Author: Christy Ramey
Planning Unit: Simpson County CES
Major Program: Nurturing Families (general)
Plan of Work: Building Stronger Families
Outcome: Long-Term Outcome
What's in the Doctor's Bag was a training I attended which was offered by the University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service. The program takes the diagnostic tests and instruments that are used at the physician's office and addresses each one with a story and a fun presentation. The goal of the program is to relieve the stress of the visit for both the child and the parent or caregiver. The FCS agent in Simpson county was involved with a local Day Care facility in training the 3-4 year old class weekly for 10 weeks with this information. Knowledge is power and these children soaked it up and repeated the use of each instrument to me each time I returned. The program was supported with the help of the Simpson County Homemakers with the purchase of Medical jackets that each child who completed the ten weeks of training received. The jackets were embroidered with the name of the child over the pocket. One mother reported, "My child went from scared of the doctor to becoming engaged with the doctor in conversation and sharing what he had learned with him in your program!" The Day Care facility also received great reviews from state inspectors for the community involvement involved in this program.
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