Council on Children
with Disabilities
Policy Statements, Practice Parameters, Clinical Reports,
and Technical Reports
Newborn Screening Expands: Recommendations for Pediatricians and Medical Homes—Implications for the System
Published: PEDIATRICS, January 2008 (Clinical Report)
Author: Newborn Screening Authoring Committee (COCWD included on the Committee)
Additional Information & Resources
Identification and Evaluation of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders
Published: PEDIATRICS, November 2007 (Clinical Report)
Authors: Chris Plauché Johnson, MD, MEd, Scott M. Myers, MD and the Council on Children With Disabilities
Additional Information/Resources
Management of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders
Published: PEDIATRICS, November 2007 (Clinical Report)
Authors: Scott M. Myers, MD, Chris Plauché Johnson, MD, MEd and the Council on Children With Disabilities
Additional Information/Resources
Media Briefing about New Autism Clinical Reports
Role of the Medical Home in Family-Centered Early Intervention Services
Published: PEDIATRICS, November 2007 (Policy Statement)
Author:
Council on Children with Disabilities
Additional Information/Resources
Provision of Educationally Related Services for Children and Adolescents with Chronic Diseases and Disabling Conditions
Published: PEDIATRICS, June 2007 (Policy Statement)
Author: Council on Children with Disabilities
Additional Information/Resources
Maltreatment of Children with Disabilities
Published: PEDIATRICS, May 2007 (Clinical Report)
Authors: Roberta A. Hibbard, MD, Larry W. Desch, MD, the Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect and the Council on Children With Disabilities
Additional Information/Resources
Managed
Care and Children With Special Health Care Needs
Published: PEDIATRICS, December 2004, Reaffirmed May 2007 (Clinical Report)
Authors: Theodore A. Kastner, MD and the Committee on
Children with Disabilities
Additional
Information/Resources
Prescribing
Therapy Services for Children with Motor Disabilities
Published: PEDIATRICS, June 2004, Reaffirmed May 2007 (Clinical Report)
Authors: Linda J. Michaud, MD and the Committee on Children
with Disabilities
Additional
Information/Resources
Role
of the Pediatrician in Transitioning Children and Adolescents
With Developmental Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses
From School to Work or College
Published: PEDIATRICS, October 2000, Reaffirmed January
2004, Reaffirmed
May 2007 (Policy Statement)
Author: Committee on Children with Disabilities
Additional
Information/Resources
Sexuality of Children and Adolescents with Developmental Disabilities
Published: PEDIATRICS, July 2006 (Clinical Report)
Authors: Nancy Murphy, MD, Ellen Roy Elias, MD, and the Council on Children with Disabilities
AAP News Article: "AAP report: Discuss sexuality with developmentally disabled patients" Additional Information/Resources
Identifying Infants and Young Children With Developmental Disorders in the Medical Home: An Algorithm for Developmental Surveillance and Screening
Published: PEDIATRICS, July 2006 (Policy Statement)
Authors: Council on Children With Disabilities, Section on Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics, Bright Futures Steering Committee and Medical Home Initiatives for Children With Special Needs Project Advisory Committee
Developmental Surveillance and Screening Policy Implementation Project (D-PIP)
AAP News Article: "AAP policy, algorithm assist in early developmental screens" Additional Information/Resources
Auditory
Integration Training and Facilitated Communication for
Autism
Published: PEDIATRICS, August 1998, Reaffirmed May 2002,
Reaffirmed January 2006 (Policy Statement)
Author: Committee on Children with Disabilities
Additional
Information/Resources
Guidelines
for Home Care of Infants, Children, and Adolescents
with Chronic Disease
Published: PEDIATRICS, July 1995, Reaffirmed April 2000,
Reaffirmed January 2006 (Policy Statement)
Author: Committee on Children with Disabilities
Additional
Information/Resources
Pediatrician's
Role in Development and Implementation of an Individual
Education Plan (IEP) and/or an Individual Family Service
Plan (IFSP)
Published: PEDIATRICS, July 1999, Reaffirmed November
2002, Reaffirmed January 2006 (Policy
Statement)
Author: Committee on Children with Disabilities
Additional
Information/Resources
Treatment
of Neurologically Impaired Children Using Patterning
Published: PEDIATRICS, November 1999, Reaffirmed November
2002, Reaffirmed January 2006 (Policy
Statement)
Author: Committee on Children with Disabilities
Additional
Information/Resources
Care Coordination in the Medical Home: Integrating Health and Related Systems of Care for Children With Special Health Care Needs
Published: PEDIATRICS, November 2005 (Policy Statement)
Author: Council on Children with Disabilities
Additional Information/Resources
Helping
Families Raise Children with Special Health Care Needs
at Home
Published: PEDIATRICS, February 2005 (Clinical Report)
Authors: Chris Plauché Johnson, MD, Theodore
A. Kastner, MD and the Council on Children
with Disabilities
Additional
Information/Resources
Counseling
Families Who Choose Complementary and Alternative Medicine
for Their Child With Chronic Illness or Disability
Published: PEDIATRICS, March 2001, Reaffirmed January
2005 (Policy Statement)
Author: Committee on Children with Disabilities
Additional
Information/Resources
Providing
a Primary Care Medical Home For Children and Youth with
Cerebral Palsy
Published: PEDIATRICS, October 2004, (Clinical Report)
Authors: W. Carl Cooley, MD and the Committee on Children
with Disabilities
Additional
Information/Resources
Learning
Disabilities, Dyslexia, and Vision: A Subject Review
Published: PEDIATRICS, November 1998, Reaffirmed May
2002 (Clinical Report)(Under Revision)
Author: Committee on Children with Disabilities, American
Academy of Pediatrics and American Academy of Ophthalmology,
American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and
Strabismus
Additional
Information/Resources
Continued
Importance of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) for
Children and Adolescents With Disabilities
Published: PEDIATRICS, April 2001 (Policy
Statement) (Under Revision)
Author: Committee on Children with Disabilities
Additional
Information/Resources
Fetal
Alcohol Syndrome and Alcohol-Related Neurodevelopmental
Disorders
Published: PEDIATRICS, August 2000 (Policy
Statement) (Under Revision)
Author: Committee on Substance Abuse and Committee on
Children with Disabilities
Additional
Information/Resources
Consensus Statement:
A
Consensus Statement on Health Care Transitions for Young
Adults With Special Health Care Needs
Published: PEDIATRICS, December 2002 (Supplement, "Improving
Transition for Adolescents With Special Health Care
Needs From Pediatric to Adult-Centered Health Care")
Sponsored by the Department of Health and Human Services'
Health Resources and Services Administration
Authors: American Academy of Pediatrics, American Academy
of Family Physicians, and American College of Physicians-American
Society of Internal Medicine
Endorsed Practice Parameter:
Screening
and Diagnosis of Autism
Published: NEUROLOGY, August 2000
Author: Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American
Academy of Neurology and the Child Neurology Society
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