Resources & Recommended Services for: Anticipatory Guidance, Including Injury Prevention Counseling and other Health Education
Resources & Tools
*Individual ages may be selected to view all service recommendations for that age.
- Adolescent Parents and Their Children (Care of) (AAP Statement)
- Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk (AAP Statement)
- Breastfeeding Information/WIC Feeding Guides
- Car Seats: Transportation Safety Q & A
- Car Seats: Update for the Pediatrician on Child Passenger Safety
- Development: How Early Experiences Affect Brain Development
- Developmental Milestones of Early Literacy
- Dietary Recommendations for Children and Adolescents: A Guide for Practitioners (AAP Statement)
- Educating Patients and Parents in Primary Care (Brief Approaches to)
- Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Youth Non-sexual Risk Behaviors
- Graduated Driver License Program Description
- MyPyramid.Gov - Steps To a Healthier You (USDA)
- Physical Activity Pyramid (WIC)
- Safe Sleep for Your Baby
- Shaken Baby Syndrome
- Smoking Cessation Guidelines (for Adolescents): Assessing Risk
- Smoking Cessation--Guide to Helping Smokers Quit
- Smoking: Secondhand Smoke (brochure)
- Substance Abuse Treatment Directory
- Substance Use Screening and Counseling Guidelines (for Adolescents)--CRAFFT Screening Tool
- Touchpoints
- Vermont Vital Statistics
- Youth Health Survey 2006 (Vermont YHS)
- Youth Risk Behavior Survey 2007 (Vermont YRBS)
Specific Service Recommendations by Age
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Service is Not Routine—Provide when indicated by risk assessment |
Infancy
First week visits—Timing, frequency and content must be individualized according to the infant's unique medical, family and environmental circumstances.
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| Newborn | 1 Wk | 1 Mo | 2 Mo | 4 Mo | 6 Mo | 9 Mo | 12 Mo | |
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Early and Middle Childhood
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| 11 Yr | 12 Yr | 13 Yr | 14 Yr | 15 Yr | 16 Yr | 17 Yr | 18 Yr | 19 Yr | 20 Yr | |
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