Best Start Pediatrics

12/15/2025

We are here to help

12/14/2025

Watch for pointing and other gestures as your child learns to communicate.

12/13/2025

Singing and reading to your child introduces them to new words and phrases. This helps you to monitor for progress and identify patterns. Talk to us at your next visit if you have developmental concerns about your child.

12/12/2025

We screen for autism at 18 and 24 months.

12/12/2025

We know many parents have concerns about their child’s development. Talk to us at your next visit if you are concerned about autism.

12/10/2025

Growth and connection are two values that we live by!

💡 "But the reason I started working with Apprenticely is because I wasn't necessarily wanting to bring in employees, but I wanted to provide growth and development for employees that were already working with me that had shown loyalty and had been by me the whole time.

I'm just really proud of my team and I thank you, Apprenticely, and hope we can do many more great things.”

-Susan Averitt
CEO, Best Start Pediatrics

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12/09/2025

Best Start is proud to be a Healthy Steps site. We provide additional support and resources to our youngest patients and their families! Dr. Averitt and two additional team members attended and participated in this informative summit!

ARAAP, the Arkansas Children’s Care Network, UAMS, and the HealthySteps National Office at Zero to Three convened a HealthySteps sustainability summit this week. More than 50 HealthySteps practice team members contributed to a meaningful conversation about supporting the model and enhancing the impact HealthySteps is making on their infant and toddler patients and their families.

12/04/2025

Protect your family this holiday season

12/02/2025

Our amazing team continues to gain new knowledge and skills to better serve our families! We love the growth and connections that come with this partnership. We are grateful to be recognized with the Trailblazer award.

11/27/2025

Happy Thanksgiving! Our staff will be enjoying time with family on Thursday and Friday. See you next week.

11/26/2025

It’s never too early (or late) to start reading with your child! Babies love books.

11/25/2025

Thank you to the Gamma Iota chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma for helping us provide books for our little readers!