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-- WITH PHOTO -- TO FAMILY, HEALTH, AND NATIONAL EDITORS:
Easter Seals and CVS Caremark Celebrate Week of the Young Child(T)
CHICAGO, April 9, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Week of the
Young Child, sponsored by the National Association for the Education
of Young Children (NAEYC), aims to focus public attention on the needs
of young children and their families and to recognize organizations
like Easter Seals that help to meet those needs. In addition to
providing services for kids with disabilities, developmental delays
and autism, Easter Seals is raising awareness around preventative
developmental health screenings for young children and advocating for
funding around early intervention through its Make the First Five
Count@ initiative.
According to the National Survey of Children's Health 2007, one in
five households with children has a child with a special health care
need and could benefit from screening and services, yet less than 20
percent of children under the age of five receive a developmental
screening. Easter Seals, through the generous support of the CVS
Caremark Charitable Trust, makes it possible for parents and
caregivers to advocate for their child's health with a free online
health screening.
Traditionally used by clinicians, therapists, professionals, and
educators, Brookes Publishing's Ages & Stages Questionnaires (ASQ)@ is
available to parents and caregivers on www.easterseals.com.
"Easter Seals is thrilled to be making the industry-standard child
development screening tool available to parents, for free and online
for the very first time," said James E. Williams, Jr., president and
chief executive officer, Easter Seals.
"We are very proud to support Easter Seals as they strive to get all
kids screened - as early as possible," says Eileen Howard Boone,
President, CVS Caremark Charitable Trust. "We know that the first
five years of a child's development are critical to a child's success
and we hope this online screening tool will make it easy for parents
to screen their child."
Screenings Offer a Solution "We want every parent and caregiver to
feel equipped with the tools they need on the path to better family
health," said Katy Neas, Senior Vice President of Government
Relations, Easter Seals. "The ASQ is an effective first step toward
identifying if a child could benefit from early intervention
services." Earlier detection gives children that critical window of
opportunity and access to early intervention and treatment.
About CVS Caremark All Kids Can CVS Caremark All Kids CanT, a program
of the CVS Caremark Charitable Trust and supported by CVS Caremark, is
a commitment to making life easier for children with disabilities.
Through this signature program, CVS Caremark and the Trust will
support nonprofit organizations that provide innovative programs and
services in local communities focused on helping children with
disabilities learn, play and succeed in life. CVS Caremark selected
Easter Seals as a national partner in All Kids Can when the program
was introduced in 2006.
Since that time, the company, its foundation and its associates have
contributed more than $60 million to support Easter Seals services in
local communities nationwide. To learn more about the CVS Caremark All
Kids Can Program and its support of Easter Seals, visit
www.cvsallkidscan.com/partners/easter-seals.
About Easter Seals Easter Seals is the leading non-profit provider of
services for individuals with autism, developmental disabilities,
physical disabilities and other special needs. For nearly 100 years,
we have been offering help and hope to children and adults living with
disabilities, and to the families who love them. Through therapy,
training, education and support services, Easter Seals creates
life-changing solutions so that people with disabilities can live,
learn, work and play. Learn more at www.easterseals.com.
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SOURCE Easter Seals
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/CONTACT: Rachel Talen, Easter Seals, 312.551.7246, rtalen@easterseals.com; or Joanne Dwyer, CVS Caremark, 401.770.4517, jdwyer@cvs.com
/Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110401/MM76153LOGO
/Web Site: http://www.easterseals.com
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