Partnering With Pediatricians

Pediatricians check language development and other childhood milestones. Many also partner with organizations like Reach Out and Read that give families children’s books and encourage caregivers to read aloud to their children for emotional and literacy benefits. Pediatricians typically aren’t trained in how children learn to decode words or the instructional methods that build reading skills. Providing pediatricians with basic information on evidence-based reading practices, warning signs to watch for, and brief screening tools for dyslexia and developmental language disorder would help them support families whose children struggle with reading. Share this page and The Reading Compass: Pediatricians with your pediatrician.