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Fostering Resilience in Children Living in Poverty: Effective Practices and Resources for EHDI Professionals developed by: Susan Lenihan, PhD & Jenna Voss, PhD, LSLS Cert AVEd. Case Study: Isabelle Isabelle - 13 month old Tasha - 18 year old mother “Referred” on newborn hearing screen Enrolled in early intervention at 3 months Undergoing cochlear implant candidacy eval Consider What are each family’s resources? Who are the primary supports for this household? What programs or approaches might benefit this family? What strategies might you use from the Effective Practices to increase the chance of success for each of these children? How can you include strategies in your interaction with the child and caregiver? How have you experienced the impact of poverty in your work with children and families? UNDERSTANDING Poverty In the News “Poverty Reaches Highest Level Since ‘93, U.S. Says” “Children Hit Hard by Economic Crisis” “Household Income Continues to Decline” “Number of Poor, Uninsured Likely Up” “Wealthy, Poor Are Even Farther Apart” “Income Falls, Poverty Rate Rises” “More Kids Need Food Stamps” “Outside the City, Poverty is Soaring” “Left Behind: Changes in Missouri’s Economy Send More Families into Poverty” Poverty Definitions “the extent to which an individual does without resources…” (Payne, p 7) “families and their children experience poverty when they are unable to achieve a minimum, decent standard of living that allows them to participate fully in mainstream society.” (Cauthen & Fass, p 1) Photo from american poverty.org Factors that Contribute to Poverty Brooks, D. 2012, New York Times “The essential truth about poverty is that we will never fully understand what causes it. There are a million factors that contribute to poverty, and they interact in a zillion ways.” Factors Economic Historical Familial Social “There is no magic lever that will reduce poverty significantly. “ If poverty is a complex system of negative feedback loops, then you have to create an equally complex and diverse set of positive feedback loops.” Measuring Poverty in the US from the National Center for Children in Poverty Income standard - $22,050 per year for a family of four (2009) Based on outdated assumptions about family spending Does not accurately count family resources Does not account for where the family lives Children Living in Poverty Over 16.4 million American children – 21 percent Historical context War on Poverty – Poverty rate fell from 23 percent in 1963 to 14 percent in 1969