Developments, December 2014
Thursday, December 18, 2014
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Developments is a newsletter for Autism CARES programs funded under MCHB. The content of this newsletter has been generated by program staff and trainees, and does not necessarily reflect the views and policies of HRSA-MCHB. No official support or endorsement by HRSA-MCHB is intended or should be inferred. This publication is funded in part by cooperative agreement #UA5MC11068.
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Laura Kavanagh, Director of MCH Workforce Development, will be on a full time detail for six months as the Senior Advisor for Organizational Development, beginning December 1. She will be advising Dr. Lu and the MCHB leadership team. During... 
Stanford University DBP Program has contributed several recent papers that contribute to understanding the neurocognitive outcomes of prematurity: Loe, Chatav, and Alduncin, 2014. Complementary assessments of executive function in preterm and full-term preschoolers in Child Neuropsychology... 
Didactic classes specific to Autism Spectrum Disorders from TIPS for Kids (Missouri's LEND) have previously been shared by the University of Missouri-Columbia via video conference with professionals and family members who meet at the UCEDD. This year, the LEND decided to offer the presentations as videos in an online training for professionals, families, and graduate students across the state of Missouri. The online training, offered free of charge, is designed so… 
In 2013, the state of New Hampshire was awarded a two-year State Planning Grant for Improving Services for Children and Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder and other Developmental Disabilities (the "ASD State Planning Grant") through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services/Health...
Spanning distances of over 800 miles, Alaska LEND without Walls is getting needed training out to Licensed Clinical Social Workers in rural Alaska who need specific training for licensure. In November 2014, AK LEND offered the training "Ethics in MCH Practice: Interdisciplinary Decision Making"...
The "Milwaukee-Link" addition to the Madison-based Wisconsin LEND program provides opportunities for former MCHB-funded Pipeline undergraduate trainees and others who are in graduate school at UW-Milwaukee (UWM) to participate in the WI LEND program and receive leadership training...
The South Carolina Act Early Team and the South Carolina LEND Assistant Training Director have, through diverse membership of state agency and community organizational leaders, led the way with a policy of presumptive eligibility... 
Professional Child Development Associates (PCDA) is a non-profit agency in Pasadena, California that is recognized for expertise in the DIR/Floortime® Approach to interdisciplinary care for children with special health care needs and their families. This model takes into account the child's feelings... 
VT LEND Director Dr. Contompasis and VT LEND Family Faculty Ms. Fatuma Bulle collaborated with Vermont's Title V Children with Special Health Care Needs Program to create educational fact sheets for parents of children recently diagnosed with autism in Burlington's growing refugee resettlement community...
Faculty and trainees from the UAB LEND participated in the planning and support of the Birmingham Barons' first "Autism Friendly" minor league baseball game in May. In collaboration with a number of local service providers and parent support networks, including the Autism Society of Alabama, the UAB LEND provided suggestions...
In 2008, Washington State DOH/CSHCN and UW LEND received one of the first rounds of grants under the Combating Autism Act 2006 and formed the Combating Autism Advisory Council (CAAC) to guide effective systems change for ASD/DD initiatives in Washington State... 
In 2014, with support from AIR-P, network members developed six ASD toolkits on the following topics: sleep in adolescents, pica, vision exams, delivering feedback to families, and feeding behavior. Two evidence-based guidelines on the topics of treating children... 
The HWRN focuses on eating patterns, eating behaviors, family practices around food/mealtimes, as well as physical activity and sedentary behavior patterns and the relation of these to weight status. The HWRN also considers how school and community-based organizations exert influence on children's food intake...
The Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics Research Network (DBPNet) is excited to announce the recent addition of two new associate member sites to the network. The network welcomed Doug Vanderbilt from Children's Hospital Los Angeles and Sandra Friedman from Children's Hospital Colorado... 
The overarching goals of the North Carolina ASD State Implementation Grant (NC SIG) are to Increase the number of children with ASD who are identified by 24 months of age; increase the number of children with ASD who receive their first interdisciplinary diagnostic evaluation by 36 months of age... 
The Center for Leadership in Disability at Georgia State University was awarded a two-year grant from MCHB in September 2014 to implement the Autism Plan for Georgia (APG). They have worked over the last several months with their Autism Advisory Council and other key stakeholders to implement targeted activities in ten areas...
On August 5, AMCHP's State Public Health Autism Resource Center (SPHARC) held a Peer-to-Peer Exchange on "Screening and Beyond: Improving Systems for Developmental Screening and Early Identification" in Baltimore, Maryland. Hosted by the Maryland autism state implementation grantee team..
AMCHP's bi-monthly, topic-specific e-magazine, AMCHP Pulse, is shared with the entire AMCHP family, including members, partners, and others interested in MCH issues. The November/December issue focused on various topics related to child and youth development...
The Autism NOW Answers Series allows readers to ask experts a question. Two questions are selected each month to answer. Center co-director Amy Goodman, an individual with autism, has filmed more than 30 short YouTube videos as part of the Autism NOW Answer Series... 
The 2014 AUCD Conference theme reflects our goal of achieving an elevated level of engagement with our respective and collective communities, networks, and well beyond in order to better inform, enhance, and enrich the work we all do to improve the lives of people with disabilities and their families. View transcripts, photos, and other materials 
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In 2014, ITAC and SPHARC hosted a series of virtual events for CAAI grantees (now Autism CARES grantees). This year, grantees had an opportunity to share their successes and discuss topics of mutual interest in a virtual environment. Activities began during Autism Awareness Month (April) and ended with an interactive poster symposium in July. The archived materials can be found 
Members of the AUCD network believe that early childhood intervention and developmental screening are priorities for children. We hope that by the end of 2015, at least six states will have increased their current rate of developmental screening for children birth to three by 15 percent, and at least six states commit to improving... 
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