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Books Build Better Brains:
Critical Intervention in the First 1,000 Days
Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 10:00 AM
Legislative Office Building, Room TBD

The Education Committee, the Committee on Children, and the Public Health Committee invite you to an informational briefing with pediatricians and early literacy experts from Reach Out and Read.  Reach Out and Read is a national, evidence-based non-profit organization that partners with pediatricians to develop early literacy skills in young children and foster parental engagement. 

 

Panelists will discuss early brain development, literacy and language acquisition, parental engagement and the importance of a child's first 1,000 days. Reach Out and Read is working within pediatric primary care to promote the vital role parents play in their child's developing literacy skills, school readiness and social and emotional development.

 

PANELISTS

 

Dipesh Navsaria, MD, MPH, MSLIS

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine 
Public Health Pediatrician, Access Community Health Centers, Madison, WI  
Early Brain and Child Development Leadership Group, American Academy of Pediatrics
Medical Director, Reach Out and Read Wisconsin

 

Cynthia Roque, MD

Pediatric Associates of Connecticut, P.C., Waterbury

Reach Out and Read Connecticut Advisory Board Member

 

Catherine Wiley, MD, FAAP

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Chief, Division of General Pediatrics, University of Connecticut School of Medicine

Medical Director, Primary Care Center, Connecticut Children's Medical Center

Medical Director, Reach Out and Read Connecticut

 
For more information, please contact 
Christine Garber, Connecticut Executive Director

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