Each year, the following local school districts along with the Project H.E.L.P Preschool Program offer families the opportunity to discover how their children are growing in the areas of speech, language, concepts and motor skills through FREE, developmental screenings. A vision and hearing screening is also provided.
These screenings have nothing to do with a family’s income. All children birth to five year olds should take advantage of these FREE development screenings.
Please call the phone number listed for your school district one week before the actual event to obtain an appointment.
If for some reason you cannot make the date for your school district or miss the date, please call the Department of Early Childhood at 217.235.0551, ext 1253 and they will assist you with another date in another district.
(Please note that the participating school districts are listed in alphabetical order.)
Altamont February 23 & 24 Leslie Wendling 618.483.5171
Arcola March 6, 7 & 8 Julie Gauna 217.268.4961
Arthur February 14 & 15 Lynn Marner 217.543.2109
Atwood- Hammond March 28 & 29 Beth Cornwell 217.578.2229
Beecher City February 21 Pam Workman 618.487.5108
Casey March 30 & 31 Stefanie Collier 217.932.2178.
Charleston February 27, 28 & March 1 Department of Early Childhood 217.348.7700 ext 1244
Charleston (Ashmore) March 2 Becky Huddleston 217.349.3000
Chrisman March 2 Stephanie Mitchell 217.269.2022
Cowden-Herrick April 5 & 6 Crystal Wehrle 217.783.2137
Cumberland March 7 & 8 Janel Haga 217.923.3135
Dieterich March 27 & 28 Sharon Feldhake 217.925.5248
Effingham March 21, 22, 23 & 24 Sharon Chesnut 217.540.1400
Kansas March 30 Angela Haynes 217.948.5174
Lovington March 30 Nancy Wildman 217.873.4318
Marshall February 28 & March 1 Marshall South School 217.826.5411
Martinsville February 7 & 8 Sheena Hammond 217.382.4116
Mattoon April 3, 4 & 5 Department of Early Childhood 217.235.0551 ext 1253
Neoga March 15 & 16 Julie Altman 217.895.2200
Oakland February 21 Valerie Bell 217.346.2166
Okaw Valley March 9 & 10 Stacie Hill 217.665.3541
Paris Crestwood February 8 & 9 Crestwood School 217.465.5391
Shelbyville March 7, 8 & 9 Cheryl Faulkner 217.774.2188
Stew-Stras February 22 Marla Rincker 217.682.3621
Sullivan February 27 & 28 Sullivan Elementary 217.728.2321
Teutopolis February 14, 15 & 16 Amy Thoele 217.857.3232
Tuscola March 13, 14 & 15 Emily Rusk 217.253.2712
Villa Gove March 16 & 17 Salisa Dann 217.832.8606
Windsor February 10 Missy Hendrickson 217.459.2447
