How Pediatricians and Primary Care Providers Can Use Pathways.org With Families

During well-baby visits, parents often have questions about milestones, activities, and what they can do at home to encourage development. These tools make it simple to give families trusted guidance.

Add Pathways.org Resources to Your After Visit Summaries

• Share developmental milestone checklists during well-baby visits.

  • It can be helpful to not only share current milestones but also ones for the next age range so they know what they should be working towards

• Include a link to simple activities families can do at home.

  • Parents can struggle with thinking of ideas to play with baby that help with milestones this makes finding age appropriate activities quick and easy.

• Use dot phrases, smart phrases, or quick-text shortcuts so developmental resources can be shared in your progress notes or parent instructions with after visit summaries

  • Having regularly used information easily accessible will making adding the info easy.

Example Dot Phrase

For trusted developmental milestones and simple activities you can do with Baby at home, visit Pathways.org:

Explore activities you can start today: 

This quick addition helps extend your guidance beyond the office visit and gives parents a reliable resource to return to between visits.

Talk to your administrator about adding Pathways.org materials to your EMR.

Use Pathways.org to Teach Residents and Medical Students

Pathways.org can also be a valuable teaching tool for junior residents, medical students, and trainees learning about early childhood development.

Ways to incorporate it into training:

Clinical Teaching

• Discuss how to guide families in supporting development at home

• Have trainees practice explaining activities families can do with Baby

• Encourage them to use Pathways.org resources when giving developmental guidance

Between-Visit Support

• Show students/interns/residents how digital resources can extend care beyond the clinic

• Demonstrate how to add developmental resources to the AVS or EMR

Furthering Knowledge

• Assign courses to help understanding of early motor exams, sensory interventions, and more.

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A Trusted Resource for Families

Parents trust their pediatrician’s guidance. By sharing Pathways.org, you can give families a reliable, expert-reviewed resource they can return to between visits.

• Brochures & Checklists - Print, Copy, Share Repeat.

  If you would like to order brochures we can ship you some but you have to pay shipping costs.

• Baby Milestones App - Great for when parents ask: “What should I be doing with my baby?”

  Gives families clear, easy-to-follow ideas designed by pediatric physical and occupational therapists and speech language pathologists. Activities focus on supporting:

  • Motor skills

  • Sensory experiences

  • Communication and interaction

  • Play-based learning

Use these flyers to share the app with families so they can get personalized activities and milestones