An initiative of Health and Wellbeing Queensland, the Clinicians Guide to the First 2000 Days podcast series offers practical advice to healthcare professionals to empower them to have meaningful discussions with parents and parents-to-be.
This episode explores essential nutrition for children aged 12 months to school age, emphasising healthy growth and development. It highlights key nutritional needs and community-based supports through child health nursing. Experts discuss how parents and caregivers can access resources and guidance to foster optimal growth and well-being for young children, ensuring children receive the best start to life.
Professional support resources:
- PEDS-R Screening Tool – An evidence-based method for detecting and addressing developmental, behavioural, and social-emotional/mental health concerns – Parents’ Evaluation of Developmental Status – Revised (PEDS-R) : For Practitioners
- Ages and Stages Screening Tool – ASQ-3 – ASQ-3 – Ages and Stages and Queensland Health Child Development Screening implementation guide
- Raising Children Network – Raising Children Network
- Go and Grow Toolbox – Grow & Go Toolbox
- Healthy Outback’s Kids Program (offered in CWAATSICH) – CWAATSICH
