Helpful resources

• Bright Futures: National health promotion and prevention initiative led by the American Academy of Pediatrics with a collection of resources for parents.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) vaccination schedule: Recommended immunization schedule for ages 18 and younger.
• Healthy Children: The American Academy of Pediatrics’ parenting website, which includes a variety of resources for parents and caregivers.
• Love Talk Play: This campaign, sponsored by Thrive by Five Washington, aims to help parents give their children the best start in life. The site provides tips, activities and ideas to love, talk and play with your baby or toddler.
• MedlinePlus: A range of health topics from the National Institutes of Health that cover babies through the teenage years.
• My Children’s Teeth: Resources by age group from the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry.
• Pathways: Resources to help understand, track and encourage your child’s milestones from birth until age 6.
• Zero to Three: Resources for parents/caregivers that cover a range of early development topics on newborns until age 3.

• Kids’ Mental Health Pierce County: Access to child and adolescent mental health services in Pierce County.
• Navos: A member of the MultiCare Behavioral Health Network, Navos provides mental health care for all ages, including children. Providers offer services in your home, at a community meeting place or at a treatment center.

• Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning: Tips for parents/caregivers on nurturing your child’s social-emotional development, confidence, communication skills and more.
• Positive Parenting Tips by the CDC: Learn more about your child’s development, positive parenting, and safety and health at each stage of your child’s life.

• 2-1-1: Access community resources across Washington state by dialing 2-1-1 or searching the website. Connect to local services you need, such as utility assistance, food, housing, health care, child care, after-school programs, elder care, crisis intervention and more.

• Safe Kids: A national nonprofit with the aim to keep kids safe by reducing traffic injuries, drownings, falls, burns, poisonings and more. The website includes safety tips as well as safety laws by state.

• ECEAP & Head Start: State and federal assistance programs for children experiencing homelessness, family violence or chemical dependency; children in foster care; and children with incarcerated parents or developmental factors such as developmental delay or other developmental disabilities.
• Parent to Parent: Support programs for parents/caregivers of children with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
• PAVE: Tools, information and resources for parents/caregivers of a child with disabilities and/or chronic conditions.
• Pierce County Developmental Disabilities Program: This program works with agencies in the community to provide services for residents of Pierce County and their families.

• Moms With Apps: A blog started by app designer moms that recommends educational apps for kids.
• Text 4 Baby: Receive free text messages three times per week on baby’s growth and development from pregnancy through baby’s first birthday.

Household injuries are one of the leading causes of emergency department visits for children under the age of 3. You can help prevent these injuries by making sure your home is free of hazards before your baby starts to crawl.

Tips for childproofing your home

Riding a bicycle is a great way for your child to get exercise and enjoy the outdoors. However, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, over 25,000 children are treated in emergency departments for traumatic brain injuries every year.

Wearing a bicycle helmet can reduce the risk of these kinds of life-threatening injuries—up to 85 percent.

Prevent head injuries with a bike helmet

Help keep babies safe by focusing on the ABCs of Safe Sleep: babies sleep safest when they are alone, on their back, and in a safe crib.

Tips for safe infant sleep

Car crashes are a leading cause of fatal injury for Washington children. Keep your children safe for travel by choosing the right child restraint (car seat, booster seat or seat belt) and by reading all instruction manuals carefully.

How to keep kids safe in the car

• Directory of Washington programs that offer adaptive sports and recreational opportunities
• Pierce County programs for all ages and abilities
• Tacoma Adaptive recreation resources:
• Accessing the community:

• • Tool designed to help map inclusion in communities
  • How to use Google Maps to find wheelchair accessible places
  • Playgrounds that have inclusive and accessible features:
• Adaptive Recreation Equipment resources:
• Adaptive gaming:

• • Microsoft X-box resources that help make gaming accessible for all.
  • Custom gaming controllers, (including one handed controllers) for X-box, and Play Station
  • Adaptive gaming resources

• Disney resources to give Guests with cognitive disabilities a magical experience at Disney resorts:
• Jooay: An app that helps children with disabilities and their families to locate leisure opportunities that are: Accessible, suit their needs and abilities, match their preferences, can help them develop and participate in society (Canada only)

• Resources from a non diagnosis specific organization that focuses on the disability community.
• Recommended Websites from the AACPDM: Including the Cerebral palsy: a complete guide for caregiving, Cerebral Palsy Now, Cerebral Palsy Research Registry, and other resources.
• Information about selecting vehicles that help mitigate disabilities 
• Home remodeling for people with disabilities