MIAMI-DADE FAMILY LEARNING PARTNERSHIP - REACH OUT AND READ MIAMI

Description:

Reach Out and Read gives young children a foundation for success by incorporating books into pediatric care and encouraging families to read aloud together. Our Reach Out and Read Miami program serves over 60,000 children at 68 pediatric provider locations throughout Miami-Dade county.

The evidence-based Reach Out and Read model of literacy promotion and family engagement consists of three key elements:

Primary care providers (Doctors, NPs and PAs) are trained to deliver anticipatory literacy guidance to parents and caregivers of children from infancy through 5 years of age during each well-child visit. This age-appropriate guidance centers on the importance of elements such as: frequent and early exposure to language, looking at board books and naming pictures with infants, rhyme and repetition for gaining phonemic awareness during toddlerhood, and reading interactively (such as asking open-ended questions) when reading with preschoolers.

Providers also use this opportunity to model reading aloud and introduce it as another way to support positive interactions between caregiver and child.
During well-child visits for children ages 6 months through 5 years, the provider starts the visit by giving the child a new, developmentally appropriate book to take home, building a childs collection of 8-10 new books before kindergarten.

Reach Out and Read sites also create literacy-rich environments that may include gently used books for waiting room use or for siblings to take home. In some waiting rooms, reach Out and Read volunteers model for parents the pleasures and techniques of reading aloud with very young children.

General Information

Hours:

Hours vary. Call for information.

Intake Process:

Contact the Miami-Dade Family Learning Partnership to identify a participating Reach Out and Read medical provider in your area.

Program Fees:

Free

Languages:

English, Spanish, Creole

Eligibility:

Families of children 6 months-5 years of age receiving medical care from a participating provider in Miami-Dade.

Handicap Accessible?

Yes

Is Shelter?

No

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Date of Official Change:

November 6, 2023

Wishlist:

This program is funded in part by The Children's Trust.

Legal Status:

Non-Profit

Year Incorporated:

2004

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