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Help Me Grow Florida Developmental Monitoring & Connecting Children to Local Services Sponsored by the Florida Developmental Disabilities Council, Inc. and The Florida Department of Education, Office of Early Learning 1

Overview  Help Me Grow  What and Why?  Core Components  Care Coordinator  What is the Ages and Stages Questionnaire?  HMG at Your Facility  Help Me Grow Partners Sponsored by the Florida Developmental Disabilities Council, Inc. and The Florida Department of Education, Office of Early Learning 2

Why Help Me Grow? National Statistics (American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2009)  1 in 6 children in the US have a developmental delay  Average age of diagnosis is 5.7 years  Nearly 30% are still undiagnosed by age 8  Many parents notice symptoms before a child is 6 months old Goal Continuously track milestones for earlier detection of delays and earlier opportunities for treatment Sponsored by the Florida Developmental Disabilities Council, Inc. and The Florida Department of Education, Office of Early Learning 3

Sponsored by the Florida Developmental Disabilities Council, Inc. and The Florida Department of Education, Office of Early Learning 4

The Help Me Grow System Core Components 1 2 4 3 Community Data collection to Centralized Child health care outreach to understand all telephone access provider outreach promote use of aspects of the point for to support early HMG and facilitate HMG system, connecting children detection and networking for including gaps in and their families to intervention families and and barriers to services and care service providers services coordination

HMG Care Coordinator  Makes contact with families  Conducts Ages and Stages Questionnaire  Follows up with results and makes referrals to community resources  Follow ups regarding services and rescreening  Outreach to Healthcare providers and community agencies working with young children  Records data for state and national offices Sponsored by the Florida Developmental Disabilities Council, Inc. and The Florida Department of Education, Office of Early Learning 6

Ages and Stages Questionnaires  Easy, effective, and reliable screening tool  For children from birth to 5 ½YO  Developed to be completed by parents/primary caregivers  Observation-based screener  Fine Motor, Gross Motor, Personal-Social, Problem-Solving, Communication  Identify children that are on target, need additional support, or further assessment  Created at a 5 th grade reading level in three languages: English, Spanish, and French

ASQ Online: Family Access Sponsored by the Florida Developmental Disabilities Council, Inc. and The Florida Department of Education, Office of Early Learning 8

Sponsored by the Florida Developmental Disabilities Council, Inc. and The Florida Department of Education, Office of Early Learning 9

Sponsored by the Florida Developmental Disabilities Council, Inc. and The Florida Department of Education, Office of Early Learning 10

Sponsored by the Florida Developmental Disabilities Council, Inc. and The Florida Department of Education, Office of Early Learning 11

Results Scored in No Concerns  Ask if family has any concerns and if they are interested in rescreening in a few months to track next set of milestones Scored in Monitoring  Offer General and Learning Activities to target milestones  Focuses on engaging parents/caregivers to use a lot of encouragement and positive reinforcement to help child achieve milestones Scored in Concerns  Offer resources in county for further assessment/treatment Sponsored by the Florida Developmental Disabilities Council, Inc. and The Florida Department of Education, Office of Early Learning 12

Example of Learning Activities for 8 – 12 Months Old Sponsored by the Florida Developmental Disabilities Council, Inc. and The Florida Department of Education, Office of Early Learning 13

HMG at Your Facility  iPad Kiosk  Paper ASQs  Consent to Release Forms – Fax to (321) 631-9291  HMG Coordinator on Site  Login for Results: www.asqonline.com  Click “Screening Management”, then click “View All”, and search for the client  Link to Share with Families/Public: www.asqonline.com/family/1348f1 Sponsored by the Florida Developmental Disabilities Council, Inc. and The Florida Department of Education, Office of Early Learning 14

Help Me Grow Brevard County Partners  2-1-1 Brevard  Family Advocate  ARNP Health Care Champion  Head Start  Behavioral Health Champions  Healthy Families  Brevard Health Alliance  Healthy Start Coalition  Community Volunteer  Parrish Medical Center Health Navigator  Early Learning Coalition  The Scott Center for Autism Treatment  Early Steps  Space Cost Health Foundation Sponsored by the Florida Developmental Disabilities Council, Inc. and The Florida Department of Education, Office of Early Learning 15

There are no wrong doors Sponsored by the Florida Developmental Disabilities Council, Inc. and The Florida Department of Education, Office of Early Learning 13

Questions? Elaine Fairchild HMG Care Coordinator, 2-1-1 Brevard helpmegrow@211brevard.org (321) 631-9290 EXT. 209 www.helpmegrowfl.org Sponsored by the Florida Developmental Disabilities Council, Inc. and The Florida Department of Education, Office of Early Learning 17