State of the Young Child

1. State of the Young Child EDI Community Profile 2013

3. Overview • The EDI– A roadmap on addressing the needs of young children and their families in New Orleans • TECCS and Ready, Set, Go! • Data Collection 2012 - 2013 • Place-based approaches and building on the data

4. The Early Development InstrumentA roadmap on addressing the needs of young children and their families in New Orleans • International Assessment (valid and reliable) • Population-based assessment tool measuring children’s school readiness. • Holistic Approach • Community as central –reports by neighborhood • Data are collected at kindergarten 15 minutes (per child) to complete.

5. EDI Domains and Sub-Domains

6. How does EDI Depict “vulnerable” and “very ready”? • Children are defined as “vulnerable” if the mean of his/her domain items are at or below the 10th percentile • Children are defined as “very ready” in a domain if the mean of his/her domain items falls at or above 75th percentile • Important considerations: reported at neighborhood level; and saturation rate is 50% or higher

7. Individual linkage of EDI to Gr.4 Standardized tests (EDI 2001 – 2004) Percent not meeting expectations 80.0 70.0 60.0 50.0 40.0 30.0 20.0 10.0 0.0 Reading Numeracy Number of EDI vulnerabilities Zero One Two Three Four Five

8. Ready, Set, Go and TECCS

9. Ready, Set, Go and TECCS • Transforming Early Childhood Community Systems (34+ sites nationally) • Ready, Set, Go!is a systemic approach to improve school readiness through quality data collection, increasing awareness and building community capacity for supports to parents of young children. • Data Collection • Data Sharing & Community Awareness • Community Capacity Building – Parent’s as First Educators • RSG Advisory has supported data collection • 2 percent to 65 percent • 44 neighborhoods have reportable data • The journey begins to use what we know to change the trajectory of young children and families

10. Sector based programs ECE Programs Health Family Support Child Welfare Common Agenda, Communications Shared outcome Measures, Data Systems Collaborative Systems Improvement Financial and Policy Alignment Systems Building: Cross-sector Linkage and Integration Strategies

11. The New Orleans Story 2013

12. Percent five-year-olds by race

13. Distribution of NOLA Children by Domain

14. Distribution of Readiness: A Tale of Three Cities?

15. What is Physical Health and Wellbeing? Physical health and wellbeing: gross and fine motor skills Vulnerability looks like: • Clumsiness • Late for school • Tired and/or hungry • Difficulty climbing stairs • Difficulty holding a pencil

16. Physical Health and Well-being

17. Physical Health and Well-Being EDI Facts • In New Orleans, 22 neighborhoods have a greater vulnerability rate than the national norm. Holy Cross has the highest vulnerability rate with 33% of its children vulnerable. • In addition, 26% of the children in Desire and West Lake Forest are vulnerable; 25% of the children in B.W. Cooper and the Milan neighborhood are vulnerable. • The Florida Area, McDonough, and Read Blvd. West have a high percent of children very ready with 47, 45, and 41 percent respectively. • There are nine neighborhoods with high very ready rates and high vulnerability rates, indicating wide disparities within these neighborhoods. (St. Bernard, Navarre, Leonidas, Milneburg, Dillard, Filmore, Pines Village, Freret, and St. Anthony)

18. Our Three Neighborhoods

19. Putting the Road Map To Use • Tulsa Community • Inclusion of more movement in pre-kindergarten programs (evaluating impacts in two years) • Increased pedestrian access to under-used park • NOLA possibilities • Access to parks and play spaces (Kaboom) • Born Learning Trail and manipulatives • Playgroups/play dates • NORD Playground access and classes • FitNOLA for kids especially in highly vulnerable communities

20. What is Social Competence? Social interaction; ability to get along with others; ability to follow directions and routines Vulnerability looks like: • Behavioral problems • Difficulty getting along with other children • Difficulty following directions

21. Social Competence

22. Social Competence EDI Data Facts • Results also vary across neighborhoods as 28 neighborhoods have greater vulnerability rate than the national norm. • B.W. Cooper has the highest vulnerability rate with a full 55% of children vulnerable on the social competence domain. • Conversely, Whitney, Navarre, and Pontchartrain Park each have zero children vulnerable in this domain and 1/3 of their children very ready.

23. Putting the Road Map To Use • Hattiesburg, Mississippi • Trainings to professionals, educators and parents on “whole-child” care • Intentional effort to help children self-regulate with a Conscious Discipline Program • NOLA possibilities • Social/emotional training for EC professionals • PK/K - 3 • Workshops for parents • NORD and other playgroups/play dates

24. Social Competence in Our Three Neighborhoods

25. What is Emotional Maturity? Curiosity, security and helping behaviors; eagerness to try new things; consideration of others; some ability to reflect before acting Vulnerability looks like: • Impulsive • Inattentive • Fearful or withdrawn

26. Emotional Maturity

27. Emotional Maturity EDI Data Facts • 70% of children in B.W. Cooper are either at-risk of being vulnerable or vulnerable. • On the positive side, 53% of the children in the Florida Area and 50% of children in Navarre are very ready for school. • Nine neighborhoods have contrasting school readiness results with higher rates of children who are very ready and who are vulnerable compared to the city. (Lower Ninth Ward, Fairgrounds, Gert Town, Bayou St. John, St. Roch, Broadmoor, Milneburg, Holy Cross, and Read Boulevard West)

28. Emotional Maturity in Our Three Neighborhoods

29. Putting the Road Map To Use • Lafayette and Oxford, Mississippi • Collaborations to prevent early trauma, toxic stress • Program promoting social emotional development through home visits • Specific attention giving to certain neighborhoods for parental one-on-ones • NOLA possibilities • Child-safe zones (like neighborhood watch) • Inclusion of tools on development via hospitals (birthing centers) • Homeless centers supports for parents with young children • Target neighborhoods – BW Cooper, West Lake Forest, and Lower Ninth Ward (NENA and Holy Cross collaboration with partners – leveraging gardens and other community assets)

30. What is Language and Cognitive Development? Early literacy and numbers (ABCs and 123s); vocabulary size; emerging phonemic awareness Vulnerability looks like: • Serious emergent reading and writing problems • Difficulty remembering • Difficulty communicating • Inattentive • Fearful or withdrawn

31. Language and Cognitive Development

32. Language and Cognitive DevelopmentEDI Data Facts • 23 neighborhoods have a greater vulnerability rate than the national norm. • West Lake Forest and B.W. Cooper have the highest vulnerability rates of 30% each. • In Navarre, no children are considered vulnerable and 60% are considered very ready. • 10 Neighborhoods have higher concentrations of children who are very ready and children who are vulnerable compared to the city average. These neighborhoods have disparities in children’s developmental outcomes. (Milan, Central City, Gert Town, Florida Area, Pines Village, Holy Cross, St. Roch, Plum Orchard, St. Thomas Development, and East Riverside)

33. L&C Development in Our Three Neighborhoods

34. Putting the Road Map To Use • Cincinnati, OH • Collaborations health care, childcare and libraries to focus on early literacy • NOLA possibilities • NORDC programming targeting young children and families • Place-based approaches to Turn the Page (reading circles/reading hours), or • Extend library hours and conduct outreach in key “young child” communities • Books in/and Born Learning Trails • Family Reading Time on Saturdays in schools (tools for parents and young children – opens schools to communities)

35. What is Communication and General Knowledge? Age-appropriate understanding of the world around them; ability to tell stories

36. Communication and General Knowledge

37. Communication and General KnowledgeEDI Data Facts • 55% of B.W. Cooper are either vulnerable or at-risk • Whitney and Navarre each have 0 children vulnerable in this domain and 52% of the children in Whitney very ready and 30% of the children in Navarre very ready. • Only 5 neighborhoods show signs of disparities with both high percentage of vulnerable and very ready children compared to the city average. (New Aurora/English Turn, St. Claude, Pines Village, Tall Timbers/Brechtel, and Bywater)

38. Comm. & Gen. Knowledgein Our Three Neighborhoods

39. Opportunities

40. Major Themes and Learnings • Poverty can be overcome and isn’t the only factor in vulnerabilities (in fact, it may be a insufficient proxy for supporting the specific needs of our youngest children and their families) • Saturation rates in 44 neighborhoods provide significant opportunities to target interventions that can align greatest need with greatest impact • EDI data tells us what’s happening, it’s important to go deeper to determine why it’s happening (i.e. working with communities). • OPEN has generated neighborhood profiles for all saturated neighborhoods - report released in April

41. Make the Commitment “ I will use the EDI” • Download and review your neighborhood profile • Asset-map your community – know what’s making the difference and tell us how you are “winning for young children and families” • Start a Parents as First Educators Working Group • Leverage your School Confidential Report and strategies • Examine neighborhoods in your district and where a small investment can make a BIG difference – a park, a Born Learning Trail, a new program, a community child-safety zone

42. Advisory Council Agenda for Children Baptist Community Ministries Children’s Defense Fund City of New Orleans Health Department Eastbank Collaborative of Charter Schools The Data Center (formerly Greater New Orleans Community Data Center) Greater New Orleans Foundation Institute of Mental Hygiene Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools Louisiana Children’s Museum Louisiana Partnership for Children and Families

43. Advisory Council cont’d Neighborhoods Partnership Network Orleans Parish School Board Orleans Public Education Network Recovery School District Tulane University Institute of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health United Way of Southeast Louisiana Urban League of Greater New Orleans

44. We can change the trajectory of life outcomes for children…… Are you in? • On your mark… • Get Ready, • Set, • Go!

45. Early Development Instrument Get Involved!

46. Questions?

47. Thank You!