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KUED’s CONTACT Mary Dickson interviews Dr. Wendy Hobson-Rohrer January 20, 2010
Gifts of Knowledge, Imagination By Patricia St. Germain, The Spectrum Published February 17, 2009 ST. GEORGE - Even during these tough economic times, people understand the importance of literacy and thanks to the donations by Barnes & Noble customers, the Community Health Center of St. George received 600 books for the Reach Out and Read program. Over the holidays, customers at the book store were asked if they wanted to purchase books for the clinic…(read full article)
Group Encourages Parents to Read to Their Children The Deseret News By Wendy Hobson Rohrer, Medical Director and Board Chair, Reach Out and Read Utah Published January 27, 2009 Every parent of a young child should resolve to do one simple thing in 2009 that can change his or her life – read to the child every day. Reading to young children is proven to be the single most important thing a parent can do to ensure his child's success in school. Not only does reading improve children's language development — the strongest predictor of school success — it also brings parents and children closer together…. (read full article)
Reading Head Start By Devin Felix, The Herald Journal, 12/31/2008 Along with the stethoscopes, syringes, diapers and other pediatric supplies at Logan’s Intermountain Budge clinic, there are items that play just as big a role in children’s health — shelves and shelves of books. Doctors at the clinic use the books as part of Reach Out and Read, a national program designed to promote reading among their patients as young as six months old… (read full article).
Reach Out and Read, Military Doctors Team Up to (Boston, MA) November 10, 2008 – The next time a young child comes into the pediatrician’s office on a military base for her checkup, she won’t just be getting a shot – her doctor will be giving her a brand-new book! That’s because Reach Out and Read (ROR), the nationwide nonprofit early literacy program that works with doctors and nurses to encourage parents to read aloud to their young children, has launched a major new initiative to expand its proven program to 20 American military bases… (read full article).
Keeping Minds Healthy Program teaches doctors and nurses to encourage parents to read to their kids By Julia Lyon, The Salt Lake Tribune Juliana Maximo was a little surprised the first time she walked out of Oquirrh View Community Health Center with a children's book. Not only had she been given advice about how to keep her child healthy, the doctors wanted to make sure she read to her daughter. "I wasn't expecting it," the Taylorsville mother said. "But I was happy that they would do that." (read full article)
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