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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
This childhood development campaign is designed to help increase awareness about the importance of tracking a child's social and emotional development, including the potential early warning signs of autism and other developmental disabilities.
The new phase targets more than 407,000 child care facilities in the United States and will provide free materials to help child care providers and preschool teachers educate parents about child development and autism.
"Child care providers and preschool teachers are in a special position to watch for delays and to promote early identification and action when a delay is suspected.
Act Early" campaign has developed a free resource kit of materials on child development and autism for day care providers and teachers to share with parents of children in their care.
The kit, available in both English and Spanish, includes a CD-ROM containing fact sheets on age-specific developmental milestones and on developmental disabilities such as autism, a growth chart that allows parents to track specific developmental milestones along with the height and weight of the child, and educational posters.
However, if parents can identify any delay early, they can seek appropriate help right away, which is always in their child's best interest.
Posted on November 9, 2006 07:37 PM
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