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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

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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

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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

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

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Child health care provider outreach to support early detection and intervention

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Community

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promote use of HMG and facilitate networking for families and service providers Centralized telephone access point for connecting children and their families to services and care coordination

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Data collection to understand all aspects of the HMG system, including gaps in and barriers to services

4 Core Components

The Help Me Grow System

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

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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 5th grade reading level in three languages: English, Spanish, and French

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

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ASQ Online: Family Access

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

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

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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

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

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Example of Learning Activities for 8 – 12 Months Old

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

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Help Me Grow Brevard County Partners

2-1-1 Brevard ARNP Health Care Champion Behavioral Health Champions Brevard Health Alliance Community Volunteer Early Learning Coalition Early Steps Family Advocate Head Start Healthy Families Healthy Start Coalition Parrish Medical Center Health Navigator The Scott Center for Autism Treatment Space Cost Health Foundation

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

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There are no wrong doors

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

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

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Questions?

Elaine Fairchild HMG Care Coordinator, 2-1-1 Brevard helpmegrow@211brevard.org (321) 631-9290 EXT. 209 www.helpmegrowfl.org