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Ginger Meyners
Director of Marketing, National Association of Child
Care Professionals
 As
marketing director of the National Association of
Child Care Professionals (NACCP), Ginger Meyners is
dedicated to providing child care leaders with the
necessary tools to deliver quality care. When she
heard about the Learn the Signs. Act Early.
campaign, she knew its resource kit could help her
organization educate child care providers about
developmental milestones and delays.
“One of NACCP’s main goals is to guide child care
leaders on all child care issues, including
childhood development,” says Ginger. “This campaign
and its materials are invaluable to us.”
The NACCP considers childhood development to be a
key component of its overall child health program.
“We place a big emphasis on monitoring milestones as
a part of a child’s total wellness,” says Ginger.
Learn the Signs. Act Early. campaign resources have
helped our members answer that question.”
“Since the child care provider is an invaluable
resource to the parent, we want providers to be
ready to respond when a parent asks, ‘What do I
do?’.”
NACCP has used the campaign’s resources in a variety
of ways, including sending e-blasts to more than
1,500 members; adding the campaign’s link to its Web
site; printing an article about the campaign in the
August edition of its newsletter, Professional
Connections; and adding the campaign flyer to its
membership and accreditation packets.
“The campaign materials are well-received by our
members,” says Ginger. “The Child Care Provider
Resource Kit and the Parent Resource Kit are
fantastic. They raise awareness among child care
providers and parents that reaching certain
developmental milestones is fundamental to a child’s
well-being.”
Ginger and her team are taking the campaign’s
message to new heights with NACCP members. In mid-
April, Georgina Peacock, MD, MPH, a developmental
pediatrician and Learn the Signs. Act Early. team
member, was invited to NACCP’s annual conference in
New Orleans to speak about the campaign, and about
developmental delays and the integration of
developmental milestones into child care. Conference
attendees also received campaign materials, and
NACCP plans to distribute these materials at its
upcoming regional conferences across the country.
Through NACCP’s outreach, many child care providers
are learning the importance of early intervention.
“The campaign is a great way to spread the message
about monitoring a child‘s development and the
importance of early intervention,” says Ginger. “The
sooner you can identify a child’s special needs, the
sooner you can help create a plan of action, which
is essential for providing the best possible child
care. The campaign is one more way we can help child
care providers deliver superior child care.”
For more information about the NACCP, please visit
http://www.naccp.org.
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