Topic: Surveillance and Screening
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The Pediatrician’s Role in Optimizing School Readiness
This policy statement outlines the role of the pediatrician in promoting school readiness.
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School Readiness
This technical report highlights the importance of social-emotional development for children’s readiness for kindergarten and how pediatricians can promote community supports.
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Identification, Evaluation, and Management of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder
This report provides information for primary care providers on the evaluation and treatment of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
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Promoting Optimal Development: Identifying Infants and Young Children With Developmental Disorders Through Developmental Surveillance and Screening
This clinical report models a universal system of developmental surveillance and screening for the early identification of conditions that affect children’s early and long-term development and achievement, followed by ongoing care.
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Early Brain Development
This webpage includes resources and information about the importance of early brain development for the health and well-being of children.
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Trauma-Informed Care
This webpage includes resources, information, and guidance on implementing trauma-informed care in pediatric settings.
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Expanding Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Supports and Services: A Planning Tool for States and Communities
This tool can be used to help organize planning, inventory existing resources to identify gaps and needs, and create shared goals for service delivery that align with best practices in infant and early childhood mental health (IECMH).
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Advancing DC:0-5™ Policy and Practice Within Systems of Care
This brief discusses how the DC:0-5™: Diagnostic Classification of Mental Health and Developmental Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood can support the work of an early childhood-focused system of care and provides a self-assessment tool that can be used as a framework for systems of care conversations.
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Recommendations on Developmental Screening Follow-up Practices and Policies for Federal, State, and Community Level Stakeholders
This brief explores challenges of the early childhood service delivery system and offers recommendations for federal, state, and community-level policy and systems change to ensure children and families receive help when developmental delays are present.
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Birth to 5: Watch Me Thrive! Child Health Care Providers: A Systems Approach to Developmental Promotion, Surveillance, Referral and Linkage to Services
This guide describes the role of medical professionals in supporting a systems approach to early childhood developmental promotion, screening, referral, and linkage to services.
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