Childhood Steps

Kaiser Permanente is committed to providing affordable, accessible, and high quality breastfeeding support to families. First Steps is a new outpatient lactation program, that includes clinical health educators, who are trained in lactation support. Lactation educators work alongside lactation nurses, to discuss the benefits and basic techniques of breastfeeding with East Bay pediatric patients.

• Birth to 1+ year
• Office, phone, video visits, and small group appointments available

Parenting Steps is a temperament program. Parents and caregivers can work with a Clinical Health Educator to learn strategies that work best for each child. Understanding your child’s inborn temperament, can better prepare you to handle sleep, eating, getting along with others, and more. Parents can also visit preventiveoz.org to complete a temperament questionnaire and see a personalized profile of your child’s inborn traits.

• Age 4 months through 5 years old
• Phone and office visits available

Healthy Steps is a nutrition and physical activity program. Clinical Health Educators can support families to make healthy food choices, and get adequate physical activity. Families will complete a Get Healthy Action Plan (GHAP) to set realistic goals and assess motivation for change.

• Age 2 to 18 years old with BMI ≥ 85th percentile
• Office, phone, video visits, and classes available
• BMI ≥ 85th percentile with comorbidities may be referred to the Next Steps Multispecialty Clinic

(Starting in Spring 2017) The Next Steps Multispecialty Clinic is a monthly multi-specialty approach to supporting motivated patients with high BMI. Patients will see a pediatrician, behavioral health clinician, clinical health educator, and physical therapist in one visit. Patients will be followed by a case manager as needed.*Referral is required.

Marissa Alvarez

Marisol Davis

Arlette Hernandez

Nailah Hunter

Cori Kitaura

Lydia Ruiz