Talk With Me Baby

Presentation to: Nutrition Services Directors

Presented by: Barbara Stahnke, MEd, RD, LD

Date: December 13, 2016

Talk With Me Baby (TWMB)

• TWMB Champions Reengagement December 12th

• Commissioner’s welcome included

• Quarterly Reports have been revised

• Updated list of TWMB Champions developed

TWMB – National Spotlight

• Kimberly Ross, GA Department of Public Health, Maya Shankar, White House Representative, Arianne Weldon, Get Georgia Reading director, and Jennifer Staple-Wax, Emory and Marcus Autism Center, participate in the unveiling of the Talk With Me Baby National Toolkit at the White House.

TWMB – National Spotlight• The Georgia TWMB Collaboration developed the

toolkit as a model for other states to use at the request of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

• Focus: Language Nutrition coaching as a workforce competency for those already providing services to new parents and babies

• Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy is funding some states for implementation

• https://youtu.be/mGWjkrErxOw

www.talkwithmebaby.org

TWMB

• Pilot Testing New

Materials

– Columbus

– Marietta

– North DeKalb

• New Materials

– Flip Chart

– Rx Pad

– Postcard

– Stickers

TWMB Flipchart

TWMB Flipchart

TWMB Flipchart

TWMB Flipchart

TWMB Postcard

TWMB Rx Pad

TWMB Rx Pad

TWMB Stickers

TWMB

• Targeted Implementation Date for new

materials (all timelines are estimates)

– Pilot Testing (December – March)

– Evaluation completed (April)

– Revisions made (April – May)

– Determination and print effective materials (May –

June)

Questions