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Health starts in our homes, schools, workplaces, neighborhoods, and communities. In the past, health was only measured by markers including how well we ate, whether or not we exercised, and which vaccines we had. While these factors play an important role in our health, increasing attention is being focused on the economic and social conditions that shape the health of individuals and communities. In fact, where a child lives (their zip code) has a far greater impact on their health and well-being than biological influences (their genetic code) alone. Furthermore, environmental factors, such as chronic stress, can actually change how a person’s genetic code is expressed.
Examples of these social determinants of health include availability and access to resources such as quality medical care and clean food, water, and air, the quality of education in a community, the overall physical and social safety of a community and more.
All of these factors help shape the physical, mental, and behavioral health of children and families. Therefore, there is a greater need for tools that enable providers to recognize and address some root sources of health and pathology from children’s social, economic, physical, and educational environments. The 3rd Annual ABCD Conference will deliver valuable information about social determinants of health in order to enable providers across many disciplines to recognize and address these determinants when caring for children and families with special healthcare needs, including those impacted by trauma and adverse childhood experiences.
***THE FOLLOWING SESSIONS ONLY ARE APPROVED FOR IL EI CREDIT:
Keynote Sessions:
*When Zip Code Matters More than Genetic Code-1 WWF
*Developing an Infrastructure Connecting Community to Healthcare to Assist in the Provision for those who are Medically Complex and Socially Fragile-1 WWF
*Caring Too Hard: Refueling When You Are Spent-1 WWF
A Track Sessions:
*The Autism Treatment and Research Center (SIU): Promoting the Emergence of Complex Language and Social Skills-1 WWF
*The Importance of Including Caregivers in Intervention for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)-1 WWF
*Promoting Home and Community Participation among Latino children with ASD- 1WWF
B Track Sessions:
*Reducing Toxic Stress by Living the Protective Factors-1 WWF
*Diagnosis and Management of ADHD-1 ATY
*Inattention, Hyperactivity, Snoring and Restless Sleep: My Child’s Dentist Can Help?!-1 WWF
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