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| Dr. Ashlen Aggen, a family medicine resident at USA Health, gives away a book at USA Family Medicine Center's �Champions of Reading� themed kick-off event. The USA Family Medicine Center recently became a Reach Out and Read program site. |
Reach Out and Read (ROR) is a national non-profit organization that advocates for child literacy by working with primary care clinics.
Dr. Ashlen Aggen, a family medicine resident with USA Health, said she is excited for USA Family Medicine to participate in the program. �All of our providers went through training to learn about the importance of helping children build their home libraries and to learn how to select age-appropriate books for children based on their level of development,� she said. �Our first year of the program will be funded by ROR, and USA Family Medicine will take on the expense of continuing the program.�
According to Dr. Aggen, it is important to emphasize the importance of reading to children at a young age. �Reading teaches children to imagine, explore and look at the world in a different way,� she said. �Reading unlocks the door to higher education and becoming whatever you want to be in this world. As a primary care team, the greatest thing we can do is be advocates for our patients. A program that will help set them on a path to achieving their dreams allows us to be the advocates our pediatric patients deserve.�
The Family Medicine Center recently held a �Champions of Reading� themed kick-off event. �At the event, we encouraged children to decorate their own capes and masks to become their own reading superheroes before �defending the city� and taking pictures at our photo booth,� Dr. Aggen said. �Our clinic staff dressed up as various superheroes and fictional characters.�
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