38 Hartford Business Journal • November 22, 2016 www.HartfordBusiness.com
Since 1989, Reach Out and Read doctors have been prescribing books to children during
well-child visits and teaching parents the value of reading aloud to their children.
Visit reachoutandread.org/connecticut to learn how you can help us prescribe opportunity to
Connecticut's children, one book at a time.
Parents are 2.5x
more likely to read
to their children.
Families are
2.5x more
likely to enjoy reading
together or have books
in the home.
Children's language
ability
improves with
increased exposure to
Reach Out and Read.
Children's language
development is
improved by
3-6 months.
Parents are
2x
more likely to read
to their children
more than three
times a week.
Reading is the foundation for all learning, yet...
EDUCATION
Pediatricians trained in our model
of early literacy development
provide parents with
age-appropriate guidance about
books and reading at regular
pediatric visits.
BOOKS
From infancy through five
years, the child is given a
brand new book to take
home.
ENGAGEMENT
SCREENING
Parents incorporate advice
received from pediatric visits and
make reading aloud part of their
daily routines.
The book is given at the
beginning of the visit and
used as a developmental
surveillance tool.
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57% of Connecticut's
children are unable to
read proficiently by
fourth grade.
In low-income areas,
only 1 book is available
for every 300 children.
1 book
THE NEED
For our low-income
children, this statistic rises to
an alarming 80% of children
who are unable to read
proficiently by fourth grade.
OUR OUTCOMES
OUR SOLUTION
