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  • Materials & Tools
    ​Bright Futures Guidelines provides a common framework for well-child care from birth to age 21.​
  • Clinical Practice
    With Bright Futures, health care professionals can accomplish 4 tasks in 18 minutes!
  • States & Communities
    Put Bright Futures into practice to promote health at the state and community levels.
  • Families
    Families use Bright Futures as a framework to partner with professionals about children’s health.
Bright Futures


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Bright Futures is a national health promotion and prevention initiative, led by the American Academy of Pediatrics and supported, in part, by the US Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)​, Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB). The Bright Futures Guidelines provide theory-based and evidence-driven guidance for all preventive care screenings and well-child visits. Bright Futures content can be incorporated into many public health programs such as home visiting, child care, school-based health clinics, and many others. Materials developed especially for families are also available.​​​

About Bright Futures

  • For Professionals

    • Bright Futures/AAP Periodicity Schedule

      Updated March 2021 Recommendations for preventive pediatric health care in practice.Download PDF

    • Pediatric Residency Resource Library

      This resource library features a diverse set of resources to help to strengthen clinical practice, stay current with the latest practice trends, build clinical and leadership skills, and connect with other areas around the AAP. Learn more

    • Bright Futures Implementation Tip Sheets

      These NEW and UPDATED tip sheets offer practical advice to help you integrate the Bright Futures approach, tools and resources into your daily practice.Learn more

    • Bright Futures Tool and Resource Kit, 2nd Edition

      Completely updated Toolkit corresponding with the Bright Futures Guidelines, 4th Edition, with key documents that work as an integrated system to assist a health care professional carry out an efficient Bright Futures health supervision visit.Learn more

    • Bright Futures Guidelines, 4th Edition

      At your fingertips, this manual provides the most respected recommendations for the top 12 areas of child development in 1 volume, along with the most up-to-date well-child supervision standards by visit. PDF versions are now available for reference.Learn more

    • Medical Screening Reference Tables

      The tables provide an easy-to-use reference table for each Bright Futures well-child visit. Each table compiles the relevant history, risk assessment questions, and action to take if the risk assessment shows a positive result.Learn more

    • Bright Futures Webinars

      Learn about the revised and updated Bright Futures Guidelines, 4th Edition from the editors themselves as well as other relevant topics. Learn more

    • Implementing Bright Futures in Public Health

      Professionals can hear recorded audio stories of Bright Futures implementations and read highlights of how Bright Futures is being used by state agencies as the standard for well-child care and as essential content throughout many public health programs. Learn more
  • For Families

    • Well-Child Visits: Parent and Patient Education

      The parent-focused education is available for each well-child visit. The child-focused education is available from the 7 Year through the 21 Year visit. All of the information is written to be easy to read and understand, in both English and Spanish.Learn more

    • The Well-Child Visit: Why Go and What to Expect

      This NEW handout, The Well-Child Visit: Why Go and What to Expect, helps families prepare for their regular check-ups. This tip sheet is available in English and Spanish.Learn more

    • Bright Futures Activity Book, 2nd Edition

      To encourage parent-child interaction, the Bright Futures Activity Book provides a fun, informative, and interactive overview of the 12 themes from the Bright Futures: Guidelines for Health Supervision of Infants, Children, and Adolescents, 4th Edition.Learn more

 Highlights and Announcements

  • June 10, 2021

    New Webinar: Quality Improvement in Primary Care: The Developmental Screening Model

    Learning Objectives

    1. Understand the importance of Developmental Surveillance and Screening.
    2. Distinguish Developmental Screening from Surveillance and understand their complimentary roles in care of children.
    3. Use knowledge of Quality Improvement processes to consider the Developmental Screening as a model for Quality Improvement.

    Monday, June 21, 2021  2:00 pm CT

    Register Now: https://aap.webex.com/aap/k2/j.php?MTID=tff7e08877d8c20015e70ea3868710a20 

     

    Please note this webinar does not offer CME or MOC credit.​

  • June 9, 2021

    AAP Town Hall to Feature US Surgeon General ​

    Join the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children's Hospital Association for a virtual town hall with special guest, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, MBA, on June 10 at 4:30 CT. Learn about the federal government's COVID-19 vaccine strategy for adolescents and how you can help spread the word as a trusted expert in children's health. You can ask Dr. Murthy questions during this interactive discussion. Register here.​

  • June 9, 2021

    AAP Gun Safety Page Has Tips for Protecting Children 

    Gun violence is a public health epidemic that is injuring and killing children at alarming rates. Find graphics, information about gun safety, videos, and messages to share with parents on the AAP Gun Safety page here. ​​

  • June 9, 2021

    ​National HIV Testing Day This Month 

    The Committee on Pediatric AIDS notes that National HIV Testing Day is June 27. This year's theme is "My Test, My Way." When people know their HIV status, it helps them stay healthy, and today there are more HIV testing options available than ever. The CDC has created a tool kit of resources in recognition of this important awareness day. Find it here. ​

  • June 3, 2021

    ​​PEDIATRICS ON CALL Podcast : Research Roundup and Discussion of Long COVID

    In this episode, Alex Kemper, MD, MPH, MS, FAAP, brings a research roundup from the newest edition of the journal Pediatrics. Hosts David Hill, MD, FAAP, and Joanna Parga-Belinkie, MD, FAAP, also talk​ to Peter S. Rowe, MD, FAAP, director of the Chronic Fatigue Clinic at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center, about diagnosing and treating patients with long COVID and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). For all episodes, go to www.aap.org/podcast. ​​​

  • June 1, 2021

    Upcoming Webinar: Screen & Intervene: Addressing Food Insecurity

    Join the AAP and the Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) to learn how pediatric health care professionals can play a critical role in addressing food insecurity, a health-related unmet social need with harmful impacts on child health, development, and well-being. (Participating pediatriciansat the live webinar will be eligible to receive 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ and 1.0  MOC Part 2 Points.) For more information please contact cocp@aap.org.Tuesday, June 8th 12pm-1pm ET
    Click here to register. 

    CREDIT  STATEMENTS:  • The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.   • The AAP designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.  • This activity is acceptable for a maximum of 1.0 AAP credits. These credits can be applied toward the AAP CME/CPD Award available to Fellows and Candidate Members of the American Academy of Pediatrics. • PAs may claim a maximum of 1.0 Category 1 credits for completing this activity. NCCPA accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by ACCME or a recognized state medical society. MOC Statement: • Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn up to 1.0 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics' (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABP MOC credit.

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