Questions About Your Child's Behavior?

You may have questions about your child's behavior, emotions, coping or social skills. Perhaps your child is having difficulty at childcare or preschool. Your child may have difficulty playing with peers, following directions, or being part of a the group. There is a wide range of normal behavior challenges in young children.

If you are looking for ideas on how to handle your child's behavior, check out the Tip Sheets.

Help Me Grow connects parents with a Child Behavior Specialist or an Early Childhood Therapist when appropriate for short-term assistance to address the behavior and social-emotional needs of their young child.

For Educators and Child Care Providers: Case consultation, classroom observation and classroom support.

For Parents, Educators, and Child Care Providers: developmental screening, a link between home and school, assistance with transitions such as kindergarten or changes in caregivers, ideas on how to adapt the environment to meet the child's needs successfully, parent support groups, referrals to other community services.

Behavior services are at no cost to Carver County families with young children from birth through Kindergarten.

To make a referral for children from birth to Kindergarten call Help Me Grow at 952-368-0160 Kindergarten referrals to the program can be made through the child's school student support team.