Toolkit helps identify autism early on


Posted by Lisa Tate on April 10th, 2008

Matt’s post on Tuesday reported that the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends developmental surveillance and autism screenings at well-child visits before age three. It turns out AAP has developed a toolkit to support health care professionals in the identification and ongoing management of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD).

The toolkit is called Caring for Children …Read More » »

Listening to families: early autism screening


Posted by Scott Fogo on October 31st, 2007

By now you’ve all seen the wave of media coverage about the American Academy of Pediatrics’ (AAP) two most recent reports on autism.

A national AP article broke the story Monday. Truth is, though, that AAP has been encouraging its membership to conduct early …Read More » »