Reach Out and Read

The Reach Out and Read program at The Stephen D. Hassenfeld Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders is designed to encourage a lifelong love of reading among young patients and to help them develop early literacy skills. Through the program Hassenfeld patients between the ages of 6 months and 5 years of age meet with their doctor as part of their well-child visit at staged developmental milestones. During these visits Hassenfeld patients are given a book that is theirs to keep. Patients and parents receive reading encouragement from their doctor.

  • To decrease the risk of hospital infections, remember to ask visitors as well as hospital staff to clean their hands.

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