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AUCD: Concurrent Sessions #22-32: Role of allied health professions in early detection of autism: National surveys of pre-referral practices and service implications reviewed

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Presenter

Lily Nalty, M.A., CCC-SLP, Director, TA Specialist, South Carolina Part C
Center for Disability Resources, UCEDD/LEND

Other Presenter(s)

Sandra Schefkind, MS OTR/L, AOTA, Bethesda, MD, United States;
Elizabeth Kennedy, PT PhD PCS, APTA, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, United States;
Cheryl Rhodes, MS LMFT, AUCD-CDC Fellow for Learn the Signs. Act Early.NCBDDD CDC , Atlanta, GA, United States;
Georgina Peacock, MD MPH FAAP, Medical Officer CDC/National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Atlanta, GA, United States;


Description

This session will describe the AOTA, APTA, and ASHA partnership with CDC?s ?Learn the Signs. Act Early.? Campaign. Preliminary research findings from surveying over 4000 practitioners will be presented. Resources, strategies, and recommendations to support families through earlier detection and through intervention will be discussed.

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