Additional Early Childhood Development Resources Growing Smart In addition, System Navigators can assist families in applying for Medicaid and finding a local pediatrician. The Navigation Team provides Safe Sleep services, which include education and providing families with a baby 0-12 months with a safe place to sleep. HomeSafe System Navigators provide assistance to families who are currently receiving services within the Healthy Beginnings System of Care. Once the assessments have been conducted based on need, Developmental Consultants may refer eligible families to programs such as counseling services, therapy, or parenting programs. Developmental Consultants assess child development, social-emotional, behavior, trauma, family relationships, as well as parental stress, and maternal postpartum and parental depression. HomeSafe Developmental Consultants conduct a wide range of second-level assessments after initial screenings have been conducted and the need for further assessment has been determined. Through the assessment process, our liaisons are able to refer families to services that will help reduce stressors and deter risk factors including physical, emotional, economic, and social challenges affecting the family and the new baby. Through the post-natal Entry Agency, our Hospital Liaisons conduct the Healthy Start Infant Risk Screen and post-partum and history of trauma assessments to newly delivered mothers in all maternity hospitals throughout Palm Beach County. Outreach Educators provide parents with information about child development stages, along with speaking to the Palm Beach County community at family events, conferences, and seminars about toxic stress and how it affects brain development in children ages 0-5. The Outreach team also provides parents with activities to do with their children in order to improve development and behavior, or to keep the child on track so they are ready and eager for kindergarten. According to screening outcomes, Outreach Educators can then refer children to HomeSafe Developmental Consultants for a second-level assessment. Through referrals by community providers or self-referrals by parents, HomeSafe Outreach Educators conduct the Ages & Stages Questionnaire (ASQ-3) and the Ages & Stages Questionnaire Social-Emotional (ASQ-SE) to screen for possible developmental and behavioral concerns in children. All of our services are offered in English, Spanish, and Creole. Each role is vital in providing service and support to families in Palm Beach County. Our team consists of Hospital Liaisons, Outreach Educators, System Navigators, Developmental Consultants, and Developmental Support Specialists. About the HomeSafe Healthy Beginnings Team Once a concern is identified, HomeSafe refers all at-risk families to appropriate services, either within the agency or externally. Through the Entry Agency 0-5, our team screens and assesses children for developmental concerns and social-emotional/behavioral matters, and signs of depression for children and their parents, including postpartum depression for newly delivered mothers. Selected by the Children’s Services Council of Palm Beach County, HomeSafe is the exclusive Entry Agency for children from birth through five years of age and their families to the Healthy Beginnings System of Care in Palm Beach County. Healthy Beginnings Healthy Beginnings: Our Child Development Program

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