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The purpose of the Interdisciplinary Technical Assistance Center (ITAC) on Autism and Developmental Disabilities at AUCD is to improve the health of infants, children, and adolescents who have, or are at risk for developing, ASDs and other developmental disabilities. The Center accomplishes this by providing technical assistance to interdisciplinary training programs (i.e., the LENDs and Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics (DBP) programs) to better train professionals to utilize valid and reliable screening tools to diagnose or rule out and provide evidence-based interventions for children with ASD and other developmental disabilities.

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Featured Resource

6/18/2018

Brief video presentation on the LEND NDD Curriculum Resources

In this approximately 15-minute video, Dr. Tyler Reimschisel, Director of the Vanderbilt Consortium LEND, discusses the NDD Core Curriculum Resources and how you can use this AUCD-supported resource in your program. The presentation includes a description of what the Resources are, their potential uses and limitations, the format of each resource page, a listing of all of the topics included in the Resources, how you can access the Resources on the Central NDD Core Curriculum Resources Moodle, and the logistics for obtaining your own version of the Resources on a Moodle for your program. A summary of the survey results that the NDD Core Curriculum Resources' editorial board completed in the fall of 2018 is also included in the presentation.

News

LEND Regional Consortia Activities

LEND Regional Consortia are a forum for smaller groups of neighboring programs to share ideas around topics such as recruitment, curriculum, evaluation, research, and clinical/community services. This resource summarizes previous and proposed LEND collaborative activities at the regional level.

Introducing the ITAC Bulletin Board!

We are excited to launch the ITAC Bulletin Board as part of AUCD's technical assistance to LENDs and DBPs! This quarterly newsletter will hopefully make it easier for you to access and use what is most relevant to MCH training programs.

2018 LEND Directors Meeting

Thursday, June 7, 2018 - Friday, June 8, 2018
Location: Bethesda, MD

This was the first of two meetings (the other held in conjunction with the AUCD Conference) for LEND Directors in 2018. The goal was to create opportunities for LEND Directors to network, learn from one another, and engage in collaborative work on topics of mutual interest. The meeting was hosted by AUCD's Interdisciplinary Technical Assistance Center on Autism and Developmental Disabilities (ITAC), with funding support from MCHB. All LEND Directors (i.e. PIs / PDs) were highly encouraged to attend.

Upcoming Events

Early Identification of Autism Spectrum Disorders

Monday, February 25, 2019
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. ET
Location: Webinar

Please join us to hear about national work and discuss issues pertinent to the topic of early identification of autism spectrum disorder. Dr. Alacia Stainbrook from Vanderbilt Kennedy Center will moderate a three expert panel presentation and facilitate questions and comments from webinar participants.

2019 pre-EHDI LEND Workshop

Sunday, March 3, 2019
2:00pm - 5:00pm
Location: Hyatt Regency O'Hare (Chicago, IL), Intl D/E

This workshop will introduce trainees to the various challenges associated with assessing, monitoring, and effectively serving deaf/hard of hearing children who have additional disabilities form a systems perspective. It is a unique, interactive learning opportunity that brings together trainees and faculty from across the country. This workshop will focus on strategies for facilitating early diagnosis and reducing loss to follow up.