Healthy Beginnings

Healthy Beginnings is an early childhood, parent education, and family support home visiting program. We serve Hillsdale County expectant parents and those with children birth to five years.

Program Delivery of Services:
 

• Home visits – Parents As Teachers  (developmental guidance regarding their children, lessons/activities to promote healthy attachment and increased understanding in developmental milestones)
• Circle of Parents group meetings – Bi-weekly
• Prenatal Childbirth Parenting Class - Monthly
• Mommy and Me Community Dance Class – Weekly
• Health, Developmental, Hearing, & Vision Screenings on all children
• Parenting classes – Ongoing ( birth – Teenagers)
• Connect families to other community resources

Program Goals:
 

• Prevent Child abuse and neglect
• Increase parent knowledge of early childhood development
• Increase use of positive parenting techniques
• Early detection of developmental delays and health issues
• Adequate pre-natal care and maternal well-being
• Up-to-date child immunizations and well child visits
• Increase children’s school readiness and school success

The primary model is the “evidenced based Parents as Teachers: Born to Learn”. The format includes a video series, lessons based on research and neuroscience information, and developmental activities to promote healthy development. The home visits are designed to equip parents with information increasing their understanding of age appropriate expectations and utilizing more positive parenting.

More Information

• Andrea Bricker, Call the Healthy Beginnings Coordinator
  20 Care Drive, Hillsdale, MI 49242
  (517) 437-7395 x 116