About Us

Linking Child Development and Primary Care

A Project of the West Virginia Primary Care Association
Funded By:
The Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation
The Division of Children’s Mental Health, WVDHHR (pending)

Goals of the Project:

• Educate health care providers and ancillary staff on child development.
• Review and improve developmental screening to identify children at risk for behavioral, social, emotional and developmental problems.
• Educate parents of young children on their developmental needs – physical, social, emotional, behavioral and cognitive.
• Identify and organize resources in the community to support parents of young children.

Methods:

• Advisory Committee: Create a state advisory committee to oversee and advise the project
• Pilot Sites: Identify three community health centers and one behavioral health center to be pilot sites for the project.
• Child Development Expert: Contract with a child development specialist to provide training to health care providers and staff on child development.
• Parent Education: Identify parent education materials for use by community health center providers.
• Community Resources: Identify and organize community resources for parents of young children in pilot site communities.
• Learn from the Project: Evaluate all steps of the project; develop report documenting results including challenges and successes; make recommendations for state policy and for replication of the project.

Time Frame:

• Jan – April 07: Select pilot centers; create advisory committee; identify resources; contract with child development specialist.
• May – Sept 07: Implement project at pilot sites; training for providers.
• Oct –Dec 07: Continue implementation; document process and results.

Download the PowerPoint overview of the Primary Care and Child Development Project

Linking Primary Care and Child Development

Training for Primary Care Providers
With Nancy Cheshire

Click here for dates, locations, and agenda.

Child Development and Primary Care Project

Staff

Project Director: Renate E Pore, West Virginia Healthy Kids and Families Coalition, 304-346-8815

Project Assistant: Lisa Scarberry, West Virginia Primary Care Association, 304- 346-0032

Advisory Committee

Linda Anderson, Marshall University

Sue Binder, March of Dimes

Sharon Carte, West Virginia Children's Health Insurance Program

Nancy Cheshire, Pierpont Community and Technical College, Fairmont State University

Jeanne Clark, RN, Right From the Start

Martha Cook, Family Health CHC

Jeanne Cress, Medicaid

Judy Curry, Division of Child Development, West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources

Anne Durham, Mountainside Media

Phil Edwards, Child Health, West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources

Barbara Gebhard, Zero to Three

Becky Gooch-Erbacher, West Virginia Head Start Association

Michelle Coon Carelink

Pam Gunter, RN, West Virginia Children's Health Insurance Program

Jeanne Grubb, Parent

Margie Hale, WV KIDS COUNT Fund

Linda Hicks, DD Council

Fernando Indocochea, MD, West Virginia Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics

Anne Jackson, Automated Health

Cathy Jones, West Virginia Dept of Education

Cinny Kittle, Day One, West Virginia Hospital Association

Jim Lewis, MD, Marshall University

David Majic, Child Mental Health, DHHR

Jim McKay, Prevent Child Abuse WV

Katherine Payne, RN, Monongalia Head Start

Jaqueline Payne, Child Mental Health, DHHR

Joan Phillips, MD, West Virginia Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics, Charleston Area Medical Center

Pam Roush, Birth to Three, DHHR

Lisa Scarberry, West Virginia Primary Care Association

Phil Schenk, West Virginia Primary Care Association

Marla Short, Nicholas Starting Point Center

Gerry Stover, Family Practice Association

Kay Tilton, Division of Child Dev, DHHR

Terry Toothman, Mountain State Parents CAN

Beverly Walter, Benedum Foundation

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