Course 3F - Reducing Maternal Depression and Its Impact on Young Children

$20.00 - [3 Credit Hours] THIS IS A 'QUIZ ONLY' COURSE! Read and print the study material and the quiz for FREE, study off-line if you like, and take the quiz online. YOU PAY ONLY TO TAKE THE ONLINE QUIZ and to obtain your INSTANTLY DOWNLOADED 3-HOUR CEU CERTIFICATE.

The publication is accessed through a link to the National Center for Children In Poverty [Columbia University] website. You may view and print a COPY of our online quiz now, without charge, and use it as a guide as you read the study materials.

This informative paper on Maternal Depression in low income families was developed by Jane Knitzer, EdD, Suzanne Theberge, MPH, and Kay Johnson, MPH, MEd. NCCP is a nonpartisan, public interest research organization. The paper is jointly published by Project Thrive and NCCP.

As described by the publishers of this internet-accessible paper, the research studies and model programs which are reviewed here, focus upon Maternal Depression as a significant risk factor affecting the well-being and school readiness of young children in LOW INCOME FAMILIES. Low-income mothers of young children experience particularly high levels of depression, often in combination with other risk factors. The impact on their children is well documented. ETHNIC AND CULTURAL factors are important elements and must be included in program design.

NOTE: How is this course different from most of the courses available on the CEU By Net website? Most of the courses on our site are developed by CEU By Net, and you pay your fee to access the in-house course materials and the quiz. However, this is a 'QUIZ ONLY' course. The material for this course - and the quiz which we have developed to assess mastery of the materials - may be accessed FOR FREE on the internet, by clicking a link on our site. After reviewing the materials free of charge, you may pay the fee to take our online quiz and obtain your instant-download certificate. [We suggest that you print a copy of the quiz and mark your answers as you read through the materials. Then, click the 'SIGN UP NOW' button in the catalog, pay your fee, and take the online quiz. You can transfer your answers from the previously printed copy of the quiz, to the online quiz, if you like.]

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FOCUS AND GOALS:

1. Review the research-based knowledge about the impact of maternal depression on young children, particularly infants and toddlers, and the prevalence of maternal depression among different ethnic and economic groups.

2. Review examples of community and treatment strategies designed to be sensitive to ethnic and cultural biases of Caucasian, Latino, and African American adult and teen women …. with goals to reduce maternal depression and prevent negative cognitive, social emotional and behavioral impacts upon their young children

3. Identify the key cultural barriers to women of differing ethnicities who are seeking help for maternal depression

4. Know the approaches to promote healthy early child development and school readiness vis-à-vis Maternal Depression prevention and treatment

5. Review model programs to address community, cultural, and ethnic barriers, and thereby to craft more appropriate intervention responses.

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Maternal Depression and Child Course 3F - Guide 1

This 3-credit hour course is a pdf document accessed FREE by an open-access internet link to the National Center for Children In Poverty [Columbia University] website. If you wish to earn CE CREDIT and a CE Certificate for reading this well documented material, you may do so by taking a quiz on our website. NOTE: YOU NEED TO HAVE ADOBE READER 8 or 9 or ANOTHER PDF READER on your computer to view this document over the internet. This paper presents an extensive description of MODEL COMMUNITY and THERAPEUTIC PROGRAMS in multiple ethnic communities, as well as some key research studies related to prevalence, outcomes, and BEST PRACTICES. The GOALS of this Continuing Education activity are (a) understanding the IMPACT of maternal depression on young children, particularly infants and toddlers in low-income families, (b) COMMUNITY PATHWAYS TO REDUCTION of maternal depression and prevention of related cognitive, social emotional and behavioral damage to youth which affect their well-being and school readiness, (c) awareness of the prevalence of maternal depression among different ETHNIC GROUPS, and the effective community and treatment strategies designed to be sensitive to ethnicity and cultural biases of Caucasian, Latino, and African American adult and teen women, (d) Identification of the key CULTURAL BARRIERS to women of differing ethnicities who are seeking help for maternal depression, and (e) a review of MODEL PROGRAMS to address community, cultural, and ethnic barriers, and thereby to craft more appropriate intervention responses, and (f) awareness of noteworthy COMMUNITY AND PROGRAMMATIC STRATEGIES to identify and reduce maternal depression and the associated problems in young children., and (g) recognition of the BARRIERS to effective community implementation. The paper also provides a superior BIBLIOGRAPHY of position papers and research studies of this subject, should the CE participant wish to follow up with more information and study. Click here to view this study material. Click here to view and print the quiz you will take for this material.