Test "Play, Track, Act" App
What is “Play, Track, Act” app?
It is an early childhood development app that our team is developing to help improve children's lives. It's milestone content and artwork are adapted from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Learn the Signs. Act Early.” Program (www.cdc.gov/ActEarly) (1)
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Why we need "Play, Track, Act" app
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To substantially improve:
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Parent-child interaction
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Screen time exposure
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Family’s quality of life
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Long term outcomes in children
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To substantially decrease:
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Age of diagnosis of autism and other developmental delays
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Age of initiation of early intervention
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By parents and caregivers
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By professionals (behavior analysts, speech therapists, occupational therapists, special educators)
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We encourage parents to be proactive to help their child reach developmental milestones, to follow the American Academy of Pediatrics/World Health Organization screen time limits (2,3) and to guide parents to take needed action when milestones are missed.
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We are translating the app into Vietnamese and plan additional languages. We are partnering with the Early Detection Lab at the University of Connecticut to provide customized free online family training.
References.
1. The developmental milestone content and artwork it this app was adapted from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Learn the Signs. Act Early” program (www.cdc.gov/ActEarly). It is used and adapted by Consortium for Health Action under a license agreement; and such use does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services or the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The American Academy of Pediatrics has also provided permission for us to use their content in the app.
2. AAP. American Academy of Pediatrics, council of communication and media. Media and young minds. Pediatrics. 2016; https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/138/5/e20162591.
3. WHO. World Health Organization. Guidelines on physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep for children under 5 years of age. 2019. https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/325147/WHO-NMH-PND-2019.4-eng.pdf.
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