Healthy Steps for Young Children, Payson - (928) 472-5378

Healthy Steps promotes the healthy development of children ages birth to 5 through a variety of services. Services are free to all families in the area.

Healthy Steps for Young Children (Healthy Steps) is a national initiative that focuses on the importance of the first 5 years of life. Healthy Steps emphasizes a close relationship between health care professionals and parents in addressing the physical, emotional, and intellectual growth and development of children from birth to age five. Each Healthy Steps team includes a Healthy Steps Specialist, who enhances the information and services available to parents. The Healthy Steps Specialist can be a new team member or a nurse, child development specialist, or social worker already working in the practice. The Specialists have special training in child development and address major behavioral and developmental issues, focusing on a whole baby, whole family brand of primary care. The Healthy Steps approach is being implemented in pediatric and family practices across the country and is meeting an array of community needs while preserving its unique linkage to a team of health care professionals.

Healthy Steps is brought to you by First Things First. http://www.azftf.gov/

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