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About Reach Out and Read in the Military
Reach Out and Read in the Military: Our Military Families Deserve Nothing but the Best! ROR sets the standard for military families by capitalizing on the goal of an enhanced patient-centered medical home which values the partnership between a doctor and a patient. When a military provider talks to parents about the importance of early literacy, the message comes across loud and clear! ROR presents a unique opportunity to support and strengthen military families with young children. ROR helps parents understand developmental stages, build routines which reassure children, and develop skills and knowledge that are essential for families being tested by multiple deployments, separation, and reintegration. Reading aloud to children is a proven technique in helping to cope with stress and anxiety. Early language development is recognized as essential for the healthy development of young children, and ROR is the gold standard for promoting this development through a health care setting. More than a decade of peer-reviewed, published research shows ROR to be a highly effective school readiness strategy. Currently 35 military bases worldwide have Reach Out and Read programs. That adds up to approximately 90,000 children of military families who participate in ROR annually (approximately 25% of children of military families eligible worldwide). Currently ROR programs are located at: Elmendorf AFB, AK
Camp Pendleton, CA
San Diego Naval Base, CA
Travis AFB, CA
Walter Reed Army Medical Center, DC
Eglin AFB, FL
NAS Jacksonville, FL
Ft. Stewart, GA
Tripler Army Medical Center, HI
Naval Station – Great Lakes, IL
Scott AFB, IL
Ft Knox, KY
Keesler AFB, MS
Camp LeJeune MCS, NC
Ft. Bragg, NC
Nellis AFB, NV
Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
NS Newport, RI
Ft. Jackson, SC
Ft. Bliss, TX (Beaumont AMC)
Ft. Hood, TX
Dyess AFB, TX
Goodfellow AFB, TX
Lackland AFB, TX
Brooke Army Medical Center, TX
Hill AFB, UT
Naval Medical Center – Portsmouth, VA
Bremerton Naval Station – Bremerton, WA
Bremerton/Bangor Clinic - Bangor, WA
Fairchild AFB, WA
Ft. Lewis, WA (Madigan AMC)
McChord AFB, WA ROR Military Sites: OVERSEAS LOCATIONS
US Army Medical Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
Landstuhl RMC, Wuerzburg, Germany
US Army Base, Yongsan, South Korea The military health care system provides full and systematic primary care for the children of military families. ROR has the potential to reach all these children, without building additional infrastructure, through a system parents already know. ROR’s goal is to make pediatric early literacy a standard part of care for military families. Military One Pager
Coalition Announcements
Reach Out and and Read Military Partnerships ZERO TO THREE: ZERO TO THREE
Sesame Workshop: Sesame Workhop/Talk, Listen, Connect
Military Child Education Coalition (MCEC):MCEC
National Military Family Association:http: NMFA
United Through Reading:http: United Through Reading Military Program
 ROR National Center partners with with ZERO TO THREE to provide resources to military providers and families.
ROR distributed the ZERO TO THREE books "Over There" and "Coming Home" to all military sites in the Spring of 2009. In the future, we hope to be able to offer these books to all ROR sites as we work to expand our support to National Guard and Reserves families. You can see the books at:
ZERO TO THREE All military sites receive the Sesame Street "Talk, Listen, Connect" kits. The kits include: - 2 DVD's (Deployments/Homecomings and Changes)
- A Magazine
- A Children's Activity Poster
- 10 fliers for the product We hope you will be able to use this tool in your waiting room. You can view the product at: Sesame Workshop You can bulk order up to 20 kits at a time at:
Military OneSource Military families can order this product on MilitaryOneSource for FREE!!
Reach Out and Read also serves National Guard and Reserve families through our ROR civilian sites. In conjunction with expanding to serve military families on installations, we recently started a Pilot Project to serve National Guard and Reserve families at existing ROR civilian Sites in New Hampshire and North Carolina where there are large concentrations of Guard/Reserve personnel. Pilot Sites receive materials and resources for both medical providers/site coordinators as well as resources for the military families they may serve. Resources include: Discounted book list of titles that address issues children of military families face (relocations, deployments, etc). Military Child Education Coalition Guard/Reserve Pamphlet. You can access this pamphlet at:MCEC Guard/Reserve Pamphlet ZERO TO THREE DVD: You can access this DVD at:ZERO TO THREE ZERO TO THREE Honoring Our Babies and Toddlers: You can access this pamphlet and all the ZERO TO THREE resources at:ZERO TO THREE Sesame Workshop Materials including: Talk, Listen, Connect Kits and Family Connections, a secure social networking tool. You can view the product at: Sesame Workshop
Military Parent Survey Click here to access the online survey:
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Advisory Board Members
ROR Military Advisory Board Membership 2009-2010 Katie Alexander
Program Development Consultant
Ivymount School Joan Patterman Barrett
Program Manager: Contracts, Grants, and Related Projects
Military Child Education Coalition Patricia Montes Barron
Director Youth Initiatives Department
National Military Families Association Lee Beers, MD
Director, Healthy Generations Program
Children's National Medical Center Gregory Blaschke, MD (CAPT, Ret.) MC, USN
Associate Professor Pediatrics
Oregon Health & Science University
Doernbecher Children's Hospital LtCol. Molinda Chartrand, MD, USAF
Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrician
Educational and Developmental Intervention Services Maj. Eric M. Flake, MD, USAF
Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics Lynette Fraga
Director, Military Projects
ZERO TO THREE Lil Ingram, author and National Guard/Reserve advocate
Spouse of the Adjutant General, North Carolina National Guard Elisabeth Stafford (USA COL, Retired) MD, USA Major General H. Marshal Ward, USAF, Retired
Chief Operating Officer
Integral Systems Inc.
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