Additional Resources

Each module contains useful links and/or supplemental materials integrated within the content pages or presented in special "Resource Boxes." These additions enhance the information presented throughout the curriculum, and users are strongly encouraged to explore the following valuable supplements:

Links
Numerous links provide users with access to essential information such as periodicity schedules, charts, tables, testing method descriptions, checklists, and relevant web sites.

Provider Resource Boxes
These resource boxes contain a variety of items including reports, fact sheets, policy statements, guidelines, questionnaires, publications, and family materials.

Bright Futures Resource Boxes
Highlighted within these Bright Futures resource boxes are links to age-appropriate interview questions, anticipatory guidance, and developmental milestones, as well as to practice guides on nutrition, mental health, and oral health.

Special Features

Further enhancements to the curriculum include:

Icons and Symbols

Agency Icons: these symbols highlight areas where specific requirements, recommendations, policies, information, and materials are presented.

	Medicaid/EPSDT
	American Academy of Pediatrics
	Centers for Disease Control and Promotion

Bright Futures Developmental Icons:

Clicking on these Bright Futures developmental icons provides access to Bright Futures questions and guidance for the five developmental stages—newborn, infancy, early childhood, middle childhood, and adolescence.

Cultual Competence and Family-Centered Care Icons:

	Culturally Appropriate Care This globe appears in areas where information on providing culturally appropriate care is included within the various modules. (Additionally, Module 8 focuses on cultural competence in the care of multicultural and underserved populations.)
	Family-centered Care This heart denotes material within the modules that emphasizes the importance and benefits of family-centered care.

Electronic Toolkit

Supporting the curriculum is an electronic toolbox containing the following:

Helpful Resources

A to Z topic index	Charts
Assessment tools	Glossary of terms
Bibliographies	Web sites

Portable Digital Assistant (PDA) Format

Key portions of the curriculum such as periodicity schedules, summaries of well-child visits, and excerpts from Bright Futures pocket guides are available in a PDA format: coming soon!

State Information Database

The curriculum Web site also offers a searchable database in which states or other organizations can contribute and update information on relevant training programs, resources, or initiatives

Family Materials

Select Bright Futures materials are downloadable from the curriculum for use with families. These materials include age-specific anticipatory guidance sheets, tools for promotion of healthy social and emotional development, family tip sheets, activity books, and nutrition family fact sheets.