Use the Milestone Tracker App

Overview

The WIC clinic sets up an email account where WIC families can email the results of their child's checklist from the CDC Milestone Tracker app to the clinic. WIC staff encourage families to email their child's summary to the clinic before their next appointment. This step will greatly facilitate the family and WIC staff partnership in monitoring developmental milestones.

1. WIC staff provide information on how to download the app, fill out the checklist, and email the summary to their WIC clinic during each WIC appointment. This could be done by:
   1. Verbal information provided during an appointment
   2. Virtual handout
   3. Email
   4. Including in an appointment reminder
   5. Text
2. WIC staff note that the family was provided with directions on how to download the app and email their child's summary to the WIC clinic in the family's electronic record to remind them to ask about it at their next appointment.
3. At their next appointment, the WIC staff ask if the family has downloaded the app and emailed the checklist summary to the clinic.
4. The WIC staff member reviews the checklist summary with the family, provides feedback about the child's development, and refers for further assessment if indicated.

As in the core WIC checklist program, the checklist visit may be used as part of the parent’s goalsetting. The WIC staff member can also set an alert to follow up if a referral is made. This option has the advantage of encouraging parent and WIC staff interactions regarding the children’s development and underscoring the importance of developmental monitoring in the context of this relationship.