I now realize that I have long subscribed to the notion of “a good-enough childhood,” both in my personal life and my work as a developmental-behavioral pediatrician. My underlying belief is that most children who experience a nurturing, warm, motivating...
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Whenever I witness the birth of a new baby in my family or friends, a small part of my mind jumps to all the research we know about the importance of the early years in shaping subsequent outcomes, including, of...
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The Help Me Grow National Center developed detailed Data Collection and Reporting Guidelines to describe the Indicators used to evaluate Help Me Grow at the local, state, and national levels. The guidelines build off of the content first described in...
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Each year, the Help Me Grow National Center solicits information about the scope of Help Me Grow implementations across the affiliate network through a standardized Fidelity Assessment. For the first time, the National Center has synthesized information from the 2017...
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Participants will engage in an interactive workshop facilitated by HMG’s National Evaluation Advisory Group to identify, discuss, and share research studies, tools, and strategies for gathering and evaluating data. Attendees will learn about new data/ evaluation tools available through the...
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Baby Step’s PI Julie Kientz shared their recent research study results and discussed how Baby Steps-a digital baby book using texting, mobile phones, and social media-can broaden your support for parents, normalize developmental surveillance, and create another connection to early...
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Join researchers from the University of Washington’s Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences (I-LABS) & the Barnard Center for Infant Mental Health and Development who will co-present on the latest in research on brain science and its implications for child...
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I often characterize my career as the relentless pursuit of the answer to the question, “How do we strengthen child health services to promote children’s optimal healthy development?” I typically view this work in 3 stages: early efforts during the...
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This study examines the impact of families engaged with their services on the development of family protective factors. Participants were English speakers, completed at least one developmental questionnaire for a child, and were connected to at least one community resource....
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From 2010 to 2015, Help Me Grow Utah collected data on children who were scored on more than one ASQ. This research project compares the first ASQ score of children taking more than one ASQ with their most recent score...