Child and Teen Checkups (C&TC)
C&TC Components
- Fact sheets on screening component
- Adolescent and Young Adult C&TC
- C&TC Developmental-Social Emotional Screening in the Clinic Setting
- Developmental/Social-emotional Screening
- Fluoride Varnish in the C&TC Setting
- Hearing Screening
- Vision Screening
Training
Information
Information for Providers
Child and Teen Checkups
The child and teen well-child checkups are a vital opportunity for healthcare providers to monitor a young patient's growth, development, and overall health. These visits offer a chance for providers to: Engage with families, answer questions, and provide guidance on lifestyle choices Help children and youth thrive Set a strong foundation for lifelong health and wellbeing.
Contacts:
To view current trainings or to reqesue a training, please refer to the Training descriptions and registration webpage.
Subscribe to the quarterly C&TC Newsletter.
To reach MDH, email health.childreencheckups@state.mn.us
Minnesota Health Care Programs (MHCP) Provider Manual, C&TC Section. MHCP offers free resources and training for providers/facilities who bill for C&TC.
To reach DHS, email dhs.childteencheckups@state.mn.us
Periodicity schedule and documentation forms
The C&TC Schedule of Age-Related Screening Standards, also known as the Periodicity Schedule, summarizes C&TC screening component requirements and recommendations by age. The required components must be completed, or screening exceptions documented, in order to bill for the enhanced C&TC bundled rate.
C&TC Visit Documentation Forms are age-specific forms which include appropriate C&TC screening components that include appropriate C&TC screening components.
Fact sheets for primary care providers
The C&TC fact sheets provide component-specific information on what is required or recommended, which staff may provide the service, procedure-specific guidance, how it must be documented, and resources for referral and follow-up.
Coordinators
Every county, three tribes, and some Integrated Healt Partnerships (IHP) have C&TC Coordinators who provide local support. Coordinators provide: Minnesota C&TC County/Tribe Coordinator List or contact DHS for IHP contacts at dhs.childteencheckups@state.mn.us.
- Outreach to families to go to their clinic for C&TC visits
- Assistance to families to access appointments
- Outreach and training for local clinics and providers
Find our local Coordinator on the Minnesota C&TC County/Tribe Coordinator List or contact DHS for IHP contacts at dhs.childteencheckups@state.mn.us.
Links to related clinical and referral resources
Birth to 5 years
- C&TC Developmental and Social -Emotional Screening Recommendations in the clinic setting
- Instruments at a glance for C&TC settings (PDF)
- Help Me Grow MN (www.HelpMeGrowMN.org)
- Help Me Connect (0-8 years old)
- Early childhood mental health system of care: Map and listing of early childhood mental health services in Minnesota
- Follow Along Program administered by local public health, can help track a child's development
6-20 years
- C&TC for Adolescents and Young Adults
- Detailed Comparison Table of Approved Mental Health Screening Instruments (PDF)
- School-linked mental health services in Minnesota
Postpartum depression screening and referral
- Perinatal Mental Health - Information for Health Professionals, including Maternal Well-being Plan in different languages.
Hearing and vision Screening
Immunizations
Newborn screening follow-up
Lead screening
- Information about Lead for Health Care Professionals
Newborn screening follow-up
- Newborn Screening Information for Providers
Oral health
Women, Infant and Children (WIC)
- Refer all children ages birth to five years to the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program
- WIC and Health Care Providers
Social determinants of health
Clinics are not required to use any particular screening tool to assess for social determinants of health.
Examples of questionnaires or approaches to consider include:
- American Academy of Family Practice - Everyone Project: Social Needs Screening Tool
- The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Accountable Health Communities Screening Tool (PDF)
- Hunger Vital Sign
Tuberculosis risk assessment
- MDH Pediatric Tuberculosis (TB) Risk Assessment (PDF)
- MDH Adult Tuberculosis (TB) Risk Assessment (PDF)
Focused Populations
MDH Refugee Health Care Provider Resources Minnesota Statutes: Agency responsibilities for parents and children in placement Foster Care – American Academy of Pediatrics Primary Care Tools to Help Care for Children in Foster Care – American Academy of Pediatrics Foster Care Health Care Standards – American Academy of Pediatrics Adolescent Sexual Health Guidance
Additional Resources
American Academy of Pediatrics Bright Futures American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) American Association of Pediatric Dentists (AAPD) United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)