influenced by the of the quality of care and experiences a child experiences a child has with his parents and caregivers still remains true. Investing in early childhood services is essential.

Dr. T. Berry Brazelton reflects on the importance of Early Learning and Development! Get Involved! Be A Voice For Babies!To SIgn The Petition, visit: http://rally4babies.org/petition/or get more info at: http://rally4babies.org!

Critical to consider for State funding as well!

From the front page of today’s New York Times: “Child care is expensive because it is labor intensive. Many centers spend half or more of their budget on wages, so raising pay has a major financial impact.” https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/09/us/politics/child-care-costs-wages-legislation.html?referringSource=articleShare

Investment in the early years are critical!

? Experiences during the prenatal period and first 2-3 years after birth affect lifelong health at least as much as they affect school achievement.
https://developingchild.harvard.edu/resources/health-and-learning-are-deeply-interconnected-in-the-body-an-action-guide-for-policymakers/

If policies and services can reduce sources of ongoing, excessive stress for young children and their families—such as poverty, racism, violence, housing instability, and food insecurity—we can dramatically reduce the need for costly treatments for a wide range of health conditions. https://developingchild.harvard.edu/resources/health-and-learning-are-deeply-interconnected-in-the-body-an-action-guide-for-policymakers/