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Linda Lee has served since 2007 as Executive Director of the Alabama Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), where she oversees administration of the 700-member state society of pediatricians. During her tenure, she has grown the Chapter’s capacity to meet pediatric goals in numerous child health priority areas. As part of her role, …
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Jane Duer is the Early Intervention (EI) Coordinator for the Alabama Department of Mental Health (ADMH), one of many state partners with Help Me Grow. Jane joined ADMH in November 2012 after working at Children’s of Alabama for 21 years. In January 2013, Jane attended a Help Me Grow meeting of southeastern state leaders. We’re …
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Dr. Paul Dworkin is the founder of Help Me Grow and Director of the Help Me Grow National Center. He writes a monthly blog updating state affiliates and the public regarding HMG at a national level. In the excerpt below, he shares positive news from a recent meeting of national leaders. On March 5, 2013, …
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Robin Mackey has worked with Alabama Partnership for Children (APC) for the past two and a half years and she coordinates Strengthening Families for the state. Prior to joining APC, Robin worked in a variety of settings with children, youth, and families as a licensed social worker. We posted about Strengthening Families back in January, …
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Beth Johns is an assistant vice president at United Way of Central Alabama and she leads the Success By 6 program. Take a look at what she has to say about her passion for young children and how she thinks Help Me Grow fits in Alabama. Success By 6 is the umbrella for early childhood …
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Congratulations to Anna McConnell, State Autism Coordinator and new Alabama Act Early Ambassador! Anna is with the Alabama Department of Mental Health and serves as a leader on the Help Me Grow Alabama state team. We are very proud of Anna and excited about the Learn the Signs, Act Early materials and information that she will gain. …
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Strengthening Families is a national framework that is being implemented in Alabama through the Alabama Partnership for Children (APC) with support from many agencies and partners. Strengthening Families is a framework based upon five protective factors- 1. Parental Resilience: a family’s ability to bounce back from setbacks 2. Social Connections: a family’s network of resources and …
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Beth Johns and Gail Piggott presented at the 28th Annual Alabama Early Intervention Conference in Mobile, Alabama on December 4th to a crowd of 50-60 attendees. The attendees were educated on the Help Me Grow model, its components, current implementation, strategies for engagement for attendees and other partnerships, and materials from Help Me Grow, United Way …
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