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ReadyKidSA: Help Me Grow

Connecting families and providers with Care Coordinators specially trained in child development. Providing resources and support to nurture healthy development and identify areas of concern.

ReadyKidSA: Help Me Grow
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What is Help Me Grow Bexar County

  • A Connection to Resources
    Help Me Grow Bexar County connects families who are pregnant or have children under the age of 6 to local resources that help ensure that Bexar County children grow up happy, healthy, and ready.
  • A Free Support Line
    Help Me Grow Bexar County is a free support line that families and providers can use to connect with a specially trained Care Coordinator who can answer questions related to pregnancy, parenting or child development and provide connections to community resources that meet families’ needs.
  • A Tool for Families
    Help Me Grow Bexar County provides resources for families to understand developmental milestones and learn if there are concerns. This allows families to take the lead in seeking support though confidential developmental screening, supportive education, and connection to resources at no cost.
Call our FREE support line now: 1-866-GROW-210
ReadyKidSA: Help Me Grow

Developmental Screening

  • Tracking Growth
    Developmental Milestones are skills such as rolling over, smiling for the first time, taking a first step, and saying a first word. Children reach milestones in how they play, move, speak, act, and learn. Observing how and when your child does these kinds of things tells you about their development. Although all children are unique and will do some things faster or slower than others it’s a good idea to track these milestones.
  • Identifying Progress
    Help Me Grow Bexar County provides questionnaires to help you identify your child’s progress on milestones. Completing these questionnaires can be fun and educational and can help identify your child’s strengths or areas where they may need some encouragement or support.
  • Completing Questionnaires
    Help Me Grow Bexar County offers two developmental questionnaires. The Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ-3) and the Ages and Stages Questionnaire: Social-Emotional (ASQ:SE2). The ASQ-3 helps you understand how your child thinks, speaks, listens, understands, and moves. The ASQ:SE2 helps you understand how your child expresses feelings, shows emotions, and behaves. Both screens are available in English and Spanish.
  • Understanding Results
    After the questionnaires are completed a Care Coordinator will contact you to share your child’s results. Based on those results the Care Coordinator may provide activities to try with your child and/or connect you to additional resources.
  • Free and Confidential
    There is no charge for this service and the information you provide is completely confidential.
ReadyKidSA: Help Me Grow

Learn the Signs. Act Early

  • About the Program
    “Learn the Signs. Act Early” is a program developed by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that aims to improve early identification of developmental delays so children and families can get the services and support they need.
  • Empowerment through Education
    The “Learn the Signs. Act Early” materials offer families tools to track and celebrate developmental milestones and to empower them to be educated about their child’s development.
  • Get the App
    Download the “Learn the Signs. Act Early” developmental Milestone Tracker App here.