1. Growing Together Project
A Partnership Between:

2. New Model
Coordinated community based screening, assessment, and intervention services for children aged 18 – 26 months in the communities of Red Deer, Rocky Mountain House, and Olds

3. What are we doing? Screening – ASQ and ASQ/SE
- available at multiple locations
18 month immunization appointment
Parent Link Centres
Screening Days (Parent Link)
Home Visiting Programs (Healthy Families, Infant Preschool Wellness)
Early Intervention Program
Pediatric Rehabilitation Program
Native Friendship Centres
Goal: 80% of 18 – 26 month olds screened once

4. Goal: Assessment occurs within 4 weeks of referral
Timely – Appropriate Professional
Enhanced SLP, OT, PT FTE
Created a psychologist position
Goal: Assessment occurs within 4 weeks of referral

5. Intervention Timely Two pronged approach mild moderate or severe
diagnosis diagnosis
Growing Together SLP
Group OT PT
Psychologist

6. What’s unique? Multiple access to screening
Single point of entry/coordinated referrals
- Intake Coordinator - Growing Together Coordinator
Support for families
- Child care - Transportation - At risk children
Timely Assessments
Growing Together Group
- mild delay
- hosted by Parent Link Centres
- developed cooperatively by SLP, OT, PT, Psychologist and the Growing
Together Coordinator (Social worker)
- parents participate in both a learning session and a play based observation
and practice session each week
- lead by a trained paraprofessional (Growing Together facilitators)
supervised by the professional staff
- groups are 4 weekly sessions
- role of the Growing Together Coordinator

7. How are we doing?

10. Developmental Book