Children’s Behavioral Health: Promising Practices in Tribal Communities

Resource List

Children’s Behavioral Health - Promising Practices in Tribal Communities

This list is a compilation of tribal behavioral health resources identified during the Administration for Children and Families 

(ACF), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), and the Indian Health Service (IHS) 2-part 

webinar series focusing on the behavioral health of children in Tribal communities. ACF does not endorse the

organizations sponsoring linked websites. 

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Strengthening

Emotional

Wellness in 

Children

Teaching mindfulness activities in the classroom to our

children increases their ability to pay attention; 

improves social skills; and helps develop problemsolving and decision- making skills. Indigenous cultural 

practices, such as singing, dancing, and craftwork can 

enhance mindfulness.

Cultural Connections 

from the Bureau of 

Indian Education (BIE)

Behavioral Health and 

Wellness Program

(BHWP)

Video

Supporting Students in

the Classroom

A webinar series focused on overall well-being activities 

and practices to improve your daily life part 1.

The Bureau of Indian 

Education (BIE)

Behavioral Health and 

Wellness Program 

(BHWP) offers Wellness 

Wednesday

Webinar

Supporting Students in

the Classroom: Part 2

A webinar series focused on overall well-being activities 

and practices to improve your daily life part 2.

The Bureau of Indian 

Education (BIE)

Behavioral Health and 

Wellness Program 

(BHWP) offers Wellness

Wednesday

Webinar

Discussing Indigenous

Practices for Youth 

Wellness

This webinar focused on discussing Indigenous Practices

for Youth Wellness. The webinar will help participants: • 

Recognize the importance of belonging • Identify 

activities that promote connection for students • 

Define historical resilience • Incorporate resilience 

activities in the classroom

Wellness Wednesday 

webinars feature a 

variety of topics focused 

on well- being. BHWP 

Behavioral Health

Webinar

Suicide Prevention

Awareness

Suicide Prevention Awareness September is Suicide 

Prevention Awareness Month and a time to promote 

hope, resiliency, and resources to the communities with 

whom we are connected and serve. High rates of suicide 

have had a devastating impact on our Tribal 

communities and affect American Indians and Alaska 

Natives at a rate that is four times higher than the 

national average. Indigenous youth between the ages

of 15-24 have a high risk of suicide or suicide ideation. 

However, suicide is preventable when we are able to

identify warning signs, actively offer help, and provide 

strength-based and culturally informed resources. Our 

Native cultures and traditions are strong protective factors 

that offer strength and promote healing for families and 

communities who may be affected by suicide.

Wellness Moment from 

the Bureau of Indian 

Education (BIE) 

Behavioral Health and 

Wellness Program 

(BHWP)

Video
Children’s Behavioral Health: Promising Practices in Tribal Communities

Suicide: A Survivor’s Story Suicide: A Survivor's Story Leon Leader Charge 

is a member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe of 

Rosebud, South Dakota, as well as a part of the 

Oglala Sioux Tribe, of Pine Ridge, South 

Dakota. He is a Tribal Training and Technical 

Assistance Consultant and works to support 

Native communities experiencing the 

challenges of suicide and substance misuse 

through traditional and cultural prevention

methods.

Wellness Moment 

from the Bureau 

of Indian 

Education (BIE) 

Behavioral Health 

and Wellness 

Program (BHWP)

Video

Social and Emotional

Learning Poster

This poster serves as a reminder of different 

activities and strategies for integrating Social 

and Emotional Leaning in the day.

Bureau of Indian 

Education (BIE) 

Behavioral Health 

and Wellness 

Program (BHWP)

Poster

Strategies for Coping and

Healing

An online collection of resources from Head 

Start.

Head Start Early 

Childhood 

Learning and 

Knowledge 

Center

Website

Compassion Fatigue: Can

We Care Too Much?

A webinar that explores the meaning of 

compassion fatigue, causes and symptoms, and 

strategies for self-care in the early childhood field. 

In addition, it offers strategies to support your 

work—whether you are a state policy professional, 

a professional development or technical 

assistance provider, or a child care professional.

Office of Child 

Care

Webinar

Understanding Trauma

Informed Care to Build

Parent Resilience in

American Indian Alaskan

Native Head Start

A webinar conducted by Marilyn Bruguier 

Zimmerman, Senior Director of Policy, and 

Programs at the National Native Children’s 

Trauma Center.

Office of Head 

Start

Webinar

ACF Behavioral Health

webpage

ACF recently launched a webpage featuring 

resources on behavioral health, including 

information specifically about behavioral health in 

tribal communities. 

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/behavioral-health/bhinformation-tribes

Administration for 

Children and 

Families

Webpage

Supporting the

Development of Young

Children in American

Indian and Alaska

Native Communities

Who Are Affected by

Alcohol and Substance

Exposure (hhs.gov)

A policy statement issued by the U.S. Department 

of Health and Human Services that provides 

recommendations that promote the early 

development of AI/AN children, prenatal to age 

eight, who have been exposed to alcohol or 

substances during pregnancy, or who are affected 

by parent or caregiver substance misuse during 

early childhood.

Administration for 

Children and 

Families

Policy Statement
Children’s Behavioral Health: Promising Practices in Tribal Communities

ACF Video Series on 

Early Childhood Social 

Emotional Development 

and Mental Health and 

Caregiver Well-being

The Children’s Bureau in partnership with the 

Office of Early Childhood Development, the 

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning 

and Evaluation, the Office of Head Start, and 

other federal partners, created a series of short 

videos to spotlight the importance of robust 

social emotional development and mental health 

support strategies within programs serving 

young children and their families.

Administration for 

Children and 

Families

Video 

Tribal Early Learning

Initiative (TELI)

A partnership between ACF and American

Indian tribes with Head Start/Early Head Start, 

Child Care Development Fund, and Tribal 

Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home 

Visiting programs.

Office of Early 

Childhood 

Development

Website

Tribal Maternal, Infant,

and Early Childhood

Home Visiting

(TMIECHV) program

Provides grants to tribal organizations to

develop, implement, and evaluate home visiting

programs in American Indian and Alaska Native 

communities.

Office of Early 

Childhood 

Development

Grant

Tribal Child Care Capacity

Building Center

The Tribal Child Care Capacity Building Center, a 

service of the Office of Child Care, supports

Tribal Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) 

grantees in meeting the requirements of the

Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 

2014 and the 2016 CCDF Final Rule and to meet 

their goals to enhance the quality, affordability, 

and availability of child care in their Tribal 

communities.

Office of

Child Care

Service

Addressing Mental Health 

Among Children, Staff, and 

Families in Tribal Early 

Childhood Programs

A webinar recording that were featured as part

of the Tribal Early Childhood Webinar Series,

hosted by ACF’s Office of Early Childhood

Development.

Office of Early 

Childhood 

Development

Webinar

Children & Youth Resilience

Challenge

The U.S. Department of Health and Human 

Services announced the launch of a $1 million 

Children and Youth Resilience Challenge.

The HHS Children and Youth Resilience 

Challenge will fund innovative community-led 

solutions to promote resilience in children and 

adolescents affected by the COVID-19 pandemic 

and other disasters. The first informational 

webinar is May 18 and proposals are due June 7, 

2023.

U.S. Department of 

Health and Human

Services

Challenge
Children’s Behavioral Health: Promising Practices in Tribal Communities

Youth Mental Health and

Well-being in Faith and

Community Settings:

PRACTICING

CONNECTEDNESS

Faith and community leaders have an important 

opportunity to help youth feel connected to their 

community, as well as to their family and to their 

schools. This toolkit seeks to support youth 

through and in faith communities and families.

The Partnership 

Center

Center for Faithbased and

Neighborhood 

Partnerships

Toolkit

Practical Toolkit for 

Preventing Overdose 

and Supporting Recovery 

in Community Settings

This toolkit, segmented into six general areas, is 

intended as a framework for practical actions 

your community can take to support those in 

treatment and recovery and lean into the hope 

of primary prevention efforts- both those that 

may save a person from overdose or prevent a 

young person from future misuse. This toolkit 

has been informed by conversations and 

dialogue with faith and community leaders who 

have, over the years, shared their wisdom and 

experience with the HHS Partnership Center. 

The Partnership 

Center

Center for 

Faith- based 

and

Neighborhood 

Partnerships

Toolkit 

The National Tribal

Behavioral Health Agenda

(TBHA)

To frame the TBHA, tribal leaders requested that 

it include four cross-cutting issues (youth, culture, 

identity, and individual self-sufficiency) as well as 

five foundational elements: Historical and 

Intergenerational Trauma. Historical trauma is the 

impact of chronic stress and trauma that 

negatively affects health.

Substance Abuse 

and Mental 

Health Services 

Administration

Framework

SAMHSA’s Native

Connections Grants

Native Connections grants support tribes in 

reducing suicidal behavior and substance use 

among Native youth up to age 24.

Substance Abuse 

and Mental 

Health Services 

Administration

Grant

SAMHSA’s Circle of Care

Grants

Grant specific to tribal communities related to 

severe emotional disturbances and other mental 

health needs of children and youth.

Substance Abuse 

and Mental 

Health Services 

Administration

Grant

Indigenous – Project

LAUNCH

Indigenous Project Linking Actions for Unmet 

Needs in Children’s Health (Project I-LAUNCH) in 

American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) 

communities and U.S. territories and Pacific 

jurisdictions. This program is funded through 

Cooperative Agreements and is authorized under 

Section 520A of the Public Health Service Act 

(PDF | 966 KB), as amended. The purpose of this 

program is to promote the wellness of young 

children from birth to 8 years of age within tribes, 

territories, and Pacific Island jurisdictions by 

addressing the physical, social, emotional, 

cognitive, and behavioral aspects of their 

development. The aim of Project I-LAUNCH is for 

children to thrive in safe, supportive environments

and enter school ready to learn and succeed.

Substance Abuse 

and Mental 

Health Services 

Administration

Grant
Children’s Behavioral Health: Promising Practices in Tribal Communities

Project Linking Actions Unmet 

Needs in Children Health

(Project LAUNCH)

Project LAUNCH grants are authorized under 

Section 520A of the Public Health Service Act 

(PDF | 966 KB), as amended. The purpose of

this program is to promote the wellness of 

young children, from birth to 8 years of age, 

by addressing the social, emotional, cognitive, 

physical, and behavioral aspects of their

development, preparing young children to

thrive in school and beyond.

Substance Abuse and 

Mental Health Services 

Administration

Grant

Advancing Wellness and

Resiliency in Education

(AWARE)

The Project Advancing Wellness and Resiliency in 

Education (AWARE) grant program builds or 

expands the capacity of State Educational 

Agencies, in partnership with State Mental Health 

Agencies, to advance wellness and resiliency in 

education by increasing mental health awareness 

in schools, and through training of school 

personnel to detect and respond to behavioral 

health challenges.

Substance Abuse 

and Mental 

Health Services 

Administration

Grant

To Live To See the Great

Day That Dawns

Developed by SAMHSA for community-based 

suicide prevention and mental health promotion

plans for American Indian and Alaska Native teens 

and young adults.

Substance Abuse 

and Mental

Health Services 

Administration

Manual

Culture, Identity, and

History as Sources of

Strength and Resilience

for Tribal Communities

A webinar hosted by the Substance Abuse and 

Mental Health Services Administration.

Substance Abuse 

and Mental 

Health Services

Administration

Webinar

SAMHSA 988 Toolkit Communication outreach materials for promoting 

and socializing the new 988 call-line.

Substance Abuse 

and Mental 

Health Services 

Administration

Toolkit

Infant and Early Childhood

Mental Health Program

SAMHSA grant to improve outcomes for children 

from birth up to 12 years of age by developing, 

maintaining, or enhancing infant and early 

childhood mental health promotion, intervention,

and treatment services.

Substance Abuse 

and Mental 

Health Services 

Administration

Grant

Garrett Lee Smith

State/Tribal Youth Suicide

Prevention program

Grants to address suicide in schools, institutions 

of higher education, educational institutions, 

juvenile justice systems, substance use and mental 

health programs, foster care systems, and other 

child and youth-serving organizations.

Substance Abuse 

and Mental 

Health Services 

Administration

Grant

Zero Suicide Toolkit Research, tools, and videos for implementing the 

Zero Suicide framework.

Substance Abuse 

and Mental 

Health Services 

Administration

Toolkit

SAMHSA’s Tribal Training

and Technical Assistance

(TTA) Center

Technical Assistance Center for behavioral health 

needs specific to tribal communities.

Substance Abuse 

and Mental 

Health Services 

Administration

TA
Children’s Behavioral Health: Promising Practices in Tribal Communities

Center of Excellence for

Infant & Early Childhood

Mental Health

Consultation

The Center of Excellence for Infant & Early 

Childhood Mental Consultation (CoE for 

IECMHC) is a national center providing 

technical assistance to programs, communities, 

states, territories, and tribal communities, and 

professional development to individual mental 

health consultants to increase access to high 

quality mental health consultation throughout 

the country. The Center aims to impact the

field of IECMHC by supporting the growth and 

advancement of the profession.

Georgetown 

University Center 

for Child and 

Human 

Development

Funded by 

SAMHSA

Website

Culture Protects Us A video from the National Native Children’s

Trauma Center about the foundational

principle of “Walking the Four Directions”—the

idea that tribal cultures represent a powerful

source of protection against many of the risk 

factors that are common among tribal youth.

National Native

Children’s Trauma

Center

Funded by 

SAMHSA

Video

National American 

Indian and Alaska 

Native Mental Health 

Technology Transfer 

Center Network

The purpose of the MHTTC Network is 

technology transfer - disseminating and 

implementing evidence-based practices for 

mental disorders into the field. Our 

collaborative network supports resource 

development and dissemination, training and 

technical assistance, and workforce 

development for the mental health field. We

work with systems, organizations, and 

treatment practitioners involved in the delivery 

of mental health services to strengthen their 

capacity to deliver effective evidence-based 

practices to individuals.

Mental Health 

Technology 

Transfer Center 

Network 

Funded by 

SAMHSA

Website 

HOSA- Future Health 

Professionals

HOSA-Future Health Professionals is a global 

student-led organization, whose mission is to 

promote career opportunities in the health 

industry and to enhance the delivery of quality 

health care to all people. HOSA offers service 

project, scholarships, conferences, and 

competency-based competitive event 

programs. 

International Leadership Conference

Competitive Event Guidelines

HOSA-Future 

Health 

Professionals

Funded by 

SAMHSA 

Website 

MHA Nation South 

Segment Reviving Horse 

Culture

Three Affiliated Tribes will reconnect Twin 

Buttes youth and their parents with their 

Mandan Horse Culture by providing consistent, 

local access to culturally appropriate horse 

programming and educational activities.

South SegmentTwin Buttes 

Mandan, Hidatsa 

and Arikara Nation

Funded by ANA 

Program 
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Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe

Early Childhood Education

Early Childhood Education provides quality 

services for our youngest children and their 

families that supports indigenous learning and 

growing that creates active minds and bodies.

Port Gamble S’Klallam 

Tribe

Funded by Office of 

Head Start 

Program 

Operation Prevention This activity is based on Episode Four: Cultural 

Solutions of the Counterfeit Drugs series. The video 

and activity utilize a cultural lens to view 

prevention work by focusing on how a Native 

American community is using the cultural value of 

belonging as a tool for substance misuse 

prevention. The activity further explores the 

foundational value of belonging and what it means 

to truly belong to a community. 

Discovery Education 

Funded by Drug 

Enforcement 

Administration 

Curriculum and 

Video 

IHS Division of Behavioral

Health

The Division of Behavioral Health (DBH) serves as 

the primary source of national advocacy, policy 

development, management, and administration of 

behavioral health, alcohol and substance abuse, 

and family violence prevention programs for 

American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) 

people. Working in partnership with Tribes, Tribal 

organizations, and Urban Indian health 

organizations, DBH coordinates national efforts to 

share knowledge and build capacity through the 

development and implementation of evidencebased, practice-based and culturally based 

activities in Indian Country.

Indian Health 

Service

Website

Community Health Aide 

Program

CHAP is a multidisciplinary system of mid-level 

behavioral, community and dental health 

professionals. CHAP employees work alongside 

licensed providers to provide quality, culturally 

relevant care to American Indians.

Indian Health 

Services 

Workforce 

Alaska CHAP A workforce of providers serving the health care 

needs of Alaska Native people in the Alaska Tribal 

Health System.

Workforce 

Community Health Aide 

Program Tribal Advisory Group 

(CHAP TAG)

A key recommendation from the Tribal 

consultation was to ensure routine partnership 

with Tribes on the development and 

implementation of the program. To ensure this 

partnership, IHS established the Community 

Health Aide Program Tribal Advisory Group. The 

workgroup is charged with providing subject 

matter expertise, program information, innovative 

solutions, and advice to the Indian Health Service 

(IHS) to establish a National Community Health 

Aide Program.

Indian Health 

Services 

Workgroup 
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Community Health

Representatives

Family Spirit Program

The Family Spirit - Early Childhood Home Visiting 

Program is an Evidence-Based and culturally 

tailored home-visiting intervention delivered by 

Native American paraprofessionals as a core 

strategy to support young Native parents from 

pregnancy to 3 years post-partum. Parents gain 

knowledge and skills to achieve optimum 

development for their preschool-aged children 

across the domains of physical, cognitive, socialemotional, language learning, and self-help.

Indian Health 

Service

Training

IHS Indian Children’s

Program (ICP)

Addresses neurodevelopmental and behavioral 

health issues impacting AI/AN youth. Provides 

training on AI/AN youth issues, including FASD 

and ASD.

Indian Health 

Service

Program

Pediatric

Neurodevelopmental &

Behavioral Health

Consultation Clinic

This clinic provides free, nationwide consultation 

to I/T/U clinicians regarding challenging youth 

case and is housed under IHS Indian Children’s 

Program (ICP).

Indian Health 

Service

Consultation 

Clinic

IHS Telebehavioral Health

Center of Excellence

(TBHCE)

Provides telebehavioral health services to 24 IHS 

and Tribal sites across the country. Eighteen sites 

receive psychiatric or counseling services for 

children. Approximately 55% of clinical services 

provided by TBHCE are child/adolescent services. 

Also includes 200+ hours of archived training and

youth issues of treatment.

Indian Health 

Service

Service / 

Training

Child and Adolescent

Behavioral Health

Webinar Series:

Introduction to Fetal

This webinar will focus on developing healthcare 

providers’ skills in the understanding of the 

physical, cognitive, and behavioral sequelae of 

prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) and current 

diagnostic systems for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum.

Indian Health 

Service

Webinar

Alcohol Spectrum

Disorders (FASD)

(6.8.23)

Disorders (FASD), including screening tools and the 

diagnostic process.

Child and Adolescent

Behavioral Health

Webinar Series:

Interventions and

Supports: Fetal Alcohol

Spectrum Disorders

(FASD) (7.13.23)

This webinar will focus on developing providers’ 

skills in educating and supporting parents/families

of children with a Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

(FASD) in identifying interventions and supports for 

their child in the community and in the school 

setting. Teaching tools will include resource page,

quick facts for providers, and handouts for families.

Indian Health 

Service

Webinar

Youth Regional

Treatment Centers

The IHS provides recurring funding to 13 Youth 

Regional Treatment Centers (YRTCs) to address 

the ongoing issues of substance use and cooccurring disorders among American Indian and

Alaska Native youth.

Indian Health 

Service

Services
Children’s Behavioral Health: Promising Practices in Tribal Communities

Youth Regional Treatment

Center Aftercare

(YRTCAC) cohort 1

evaluation

From 2017 to 2022, the Indian Health Service 

(IHS) evaluated a federally funded, post-inpatient 

aftercare pilot project among two Youth Regional 

Treatment Centers (YRTCs) that provide 

residential substance use and mental health 

treatment services to American Indian and Alaska 

Native youth. The purpose of the project was to 

determine program design and delivery 

capacities for reducing recidivism and sustaining 

sobriety among youth as they returned to their 

home communities.

Indian Health 

Service

Evaluation

Baby Friendly Hospital

Initiative (BFHI)

A quality improvement initiative to increase 

breastfeeding initiation and duration, thereby 

creating a healthy start in life and preventing

childhood obesity.

Indian Health 

Service

Program

Non-Federal Resources

We R Native An interactive website that offers multimedia 

health resources such as videos, blog posts, 

and a forum where Native youth can ask 

questions.

Northwest 

Portland Area 

Indian Health 

Board

Website

Healthy Aboriginal

Network

An effort that promotes wellness and literacy 

among indigenous youth through comic books 

and animated short films on health and social 

issues.

Indigenous Story 

Studio

Website

In Brief: Early Childhood

Mental Health

A 5-minute video that explains how improving 

children’s environments of relationships and 

experiences early in life can prevent initial 

difficulties from destabilizing later 

development and mental health. The video 

provides an overview of Establishing a Level

Foundation for Life: Mental Health Begins in

Early Childhood, a working paper by the 

National Scientific Council on the Developing

Child.

Center on 

Developing Child 

Harvard 

University

Video

Zero to Three

The first three years of life are the most important 

for lifelong mental health and well-being. We are

experts in translating the science of early 

childhood development into real impact.

Zero to Three Website

Kansas Serves Native American

Families

A family skills program with a focus on the unique 

developmental needs of children.

Kansas University of 

Social Work

Website

Reclaiming Youth at Risk Provides trainings targeting youth. Developers of 

the Circles of Courage framework.

Trainings

Cultural Teachings A series of webinars from the Oaye luta okalakiciye

meant to teach youth about their culture as a 

protective factor.

Webinar
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It’s Real: Teens and

Mental Health

Webpage for the American Foundation for Suicide 

Prevention which provides resources including 

how to talk to teens about mental health. Also, a 

component for college students.

American 

Foundation for 

Suicide 

Prevention

Webpage

The Trevor Project Suicide lifeline for LBGTQI+ youth. Website and 

Hotline

TBRI @ Leupp Elementary 

School

Leupp Elementary School utilizes Trust- Based 

Relational Intervention (TBRI) while being Trauma 

Informed and Culturally Responsive, through a 

variety of programs offered to its students. 

Leupp Elementary 

School 

Program 

PAX Good Behavior Game The PAX Good Behavior Game® (PAX is Latin for 

peace) gives teachers the tools to help prevent 

behavioral health concerns and promote positive 

relationships in schools. It is typically targeted to 

elementary school children in kindergarten through 

fifth grade.

Nationwide Children’s 

Hospital 

Website 

Hofanti Chokma Hofanti Chokma workshops offer easy, fun, and 

evidence-based strategies for guiding behaviors of 

children and teens. These methods contribute to 

more positive parent/child relationships in the 

present, and help children learn, grow, and 

manage their own behaviors for future success. 

Classes are available online at no cost. Workshops 

are available to the public.

The Chickasaw Nation Workshops 

OCETI WAKAN

Sacred Fireplace 

Oceti Wakan has been working with children and 

youth groups for many years towards the goal of 

lifting them out of the cycle of alcohol, drug abuse 

and suicide. Living in homes that more than likely 

include alcoholism and drug abuse, 

unemployment, extreme poverty, depression, and 

hopelessness, we strive to provide culturally based

educational and enrichment activities to prevent 

these conditions in their futures. We have a K-12 

Medicine Wheel curriculum that includes Health & 

Wellness Places and life skills for physical, 

emotional, spiritual, and mental healthy education 

so our children and youth can make healthy 

choices.

Oceti Wakan is a 

nonprofit organization 

on the Pine Ridge 

Reservation in South 

Dakota.

Website 

Health effects of Indigenous 

language use and 

revitalization: a realist review

The MICA Group and the Endangered Language 

Fund are excited to announce the publication of an 

important review of 130 languages studies in the 

International Journal for Equity and Health. The 

review team looked at 3,508 language studies, 

which they narrowed down to 130 that gathered 

data directly relevant to the question, “is Native 

language acquisition beneficial to health?” The 

answer is a resounding “yes!” The conclusive 

majority of the studies reviewed found that 

learning and speaking one’s Native language is 

beneficial to both physical and mental health.

MICA Group Article 
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Karyn Purvis Institute of Child 

Development

The Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development 

strives to help children suffering from the effects 

of early trauma, abuse and/or neglect. We conduct 

research to deepen understanding about the 

complex needs of these children and how to help 

them overcome social, behavioral, and emotional 

challenges. Through various outreach initiatives, 

we train professionals in Trust-Based Relational 

Intervention®, a research-based, holistic model 

developed by Dr. Karyn Purvis and Dr. David 

Cross. Please understand that we are not a service 

provider, and do not provide clinical services of 

any kind.

Texas Christian 

University College of 

Science and 

Engineering 

Website 

Positive Indian Parenting Positive Indian Parenting was designed to help 

parents and families remember our teachings and 

practice them. In part, one of each of the eight 

sessions will discuss examples of traditional 

practices and teachings from several different 

tribes. Instructors also share teachings from local 

areas and communities. Part two of each session 

discusses how to apply those teachings and values 

today.

National Indian Child 

Welfare Association 

Training 

National Indian Education 

Association (NIEA)

The Whole Child Initiative: A Compassionate 

Approach is an initiative in development and will 

address student wrap around services, 

substance use & misuse prevention, 

suicide prevention and create a healthy space for 

students at our annual conference.

NIEA Core Competency Training- June 2023

National Indian 

Education Association

Website 

Indigenous Early Learning 

Collaborative

The Indigenous Early Learning Collaborative (IELC) 

is envisioned as a national center that will become 

an intellectual home for Indigenous communities, 

partners, and sites to access material and 

intellectual resources to inform their communitybased inquiry, program design, evaluation, and 

strategy for sustaining high-quality early learning 

opportunities for Native children and families. 

Indigenous Early Learning Collaborative relies on 

Indigenous research and knowledge generation as 

a foundational component toward achieving racial 

equity in early learning and care systems.

Brazelton Touchpoints 

Center 

Website 

The LOVIT Way Learning to Observe, Value, Inspire and Transform 

our Aboriginal Head Start programs – The LOVIT 

Way. The LOVIT Way Village offers AHS staff, 

family and community members access to tools 

that help your program be the best it can be. 

Aboriginal Head Start 

Association of British 

Columbia

Website 
Children’s Behavioral Health: Promising Practices in Tribal Communities

The Brazelton Touchpoints 

Center (BTC)

The Brazelton Touchpoints Center (BTC) provides 

professional and leadership development, 

organizational learning and change, and research 

and evaluation services for family-facing 

professionals in pediatrics, early childhood, infant 

mental health, children’s libraries and museums, 

home visiting, child welfare, and other fields. BTC 

is home to the Touchpoints Approach, the 

Brazelton Institute (Newborn Behavioral

Observations system and Neonatal Behavioral 

Assessment Scale), the Indigenous Early Learning 

Collaborative, Family Connections, the Family-toFamily Real Talk Series, and the BTC Research and 

Evaluation team. At BTC, we are dedicated to 

creating a lasting community in which equity, 

diversity, inclusion, belonging, and access thrive.

Brazelton Touchpoints 

Center 

Website 

Native Plants and Foods 

Curriculum Portal

Welcome to the Native Plants and Foods 

Curriculum Portal. Within this website, you will find 

5 educational toolkits that explore native and 

naturalized plants and foods of the Pacific 

Northwest region. These curricula were developed 

with an emphasis on serving Native communities 

and include Indigenous knowledge, stories, and 

traditions. The curricula may also be applicable for 

non-native educators and can be used as a model 

for other regions.

The National Science 

Foundation

Website 

Conscious Discipline The mission of Loving Guidance is to provide every 

adult with the inspiration, knowledge and skills to 

implement Conscious Discipline, improving 

children’s lives for generations. Our Vision is an 

interconnected world of conscious adults capable 

of responding instead of reacting to conflict, 

creating safe homes, safe schools and a safe 

planet.

Website 

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