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FDLRS Heartland offers FREE Developmental Screenings for 3- 4- and 5-year-olds by appointment. Monthly screenings are held in Arcadia, Clewiston, LaBelle, Moore Haven and Sebring, and take approximately 90 minutes to complete. Vision, hearing, motor skills, concepts, speech and language are screened. Call 1-800-316-7057 for more information or for an appointment.

Recent changes in Child Find staff responsibilities have led to modification of the way requests for screening will be processed. Beginning immediately, all requests for screening should be faxed to Lake Placid (863-531-0425), or phoned to our 800 line

(1-800-316-7057).

English-and Spanish-speaking staff are available to take the referrals, and will be able to schedule appointments when the referral is made. A schedule of arena screening dates have been developed for Sebring, LaBelle, and Clewiston. We believe that these changes will allow Child Find to screen children as quickly as possible, and will expedite referrals for further evaluation when that is indicated.

     FDLRS Heartland Child Find Specialists are:

     Julia Murchison E-mail

     Debra Jones E-mail

 

 

GROW To 5

Grow To 5 is a series of 12 training modules designed to help schools and community agencies to provide entry level information and training to families and early childhood providers.  Modules focus on the basics of care giving and education of children birth to five years of age; Topics include:

 

Each module provides the trainer with a script for three hours of training in English and reproducible masters for handouts and transparencies in both English and Spanish.

Your FDLRS project can assist you with obtaining training materials and presenters.

 

 

Enhancing Language Development

Birth to 3 months

  • Talk or sing to baby during feeding, changing, and bathing—and throughout the day

  • Provide many different sounds for baby (soft music, rattle, birds singing, radio, bell)

  • Imitate sounds baby makes

  • When you talk to baby, allow time for baby to respond

  • Listen to and watch baby to get to know baby’s cues

  • Respond to baby’s cues

3 to 6 months

  • Gently shake rattle beside baby’s head to encourage baby to turn head toward sound

  • Continue to talk to baby during daily routines
  • Listen for baby’s sounds and imitate them; wait for baby to respond to your sounds

  • With baby on your lap, read picture books out loud; point to and name objects in picture

  • Point to and name objects in baby’s room and other places

6 to 9 months

  • Look at picture books with baby

  • Sing songs to baby

  • Play hide-seek with toys under cloth

  • Use different tones when expressing approval, disapproval, happiness, and other emotions

  • Imitate baby’s jabbering

  • Identify people by name

9 to 12 months

  • Make puppet from sock and pretend the puppet is talking to baby

  • Read nursery rhymes and sing songs to baby

  • Help baby look at family photos and scrapbooks

  • Point to name objects

  • Listen and respond to communication from baby

  • Talk about activities as you do them with or near baby

  • Ask baby simple questions ("Want a biscuit?")

  • Say "no-no" to baby only when you mean it and do not change your mind

 

 

 

Website for Educational Resources

 

National Parent/Teacher Association

  http://www.pta.org

Volunteer Association working on behalf of   children and    youth


National Parenting Center
  http://www.tnpc.com/about.htm

Provides parents with guidance from renowned   child-rearing authorities


Parents Place
  http://www.parentsplace.com

Articles include pregnancy and birth,   adolescence, fathering, and single parenting


National Institute for Literacy (NIFL)
  http://www.nifl.govtp://www.pbs.org

Several “neighborhoods” for both parents and   children, including Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers

FDLRS Heartland Main Office    1076 US Highway 27 North, Lake Placid, FL 33852

863-531-0444 Ext. 228         Fax: 863-531-0425