1. TRAUMA INFORMED EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION: WHY YOU NEED TO CARE Leslie Lieberman, MSW Director of Special Initiatives Health Federation of Philadelphia llieberman@healthfederation.org www.multiplyingconnections.org

3. Is Early Childhood Trauma Real?

4. Behavior is the Language of Young Children Stressed Brain Calm Brain Used with Permission, http://www.victoriatennantconsulting.com/

5. ECE Expulsion and Absenteeism Preschoolers are expelled at three times the rate of their older peers Racial disparity in expulsion/suspension begins in preschool 45% of 3 year-olds and 36% percent of 4 year- olds were chronically absent from preschool

6. Opportunities

7. Concepts and Strategies SSNREs Identification and Assessment Workforce Development Teacher Emotional Regulation

8. CAPPD

9. What works and what can we do? ECMH Consultation Programs Professional Development (e.g. Becoming Trauma Informed Integrated Programs – (e.g. Head Start Trauma Smart) Policy changes

10. Pay now or Pay Later https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=35&v=L8U96Q _x3qE

11. Sources and Resources www.multiplyingconnections.org http://heckmanequation.org/ https://ccsr.uchicago.edu/sites/default/files/publications/Pre- K%20Attendance%20Research%20Summary.pdf https://ccsr.uchicago.edu/sites/default/files/publications/Pre- K%20Attendance%20Research%20Summary.pdf http://hechingerreport.org/expelled-preschool/ http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/03/21/2924 56211/black-preschoolers-far-more-likely-to-be-suspended http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/03/21/2924 56211/black-preschoolers-far-more-likely-to-be-suspended http://ffyf.org/