Iowa Children’s Justice Parent’s Toolkit

Articles


 

Welcome to the Iowa Children’s Justice Parents’ Toolkit!

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Intro


Article 1

Behavior Management Hints. Helpful hints and strategies for parents.


Article 2

Behavior Regulation. What it is and how it affects behavior.


Article 3

Executive Functioning. The kind of intelligence that drives behavior and learning.


Article 4

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. An overview of one of the most common behavioral and intellectual disabilities in the U.S.


Article 5

Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome. The newborn going through withdrawal from opiate drugs used by the mother during pregnancy.

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Reference Video: Baby With Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS)

 

Article 6

Newborn Growth. How growth patterns can provide an early clue to risk for the child.

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Article 7

Sensory Integration. How the brain receives, organizes, and interprets information.


Article 8

Sleep problems in the infant. There’s no such thing as letting a baby cry itself to sleep.


Article 9

Sleep problems in the older child. Sometimes sleep seems a distant fantasy.


Article 10

Transitions in placement. Helping the child who has been through multiple placements.

 

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