Baby face qualitative Evaluation

Health and developmental screenings
Children’s developmental progress is checked twice a year, usually during a home visit. Parents 
are included in this look at their child’s development because they know their child best and 

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Baby FACE 
Wilder Research, January 2015 
 
Qualitative Evaluation 
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because the screening is also used as parent education about child development. Each child’s 
hearing and vision is checked annually. A Health Record is used to look for red flags, and to 
urge parents to get all of the necessary immunizations for their child.
Successes 
Identifying progress on developmental milestones
Overall, parent educators noted that screenings were successful. Four parent educators noted that 
parents were excited to find out how their child was doing, and looked forward to it to be able to 
track milestones. A few supervisors noted that the screenings served as an additional educational 
tool to help parents better understand typical child development and developmental milestones.
Screenings were particularly successful in helping to identify potential developmental delays or 
disability diagnoses early (discussed in more detail in the impact section below), and either 
referring parents to community resources to address the issue or providing the parent with 
additional activities to do with their child.
If we had a child with a delay, I would know from the ASQ, and we would have the intervention 
activity for it for each age. 
Parents are excited to find out how their child is doing. You write it up for them, and you give them 
activities that they can work on with their child. 
If they need services beyond the screening, we refer them to specialized services. And I also find 
activities that will be based on their needs.