Moving Forward One Step at a Time
The Baby Steps Clinic, recognized as a Promising Practice by the American Academy of Pediatrics, is for families who have a child exposed to drugs before birth, which can influence growth, development, learning, and behavior. We know families want the best for their child, and the Baby Steps Clinic can help by offering support, assessment, and interventions. The clinic is here to help every child reach his or her full potential and to support families as they support their child’s development.
The Baby Steps team includes the following health professionals:
- Care coordinator
- The care coordinator follows your family from pregnancy through early childhood helping to track progress, schedule appointments, serve as the point person for questions, make referrals to other services, and help you navigate aspectes of your child's medical, developmental, and emotional needs.
- Audiologist
- The audiologist will use age-appropriate objective tests like tympanometry,
otoacoustic emissions (OAE) and/or auditory brainstem responses (ABR) to
assess your child's entire auditory system from the eardrum to the auditory brain. The audiologist will also ask about your child's listening behavior at home.
- The audiologist will use age-appropriate objective tests like tympanometry,
- Speech-language pathologist
- The speech-language pathologist (SLP) will play with your baby, talk with you,
and use age-appropriate tests during your visit. SLPs help babies develop
their listening, sound-making, talking, social, play, and feeding skills.
- The speech-language pathologist (SLP) will play with your baby, talk with you,
- Occupational therapist
- The occupational therapist (OT) will assess your child’s sensory, social, play,
and daily living skills by watching your child. The OT will ask how your child
sleeps, eats, plays, and learns at home, in child care, or at school.
- The occupational therapist (OT) will assess your child’s sensory, social, play,
- Physical therapist
- The physical therapist (PT) will observe how your child moves while playing and look for muscle stiffness. The PT will help you to support your child in learning to move, calming himself or herself, and playing to get stronger with better balance
- Registered dietitian
- The registered dietician (RD) will evaluate your baby’s growth and nutrition. The RD will assess your child's nutritional needs and make suggestions for healthy growth.
- Board-certified pediatrician
ETSU Health Pediatrics
325 N. State of Franklin Rd.
Johnson City, TN 37604
423-439-7320