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“Intellectual Disability: Diagnosis, Support, Waivers, and Transitioning to Adult Care” - Spring 2025 The EPSDT grant program based at the Center for Disabilities and Development (CDD) provides guidance, training and resources for providers that care for Iowa’s kids who are eligible for Medicaid’s wellness benefits. These “EPSDT” benefits ensure children and youth up to their…
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“Evidence-Informed Milestones for Developmental Surveillance Tools”

“Evidence-Informed Milestones for Developmental Surveillance Tools”
"Evidence-Informed Milestones for Developmental Surveillance Tools" Special Article – Pediatrics – February 8, 2022 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Learn the Signs. Act Early. program, funded the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) to convene an expert working group to revise its developmental surveillance checklists. The goals of the group were to: identify evidence-informed milestones…
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New Guidance Urges Pediatricians to Avoid Certain Tests for Kids with Autism

New Guidance Urges Pediatricians to Avoid Certain Tests for Kids with Autism
From the AAP Council on Environmental Health The American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Environmental Health recently released guidance for clinicians and families about several clinical tests for kids with autism and other disabilities, advising that the tests have the potential to do more harm than good. The advice is featured in an article from…
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Should Your Practice Have an Early Childhood Development Intervention?

Should Your Practice Have an Early Childhood Development Intervention?
Review of “Primary Care Interventions for Early Childhood Development: A Systematic Review” Jenny Radesky, MD reviewing Peacock-Chambers E et al. Pediatrics 2017 Nov 14. In a NEJM Journal Watch summary, associate editor Jenny Radesky, MD, reviews “Primary Care Interventions for Early Childhood Development: A Systematic Review” from the November 14, 2017 issue of Pediatrics. The journal article offers a…
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