Child and Teen Checkups are well child exams that are no cost for children, teens and young adults who are enrolled in Medical Assistance. Contact your medical clinic to schedule a checkup.

Checkups include: 

• Complete physical exam
• Information about good physical health
• Information about thoughts, feelings and relationships with others
• Questions and answers about your child's health and development
• Immunizations
• Hearing check
• Vision check
• Lab tests
• Checks on growth and development
• Referral to the dentist
• Vision check
• Form completion for Head Start, WIC, school or daycare

When to Schedule Checkups 

• Between birth and 1 month
• At 2, 4, 6, 9, 12,15 and 18 months
• At 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 years
• At 24 months, 30 months, then yearly starting at age 3-20 years old

For more information

Visit ECHO Minnesota to watch a short video, or contact Naesa Myers, RN, PHN at Itasca County Child and Teen Checkup (C&TC) by phone at 218-327-5524.