Beth Johns and Gail Piggott presented at the 28^th 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 of Central Alabama, and Alabama Partnership for Children.

The attendees were enthusiastic and asked excellent questions. In the audience were early intervention staff from all over state as well as Head Start/Early Head Start workers, pediatricians, occupational and physical therapists, speech language pathologists, parents/family members, preschool teachers, and personnel from all over the state. There was a lot of enthusiasm from attendees from Chilton County, Children’s of Alabama, Head Start, and Help Me Grow even gained a parent champion for work in Central Alabama.

Early Intervention is Alabama’s statewide service that provides support for children 0-36 months of age and their families. To be eligible for services, a child must have a medical diagnosis that delays normal development or have a developmental delay that causes the child to not meet appropriate developmental milestones. Click here to find out more about AL Early Intervention and to refer a child for screening and evaluation.