– Help Me Grow, a program of the new Connecticut Office of Early Childhood, will be launching the Help Me Grow Campaign this spring to increase awareness of the critical need for universal developmental screening of children birth to five years of age and to link at-risk children to supports and services they need.
As part of the Help Me Grow Campaign, Danbury’s Promise for Children Partnership is working with community groups to host three Community Cafés in March and April.
The first will be on March 26 at the Young Lives program for young parents; the second on April 10 at Danbury Library; and the third on April 23 at Ellsworth Avenue School. The event at Ellsworth Avenue School will be conducted in Spanish.
Parents interested in attending one of the Cafés should call Caroline LaFleur at 203-300-1486 or Colby Rutledge at 203-616-5073 to make a reservation.
Attendance is on a first-come, first-served basis.
Without developmental screening using a formal screening instrument, we can only identify 30% of the children who need help. The Help Me Grow Campaign, through the Community Cafés, will spread the word about universal developmental screening and early intervention, so we can identify 70%-80% of the children at-risk of developmental or behavioral delay and get them the help they need to succeed in school and in life.