Charting Progress for Babies in Child Care
Promote Access to Early, Regular and Comprehensive Screenings
Online Resources
The following resources may help your state get started in creating a plan to increase access to and utilization of developmental screening through child care programs and policies.
- American Academy of Pediatrics, Identifying Infants and Young Children with Developmental Disorders in the Medical Home: An Algorithm for Developmental Surveillance and Screening, Pediatrics, Volume 118, Number 1, July 2006 (Includes recommended schedule and types of screening for state periodicity tables and a list of Medicaid reimbursement codes applicable to developmental screening.) http://aappolicy.aappublications.org/cgi/reprint/pediatrics;118/1/405.pdf
- NAEYC screening supplement http://www.naeyc.org/about/positions/ELL_Supplement.asp
- Laura Sices for the Commonwealth Fund - "Developmental Screening in Primary Care: The Effectiveness of Current Practice and Recommendations for Improvement," December 2007. http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/publications_show.htm?doc_id=605625
- Building Your Medical Home Tool Kit: http://www.pediatricmedhome.org/
- How to Develop a Statewide System to Link Families with Community Resources: A Manual Based on Connecticut's "Help Me Grow" Initiative: http://www.commonwealthfund.org/
- The National Academy for State Health Policy's Assuring Better Child Health and Development (ABCD) Program http://www.nashp.org/abcd-welcome; Paying for Improvements: http://www.nashp.org/abcd-activities/115; Measuring and Evaluating Developmental Services: Strategies and Lessons from ABCD II Consortium States: http://www.nashp.org/publication/measuring-and-evaluating-developmental-services-strategies-and-lessons-abcd-ii
- The Urban Institute's Improving the Lives of Young Children series at www.urban.org/publications:
- The Role of Developmental Screenings in Medicaid and CHIP
- Increasing Referrals and Follow-Up Treatment in Medicaid and CHIP
- Opportunities for Care Coordination and Case Management for Children Receiving Services for Developmental Delay
- Meeting Parents' Health and Mental Health Needs through Medicaid and CHIP So Children Can Thrive
Visit page: http://www.clasp.org/babiesinchildcare/recommendations?id=0011