Hearing Screenings for Children from Birth to Five years of Age in Local Communities

Be advised that on October 5, 2009 the CHILD Program staff will be in the Mandaree Community providing Hearing Screenings for Head Start children and in the afternoon will be doing Pre-K and Kindergarten at the local school. They will also spend some time in the afternoon at the community center providing hearing screenings for children younger than 3 years of age.

The same will go on in Twin Buttes on October 6, 2009

In Parshall: October 7, 2009

In White Shield: October 8, 2009

At New Town & Four Bears Head Start only: October 13, 2009

New Town & Four Bears Pre-K and Kindergarten and community: October 14, 2009

Any one who is missed on October 15, 2009, set up at Northern Lights.

This is for Children from Birth to Five years of age.

There are authorizations forms for parents to sign at the local head Start programs, or at the schools. Parents need to have these forms signed so that the hearing screening can be done. Forms will be going out today. If a child cannot hear well, they will experience speech and language problems, so we want identify hearing problems early. The screens will be read by an audiologist and we will notify the parents/guardian if there is a problem or if further testing needs to be done. We encourage parents to be aware of the hearing sceening dates, so let your families know. If for whatever reason, a child cannot attended the screening, do not hesitate to call us for a hearing screening. We will make arrangements to bring our hearing testing equipment to your home. If any of our local referral agencies feel that a client has children from birth to five years of age that might need a hearing screening, we do take referrals. Further, if a child is identified with any type of developmental disability, we will work with the family by providing direct services, which means if they need to get to a specialist and can't get there without help, we can assist with that. We can help families with special equiptment needs for their child and services similar to that. If you are not sure if our program can help you, call us anyway because each case is different. We also do early developmental screenings for children periodically to monitor the child's growth and development in speech/language, gross and fine motor skills, and cognitive development. Our goal is to ensure that age appropriate progress in growth and development is happening with all our children. If a developmental issue is identified, we can and will help.

Parents in the Mandaree Community can call: Nicole Beston Martel at 421-1899 Main Office Number: 627-2458

Parents in the Twin Buttes area can call: Tara Fredericks at : 421-1963

Parents in Parshall can call: Ardean Perkins or Sally Steele. 421-8911 for Ardean and 421-7147 for Sally

Parents in New Town/Four Bears can call: Nicole Martel, Sally Steele or Barb Paul at 421-8202

Parents at White Shield can call Ardean Perkins, 421-8911

Thank-you.

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