Historically, the field of early identification has been narrowly understood through the lens of early intervention: developmental concerns, delays, risk factors, and disorders must be identified and corrected as soon as possible in young children to re-align toward an anticipated...
Screening & Surveillance – Help Me Grow National Center
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CDC’s milestones and parent tips have been updated and new checklist ages have been added This page shares materials to support Help Me Grow systems help families, community-based services, and child health providers understand, talk about, and utilize the new...
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BY PAUL H. DWORKIN The recent publication of an article, “Evidence-Informed Milestones for Developmental Surveillance Tools,” in the journal, Pediatrics, has attracted considerable attention from pediatricians, early care and education providers, and parents. I am hopeful that the interest in...
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What if pediatric care could be transformed to actively partner with parents to better support children’s healthy social and emotional development, too? That is the question that drives the Pediatrics Supporting Parents national funder collaborative. About Pediatrics Supporting Parents To...
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As the state of California created an incentive payment for adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) screening through Medi-Cal and launched the ACEs Aware initiative to encourage and train medical providers to screen adults and children for ACEs, Help Me Grow (HMG)...
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Webinar from September 2020 from the First 5 Learning Collaborative showcasing the newly released HMG Los Angeles Developmental Screening and Referral Toolkit for Pediatric Clinics developed by First 5 Los Angeles as part of the First Connections partnership. All materials...
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Now is a critical time to evaluate and improve California’s early identification and intervention (EII) system, and decision makers can do so by leveraging county Help Me Grow programs, according to a report released today by the First 5...
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Presented by Dr. Paul Dworkin in November of 2018, this video details the HMG National Center’s ideological perspective on surveillance and screening. Top takeaways from this presentation: The evidence-based, expert opinion supported approach to developmental monitoring and early detection is...
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This presentation is used by Alameda County, CA to educate community pediatricians on the MCHAT screening tool. This resource serves as an example of how physician trainings can be organized and what information on the MCHAT could be shared with...
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Help Me Grow Ventura County, California has developed handouts for families to support community-based developmental screening. Included are the: Parent/Caregiver Information Sheets – tailored for Early Care & Education and Health Care/Medical Providers (8.5×11- 2-sided, English/Spanish) Handout describing the purpose...