What's Up, Doc?
We
mentioned before that HMG Central AL participated
in a joint training for pediatricians interested in developmental screening
with Alabama Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AL-AAP) and Reach Out and Read in
Birmingham back in September. The training covered information about the need
for more pediatricians to do developmental screening, how to incorporate
developmental screening into a busy practice, how to use Help Me Grow to
support children with challenges on their screenings or who need to be tracked
for changes in their development. There were seven practices trained
which represented four out of five counties in the HMG CA footprint-
Jefferson, Shelby, Blount, Walker and St. Clair. This was a great opportunity
to expose local child health care providers to HMG, developmental
screening and the process for AL-AAP's Quality Improvement project.
The training allowed for all of us to get to know one another, and explain how
it fits with Reach Out and Read. The training
received excellent feedback. Training and outreach to child health care
providers is an important focus of HMG CA and we will be focusing our efforts
to train office staff and more practices. We have already delivered Ages
and Stages Questionnaire and begun to ask about who else would be a leader
practice in developmental screening.
Anyone in Jefferson, Blount, Shelby, St. Clair, or Walker counties can simply dial 2-1-1 and get connected to HMG. It's important that health care providers know what HMG is and how it works so they can connect children and families to the services they need with one simple phone call.
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