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When Pamela Parker gained custody of her 17-month-old granddaughter, she knew exactly where to turn for help: Child Development Resources. “My own children were enrolled at CDR 25 years ago, and I knew I could get the support I needed for my granddaughter, Envi.”

Pamela says Envi was delayed in a number of ways. “I think she had the coping skills of a nine- or ten-month- old,” says Pamela. “And she couldn’t do many of the skills that children her age can normally do.”

Pamela contacted CDR and Envi was assessed through the organization’s Central Point of Entry. Envi needed speech therapy and qualified to participate in CDR’s Early Head Start program.

“I cannot tell you how amazing our EHS family advocate has been,” says Parker. “She’s helped us find services and resources in the community, and she’s helped me manage Envi’s social skills and behavior. I saw enormous change within three and a half weeks of being enrolled.”

During the day, Envi participates in the First Steps Child Care & Development Center at Griffin-Yeates, where she is becoming more independent and learning how to interact with other children and adults.

“She enjoys it so much,” says Pamela. “She is improving all the time. When she started at Griffin-Yeates, she had a hard time following instructions and dealing with other children, but she has changed tremendously.”

Envi’s speech is also improving, says her grandmother. “She couldn’t speak at all when she came to me, and now she is speaking several words and learning more all the time.”

Pamela says her granddaughter’s personality has also changed since she enrolled in Early Head Start. “She was not very affectionate when we first started, and she would cry. Now she’s very affectionate, and she wants me to pick her up and hug her. I am so grateful for CDR, and I know my granddaughter will continue to learn and improve.”

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Child Development Resources
150 Point O’Woods Road, Williamsburg, VA 23188
Mail Address: P.O. Box 280, Norge, VA 23127

Training Department/Center for Professional Development
210 Packets Court, Williamsburg, VA 23185
p: 757.378.3177

Early Learning Center

Griffin-Yeates Learning Center
1490 Government Road, Williamsburg, VA 23185
p: 757.220.1168

Child Development Resources EIN 54-0791991

Questions or concerns about your child? 

Call CDR’s TOTS line at 757.566.TOTS.

¿Tiene preguntas acerca de su bebé o niño? 
llame al 757.566.3300.

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