Health and Early Learning

REQUIRED ACTIVITIES

1) Complete Reach Out and Read (ROR) CME. You should email Rebecca Hood (hoodre@ohsu.edu) for password/access to the training module.

For future use, use this as a video-only reference for how to educate families on ROR.

2) Review 3 core concepts in early development from the Harvard Center on the Developing Child: https://developingchild.harvard.edu/resources/three-core-concepts-in-early-development/

3) Visit the library and get a library card. More information here

4) Review available early childhood programs including relief nurseries, head start, and preschool promise: https://oregonearlylearning.com/program-overview

Review programs available for Birth to Three years - learn no cost programs to support newborns

https://earlylearningwashingtoncounty.org/birth-to-three-years/

5) Watch TED talk: Adverse Childhood Experiences - Nadine Burke-Harris https://www.tedmed.com/talks/show?id=293066

6) Read the following articles about School Readiness:

- From our own Dr Jaime Peterson in Pediatrics

- PIR School Readiness

- Info from Health Share

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OTHER READINGS/REFERENCES

- Early Childhood Policy : https://www.aap.org/en-us/about-the-aap/Councils/Council-on-Early-Childhood/Pages/Policy.aspx

- CSSP: https://cssp.org/our-work/projects/cssps-strengthening-families-curriculum/

- Zero to Three: read about positive parenting: https://www.zerotothree.org/parenting/positive-parenting-approaches