CHILD DEVELOPMENT AWARENESS and education
“The More We Know The Better They Grow” is the Coalition's campaign to create awareness for parents, teachers and others about a variety of topics that affect a young children's growth and development. In partnership with the Center for Disease Control, With funds from Partner, Plan Act, and in partnership with the Center for Disease Control (CDC), regional early learning providers, agencies, health care and other service providers worked collaboratively to address the need for increased knowledge among parents and providers regarding child development. Committee members developed posters and child birthday cards designed to teach parents, teachers and others about important child development milestones. Building on that success, committee members continued to work together to increase awareness and knowledge about child development by systemically disseminating information to families, teacher and caregivers.
The desired outcomes are to improve parent and teacher knowledge of basic child development, increase the number of children ages birth through five that are screened for developmental delays, and connect families and professionals to additional resources, supports and services such as early intervention services.
The desired outcomes are to improve parent and teacher knowledge of basic child development, increase the number of children ages birth through five that are screened for developmental delays, and connect families and professionals to additional resources, supports and services such as early intervention services.
Agencies, programs, schools, child care providers, health professionals and others can participate in the initiative by pledging to distribute educational information on child development in an ongoing and systematic manner. The information provided can be what a program or agency is currently providing OR partners can take advantage of using some news materials provided by the Coalition.
Currently available materials are listed below. For more information contact the Coalition at southernillinoiscoalition@gmail.com
CDC Developmental Milestone Resources
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