Date for annual child development checkup released

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on March 15, 2025.

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The Medicine Hat Public School Division is encouraging parents with children ages 3-5 to book a free child development checkup to ensure their language development is on course.

The checkup is a routine assessment that monitors a child’s growth and development in areas including motor skills, language, thinking, behaviour and emotions.

“Language development is very important for a child’s success in learning as it forms the basis for all reading and writing skills,” reads a press release.

Parents can also have their children screens for fine motor, gross motor and socio-emotional development by request.

Parents can email debbie.terlson@sd76.ab.ca to book a free appointment. Checkups will run throughout the day April 3 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the Hockey Hounds Social Room.

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