This is a critical stage in the development of your children. In fact, 80% of all brain development occurs by your child's third birthday. With this in mind, we partner with Easterseals Jumpstart to provide free developmental screeners and family education programs. Here is a short video that explains what Jumpstart offers.

Please call 815-932-0623 to sign up.

All BESD 53 residents are also eligible to participate in family support and literacy programming through K111's First Taste Program. This program also includes free in home developmental screeners as well as the Parents as Teachers Program. Call (779) 701-1759 to sign up.

Success by 6 is a collaborative that includes early childhood experts from both Kankakee and Iroquois Counties.

You and your family can access all of the resources available from these experts by texting UWKIC to: 274448 This will set you up to recieve helpful information that is specific to the ages and developmental needs of your children.