1. Grow Along with Me Greg Pratt Mark Moland Executive Director,
Barons-Eureka-Warner
Family and Community Support Services
&
Mark Moland
Developmental Screening Coordinator,
Chinook Health

2. Who is involved

3. Where we are
2052 Births (2006) – Increase of 10.8% from 2005

4. Goals
To develop a comprehensive continuum of services for children between 18 and 36 months of age. There is a strong focus on prevention as well as enhancing intervention services.
To identify children (18-36 months of age) who may have a developmental delay as early as possible using a standardized instrument (i.e., the Ages and Stages Questionnaire).

5. Key Components Regional initiative Core training
Multiple opportunities to complete a developmental check-up
Communication plan
Role of key individuals
Centralized data collection utilizing EMR
Evaluation – Partnership with U of L

6. Core Training Hanen Invest In Kids COPEing with Toddler Behaviour
You Make the Difference
Learning Language and Loving it
Target word
Responsive Teaching
Invest In Kids
COPEing with Toddler Behaviour
Parenting the Strong Willed Child
Developmental Check-up and the use of the ASQ

7. Regional Developmental Checkup Strategy
18 month Well Child Clinic Visit
Partner agency screening guidelines
Linking with daycares and dayhomes
Community-based screening sessions
Linking with other organizations in our region

8. The Process of Collaboration
Recent history of developmental screening in our region
Use of the ASQ as part of the Well Child
Clinic Visit
Community-based screening partnership
Creation of the Developmental Screening Coordinator position

9. The Process of Collaboration
The process of creating the proposal
Meeting with partners
Meetings with staff
Building on what had been tried or considered in the past
Looking to the research
Exploring the demographics of the community

10. The Process of Collaboration
Up and running
Steering Committee
Creation of Terms of Reference and monthly meetings
Collaboration with Dr. Gregory to build the evaluaiotn plan
Subcommittees
Getting the message out there

11. Grow Along with Me
Thank You