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Practitioners we impact:
Alameda County:
• Public Health Nurses
• Family Advocates
• Mental Health Providers
• Early Care and Education Professionals
• Child Life Specialists
• Family Navigators
• Resource and Referral staff
• Parent Educators from Early Head Start

• Head Start
• Library staff
• Parks and Rec staff
• Alameda County School District staff
• Medical Social Workers

What impact are you having on your community?
• Creating a common language around child development within and between community based
organizations
• Increased knowledge of child development for providers attending training
• Use of reflective practice groups within Touchpoints Trained Agencies or areas (Hayward Promise
Neighborhood, Alameda County Public Health Department)

What are your highlights since you began?
• Created a session called, “Using Touchpoints to Honor Diversity”
• We have 4 agencies/organizations with at least one Touchpoints trainer. One agency has 6!
• We have trained, over 200 providers in Alameda County from over 30 agencies
• Created a training team of 18 trainers from 7 different agencies
• We have 3 men of color on our team

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