{"id":1147,"date":"2020-01-09T21:45:03","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T21:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/?p=1147"},"modified":"2025-02-07T16:47:10","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T21:47:10","slug":"first-chance-delaware-its-about-the-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/2020\/01\/09\/first-chance-delaware-its-about-the-children\/","title":{"rendered":"First Chance Delaware: It\u2019s About the Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kadence-column1147_3a3557-cc > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-right:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-left:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);}.kadence-column1147_3a3557-cc > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column1147_3a3557-cc > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column1147_3a3557-cc > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column1147_3a3557-cc > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column1147_3a3557-cc > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column1147_3a3557-cc > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column1147_3a3557-cc{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column1147_3a3557-cc > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 991px){.kadence-column1147_3a3557-cc > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column1147_3a3557-cc dynamic-main-col\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1147_8ea004-ba, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1147_8ea004-ba[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1147_8ea004-ba\"]{font-size:1.5rem;line-height:30px;font-weight:500;font-style:italic;font-family:proxima-nova;color:#808080;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1147_8ea004-ba mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1147_8ea004-ba[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1147_8ea004-ba\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1147_8ea004-ba img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1147_8ea004-ba[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1147_8ea004-ba\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading1147_8ea004-ba wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1147_8ea004-ba\">Faculty from the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences are playing a key role in First Chance Delaware, an initiative by Tracey Quillen Carney, the First State\u2019s first lady, to help children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-medium wp-image-1148\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/03\/02_news_compassionatechamp_body-300x243.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Debra Berke (L) and Dr. Rebecca Ghabour\" class=\"wp-image-1148\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Dr. Debra Berke (L) and Dr. Rebecca Ghabour<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Drs. Rebecca Ghabour and Debra Berke were invited to Woodburn, the governor\u2019s mansion in Dover, to share insights and ideas with representatives from throughout the state in higher education, social services, government and nonprofit agencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was a great opportunity for everyone in the room to report on what they are doing, and how we can coordinate efforts and work together instead of staying in our silos,\u201d Dr. Ghabour said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/governor.delaware.gov\/first-chance-delaware\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">First Chance Delaware<\/a> is dedicated to helping children succeed through a three-pronged strategy: giving all children access to nutritious food; promoting learning readiness; and recognizing and responding to the impact of adverse childhood experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe focused on childhood adversity from birth to age 3,\u201d Dr. Ghabour said. That might include such experiences as growing up with parents who are ill or addicted, or in a community where there is violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She and Dr. Berke hosted a webinar for the National Council on Family Relations on Trauma-Informed Teaching and Learning Practices in January. Dr. Ghabour said families can benefit from such interventions as supporting parents through home visits and training provided at their primary care provider\u2019s office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First Chance Delaware establishes a foundation for thought leaders throughout the state to build on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was encouraging and uplifting to be in a group who are passionate about making a difference for children,\u201d Dr. Ghabour said.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Faculty from the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences are playing a key role in First Chance Delaware, an initiative by Tracey Quillen Carney, the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[90],"class_list":["post-1147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-college-of-social-and-behavioral-sciences"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":2,"label":"ACADEMIC NEWS"}],"post_tag":[{"value":90,"label":"College of Social and Behavioral Sciences"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"Rebecca Slinger","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/author\/rebecca\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":2,"name":"ACADEMIC NEWS","slug":"academic-news","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":559,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":460,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":2,"category_count":460,"category_description":"","cat_name":"ACADEMIC NEWS","category_nicename":"academic-news","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":90,"name":"College of Social and Behavioral Sciences","slug":"college-of-social-and-behavioral-sciences","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":647,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":71,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1147"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15316,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1147\/revisions\/15316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}