Help Me Grow National Center

In a January 2014 New York Times op-ed column, Nicholas Kristof invited readers to suggest topics that deserve more attention this year. He offered up the topic of mental health as a systematically neglected issue. I am confident that few...

The Institute for Child Success, a strong and committed partner of our Help Me Grow South Carolina affiliate, recently convened its first statewide meeting — the South Carolina Early Childhood Research Symposium.   We’ve been impressed with the vision and...

In mid-August, while enjoying the beach, dining, and the usual vacation amenities with my family in Charleston, S.C., I received an unexpected invitation from the White House to attend a special forum, 50 Years Forward: Building Ladders of Opportunity. This...

The holy grail of health care reform is achieving the so-called “triple aim” of improved health care quality, gains in population health, and reductions in per capita health care costs. Given the current status of state and federal budgets, many...

In sharing the Help Me Grow story with diverse audiences, we always acknowledge the influence of the explosion in knowledge of early brain and child development during the 1990s, the so-called “Decade of the Brain.” Indeed, key concepts in early...

On March 5, 2013, Joanna Bogin and I had the honor of representing the Help Me Grow National Center when federal officials came together with community leaders in Washington, D.C., at a meeting hosted by the Center for the Study...

BY PAUL H. DWORKIN My introduction to home visiting dates back to 1988, while on sabbatical leave in Oxford, England with my family. My wife and I dutifully visited the local general practitioner to register for care. We were somewhat...

 I am delighted to have the opportunity to continue to share blog posts with you on our new website. We are hopeful that the design and content will enable us to share the evolving story of Help Me Grow even...

Since its inception in 1998, a fundamental premise of Help Me Grow is that developmental surveillance and screening, with early detection of at-risk children and their referral to community resources, enhances the capacity of the medical home to support families...