Forum for Children’s Well-Being: Promoting Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Health for Children and Youth
The Forum for Children's Well-Being aims to inform a forward-looking agenda for building a stronger research and practice base around the development and implementation of effective and equitable programs, practices, and policies to promote cognitive, affective, and behavioral health for all children, adolescents, and emerging adults.
The Forum was established in response to recommendations from the 2009 NRC/IOM report Preventing Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Disorders Among Young People: Progress and Possibilities. The Forum continues to find guidance from the 2019 National Academies report Fostering Healthy Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Development in Children and Youth: A National Agenda.
In progress
"We champion scientific advancements in child and youth mental, emotional, and behavioral health with the goal of creating scalable and sustainable impact."
Collaborative on Healthy Parenting in Primary Care
Action Collaborative
The Collaborative on Healthy Parenting in Primary Care recognizes the accumulated evidence of the effectiveness of family-focused prevention programs that promote the physical and behavioral health and emotional well-being of children from before their birth through adolescence. Members of the Colla...