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