Newsletter for November 2009

[GSC Web Admin]

The Great Start Collaborative (GSC) of Ionia County is pleased to provide community members with information on early childhood topics that they can disseminate to parents of young children in their organization. The articles will feature a different topic each month that is written by someone who works in the county with young children. The article will appear in three different formats: a long article with in-depth information, a short paragraph with the major points highlighted and one to two sentences with a key message for parents to remember. You may select whatever format best suits your needs and use it in isolation or put it into a newsletter, church bulletin or use a paycheck insert. Parent members of the GSC have told us that having information and knowing what resources are available to them in their community is their greatest need. There has been a significant amount of research lately that has focused on the impact that communities have on the outcomes of its youngest citizens. According to the Carnegie Corporation (1994), “We can now say with more confidence that a family's effectiveness as a childrearing system is bolstered by the existence of a supportive social network that includes people outside the immediate family. There is also increasing evidence that when people feel responsible for what happens in their neighborhoods, children benefit.” We hope that you will take the step and partner with us by providing parents in your networks accesses to this information.


Topic: Child Passenger Safety

Paycheck insert: Young children restrained in child safety seats have an 80 percent lower risk of fatal injury than those who are unrestrained. read more...
(http://www.greatstartioniacounty.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=150&stc=1&d=1255097100)
Newsletter short version: Safety Recomendations; Never leave a child unattended in a vehicle. Not even for a minute! read more...
(http://www.greatstartioniacounty.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=151&stc=1&d=1255097100)
Newsletter full version: Appropriate car seat safety is very important for young children. According to Safe Kids Buckle Up, car crashes remain the number one killer of children ages 3-14 in the United States and more than 90% of all child car seats are improperly used or installed. read more... (http://www.greatstartioniacounty.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=152&stc=1&d=1255097100)


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