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Public Awareness
This year Early Steps joins with more
than 40 statewide partners and corporations to team up and host events
designed to promote the health, safety and well-being of children and
families in Florida. Children's Week activities took place in Tallahassee the week of March 25th - 31st. Details on our events at the state capitol are available in the
Children's Week Summary
.(pdf - 1.6MB)
Also available for viewing is their new
Comcast TV
Public Service Announcement(wmv - 1MB) which will begin airing statewide the week
of February 19th. Please visit their website
www.childrensweek.org for more information. A copy of Windows Media Player is available here.
Read our Early Steps Brochure: available in
English(PDF - 202KB),
Spanish(PDF - 218KB), and
French(PDF - 224KB). We also have an Early Steps
Brochure Insert (PDF - 170KB), an
Eligibility & Referral card (PDF - 168KB) and
an Early Steps
Providers card.(PDF - 165KB)
A
Public Awareness Plan(PDF - 25KB) revised 07/2006 for Early Steps provides information on our planned statewide public awareness efforts.
Family and Caregiver Outreach:
For general program
information, please read our
Early Steps Brochure listed above.
To read even more about our services, find Early Steps Booklets, and get
additional publications
for new and current Early Steps families,
please visit our
Early Steps Families
webpage.
Healthcare and Service Provider Outreach:
Please read our new Brochure and Early Steps Eligibility & Referral Card listed above.
The following are materials sent to
Florida
Pediatricians and Family Practitioners. It includes a
Letter from Dr.
Agwunobi(PDF - 324KB)
,
an article on
Early
Intervention Roles from the American Academy of Pediatrics(PDF - 107KB)
,
and our list of Contact
Information for Local Early Steps offices(PDF - 58KB) for referrals.
Early Steps Article for
Provider Association Publications(PDF - 53KB) .
This article
answers questions about the role of
therapists in providing services in the Early Steps service delivery
system.
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"Early
Steps: Not Just a New Name and Look,
but an Enhanced
Service Delivery System"
A Videoconference with Robin McWilliam held August 5, 2004 was broadcast live and viewed statewide by Early Steps staff, providers, families and other community stakeholders in local venues through satellite links. The presentation material is below:
Early Steps: Not Just a New Name and Look, but an Enhanced Service Delivery System
To understand the enhanced Early Steps service delivery system, see our Policy and Procedures webpage.
Service Delivery Policy and Guidance Live Meetings:
The Early Steps State Office
conducted three live meeting web conference calls to provide
guidance and information about the enhanced service delivery system. At the end
of each call there was a 30-minute question and answer period. Below you
will find the questions & answers and slides from each
call:
Q&A's from the Service Delivery Policy and
Guidance Live Meetings on
Service Delivery Policy and Guidance Live Meeting PowerPoint Presentations
Part1
slideshow(.ppt - 217KB) and
Part2
slideshow(.ppt - 204KB)
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