Atlanta, Georgia – Reach Out and Read Georgia is thrilled to announce that Dr. Dipika Sharma will be taking on the important new role of Regional Director of Medical Engagement. Dr. Sharma joined the Reach Out and Read Georgia team in May 2019.…
Sari Feldman from Publishers Weekly interviewed Reach Out and Read’s Co-Founder Dr. Robert Needleman on starting Reach Out and Read in Boston, MA, 30 years ago. Needlman talks about the unique intersection health and education play in emerging literacy and the important partnership with librarians in the community.…
Atlanta, Georgia – Nine local Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million retailers recently donated in-kind books valued at $108,000 to Reach Out and Read Georgia. Barnes & Noble, Inc., the world’s largest retail bookseller, and Reach Out and Read Georgia have joined forces to raise awareness about the importance of early literacy and child development.…
In 2015, Reach Out and Read launched our oral health program in Ohio in collaboration with the Delta Dental Foundation. This year, we are pleased to announce that the program is expanding into Michigan. The Children’s Hospital of Michigan, the Canton Health Center, the Northville Health center and Covenant Community Care are all now participating in the oral health program!…
Reach Out and Read would like to congratulate Claudia Aristy, our National Board Member and Director of Children of Bellevue’s Reach Out and Read Program, on being awarded the Tisch Prize from the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College.…
“Let’s Stop Talking About the Thirty-Million Word Gap,” published June 1 on NPR Ed’s website, took a fresh look at what has become a familiar phrase. Citing two recent studies that attempt to quantify, with modern technology and larger sample sizes, the number of words heard by children of varying socio-economic levels, the article also addresses the “whole idea of a gap,” quoting criticism that views “the ‘word gap’concept as racially and culturally loaded in a way that ultimately hurts the children whom early intervention programs [are] ostensibly trying to help.”…
Improved social-emotional competence.
Improved quality of life.
Increased interest in reading in children.
A new study in Pediatrics featuring Reach Out and Read
proves that the benefits of our model extend beyond literacy and help set children up for success.…
A guest blog written by Donna Lowry, MD, President and CEO of Ready for School, Holland, MI.
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Starting with just one provider in 2010, Ready for School of Holland and Zeeland Michigan, believed that Reach Out and Read would support its community wide commitment to kindergarten readiness.…
Extending our program to the first few months in accordance with research demonstrating the importance of the first few months to a child’s foundation for success.
A guest blog from Teandra Ramos-Hardy, MSW, Director of Medical Engagement for Reach Out and Read Carolinas
We know from research that brains are built over time through a process that begins prenatally.…
A guest blog post by Michelle Steffen, MD, FAAP,
Pediatrician, Riverside Pediatrics, Georgetown, SC, and Lauren
Barone, MPH, Manager, Oral Health Initiatives, American Academy of
Pediatrics, Elk Grove Village, IL
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We
know good habits start early. From good nutrition to early
literacy, the foundation for health is laid even before birth.…