Reach Out and Read, Making Books Part of a Healthy Childhood!
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Original Presentation: Tuesday, November 6th, Phoenix Children’s Hospital Grand Rounds For those who missed Dr. Zuckerman’s presentation at the Reach Out and Read Arizona Fifth Annual Meeting November 5th or at the Phoenix Children’s Hospital Grand Rounds November 6th, this video clip provides an opportunity to view it online. During the presentation Dr. Zuckerman highlights early brain development, the importance of early language skills and the benefit of parents reading out load daily to assure school readiness. He ends the Reach Out and Read discussion with pictures of new International Reach Out and Read efforts taking place. During this presentation only, Dr. Zuckerman also highlights an exciting new, complementary program entitled the Medical-Legal Partnership for Children. About the Presenter: Barry Zuckerman, M.D. is the Joel and Barbara Alpert Professor of Pediatrics at Boston University School of Medicine and Chief of Pediatrics at Boston Medical Center. Dr. Zuckerman has been a national leader in expanding pediatric health care to more effectively address the needs of children, especially low income and minority children. He has done this primarily through a process of connecting and providing additional services in the pediatric setting to promote children’s health, development, and well-being. His efforts are highlighted in three special initiatives that due to their effectiveness have been disseminated nationally. For almost two decades, through the Reach Out and Read Program, which he and colleagues started, pediatricians have gone beyond traditional medicine and reached out to give parents information on how to read to children at different ages. Along with this advice, the doctor gives the child a developmentally and culturally appropriate book to take home so that parents can read aloud to promote the child’s enjoyment of books and their development. Published research evaluating the impact of this effort have been remarkably positive and consistent; low-income parents are more likely to read to their children and their children’s language scores, which are precursors of literacy, increased significantly on vocabulary tests. Reach Out and Read is in over 2700 practices and clinics around the U.S. reaching more than 2.5 million children with 3.5 million books. Format: Flash Video, To download Flash Player, CLICK HERE Length of Recording: 60 minutes 
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