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10 Dec · Lauren Till · No Comments
HMG at EI Conference
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 …
READ MORE4 Dec · Lauren Till · No Comments
A Tale of Two Children
Consider the differences between a child given the opportunity to succeed in life, and one who was not given such opportunities. Follow the link to read this powerful, short post shared by our partners at American Academy of Pediatrics and Reach Out and Read.———————————————————————————————————————————- A Tale of Two Children by Dr. Olson Huff It was, according to …
READ MORE19 Nov · Lauren Till · No Comments
Alabama Partnership for Children
The Alabama Partnership for Children (APC) is a nonprofit organization located in Montgomery that works statewide to help build and maintain systems that serve children birth to age five and their families. The agency is the co-lead for Help Me Grow Alabama and is committed to developing Help Me Grow as an effective statewide service. Along with Help …
READ MORE5 Nov · Lauren Till · No Comments
Let’s Play!
A few weeks ago, HMG staff hosted a Books, Balls, and Blocks event in Walker County. Help Me Grow: Books, Balls, and Blocks (BBB) is a free event held for children and their families. The purpose of the event is to screen children for developmental delays in the first five years of life. The event is …
READ MORE29 Oct · Lauren Till · No Comments
What’s Up, Doc?
We mentioned before that HMG Central AL participated in a joint training for pediatricians interested in developmental screening with Alabama Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AL-AAP) and Reach Out and Read in Birmingham back in September. The training covered information about the need for more pediatricians to do developmental screening, how to incorporate developmental screening into a busy practice, how …
READ MORE12 Oct · Lauren Till · No Comments
ROR + HMG
Check out this newsletter that features Help Me Grow Alabama. Reach Out and Read-Alabama, a program of the Alabama Chapter AAP is a key partner in our success in Central Alabama. Reach Out and Read (ROR) is a national nonprofit organization that works with pediatricians and, like HMG, is expanding in pediatric practices and clinics. “Reach Out and …
READ MORE10 Sep · Lauren Till · No Comments
Welcome!
Welcome to the Help Me Grow Alabama blog. Help Me Grow (HMG) is a national model that is being replicated in Alabama. HMG is founded on four basic components: young children need regular developmental assessment to identify and treat developmental concerns; families, doctors, and community service providers all need to be a part of the treatment …
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Help Me Grow Alabama is an affiliate of the Help Me Grow National Network and a program of the Alabama Partnership for Children.
Help Me Grow Alabama is funded by the Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education through the Preschool Development Grant and the Alabama Department of Human Resources.
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