AUCD: Poster Session: Improving Health Systems to Drive Change: Increasing Georgia's Capacity to Identify, Diagnosis, and Serve Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Three Department of Public Health University Collaborations
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Presenter
Michael J. Morrier, PhD, BCBA-D, Assistant ProfessorEmory University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Other Presenter(s)
Donna M. Johnson, Georgia Department of Public Health, Atlanta, GA, United States;Jennifer L. Stapel-Wax, PsyD, Emory University Department of Pediatrics, Marcus Autism Center, Children's Health Care of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, United States;
Daniel Crimmins, PhD, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, United States, GA - Center for Leadership in Disability at Georgia State University, UCEDD/LEND;
Lillie Huddleston, PhD, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, United States, GA - Center for Leadership in Disability at Georgia State University, UCEDD/LEND;
Catherine E. Rice, PhD, Emory University School of Medicine, Emory Autism Center, Atlanta, GA, United States;
Description
This session will describe activities under Georgia Department of Public Health's Autism Initiative in order to increase the capacity for community providers to identify, diagnose, and serve young children with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in underserved areas of Georgia. Three public health-university collaborations will be described that increase knowledge and skill level of service providers, psychologists, and families to help young children with ASD in underserved areas of GeorgiaBack to Session: Poster Session: Improving Health Systems to Drive Change