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Identifying and Addressing Developmental-Behavioral Problems: A Practical Guide for Medical and Non-medical Professionals, Trainees, Researchers and Advocates
Published by: PEDStest.com, LLC
Nolensville, Tennessee, 2013
Frances Page Glascoe, Kevin P Marks, Jennifer K Poon, Michelle M Macias (Editors)
This book is now listed on the PNCB's website as a resource for the certification exam!
Book Overview
This indispensible textbook supports life-long learning in medical and nursing school, to residency and fellowships, to precepting and community practice, and from there, into research and advocacy. Explained are the basics of child development and how parent-child communicative play and shared affect promote learning and well-being.
Provided are techniques for efficiently detecting and addressing developmental problems in busy clinical settings, i.e., by staggering the tasks of screening and surveillance over time from infancy through late adolescence. Because well-visits should also focus on addressing problems (e.g., “the worried well”) there is abundant guidance on how to work with families, promote development, deliver difficult news, monitor progress and collaborate with non-medical providers. Much attention is paid to unique populations (e.g., children in-care, families from diverse cultural backgrounds) and, to the most onerous issue in primary care: How to actually implement quality developmental-behavioral care. Work sheets and flow charts aid clinicians in planning and deploying an effective process.
Delineated are research methods for measuring child development including how to create new items for studies, ensure effective translations, standardize measures, and design quality research protocols. Options for Quality Improvement and Maintenance of Certification initiatives are described. Also specified is a range of techniques for public policy advocacy. Throughout, case examples and professional perspectives are used to illuminate content.
The book’s website offers downloadable tools for learning and teaching (e.g., observation forms, a detailed list of milestones, pre/post-tests for assessing learning) as well as tools for community practice (e.g., a list of evidence-based screening and surveillance tools, well-child visit encounter forms embracing health as well as developmental-behavioral care, two-way consent forms, live links to services, etc.). These instruments facilitate instruction and aid practicing clinicians in complying with American Academy of Pediatrics policy -- all within the time constraints of primary care.
The many contributors to this book are content experts but also practical advisors who themselves deal with real-world challenges facing families and work with graduate and under-graduate students, residents, fellows, clinicians, researchers, and advocates. In short, Identifying and Addressing Developmental-Behavioral Problems is a practical and essential handbook for all those interested in improving the development and well-being of children and their families.
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Site Content
Below is a guide to navigating the book’s content, a list of the specific web pages providing links or downloadable materials, and a description of what is available within the site for this book.
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Chapter content
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Chapter number/ links to web pages with supporting material:
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Website Content
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Early Intervention, federally mandated programs, eligibility requirements, glossary of terms in intervention, highlights of American Academy of Pediatrics policy on early detection
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Chapter1
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Links to sites with information on special services, enrollment rates state-by-state, etc.
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How children develop, developmental domains, types of disabilities, prevalence.
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Chapter 2
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Challenges in early detection, problems with informal methods and judgment heuristics
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Chapter 3
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Measuring development and behavior including available tools
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Chapter4
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1. Downloadable list of quality measures for early detection with links to publishers
2. Downloadable surveillance only measures focused on parent-child interactions and psychosocial risk
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An efficient algorithm for surveillance and screening in the birth to 6 year age range including what to do and when
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Chapter5
AppendixA
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1. Links to referral resources
2. Downloadable referral letters focused on two-way consent
3. Longitudinal screening/surveillance checklist
4. Well-child visit forms showing staggered tasks for surveillance and screening across the 0 – 18 year age range
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Preparing Families for developmental-behavioral services in primary care
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Chapter6
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Sample cover letter to parents explaining the value of early detection, billing, how practices will deal with denied claims, etc.
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Promoting Development and Behavioral wellness, methods for in-office and also more intensive approaches to parent training
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Chapter7
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Links to reputable sites providing parenting information and services, including sites with downloadable handouts in a range of languages
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Explaining difficult findings and helping families follow through with recommendations and referrals
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Chapter8
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Downloadable parent summary for describing screening test results and referral recommendations
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Triaging likely problems in school-age children: academic, developmental, mental health, etc.
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Chapter9
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1. Sample letter to schools requesting records
2. Downloadable directive for medications administered at schools
3. Referral resources for school-age children
4. Downloadable screens for mental health and academic achievement
5. Downloadable ADHD and medication monitoring measures
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Psychosocial Risk factors, consequences, bilingual and dual language learning interventions, and how to address these
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Chapter10
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1. Downloadable measures of psychosocial risk and resilience
2. Resources for professionals on parenting issues in the presence of psychosocial risk or bilingual/dual language learning
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Working with children in foster care, whether newly removed from their homes or in long-term placements
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Chapter11
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Links to professional and parenting resources in adoption and foster care
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Cultural issues in early detection and how to understand and work well with families of varying ethnicities
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Chapter 12
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Follow-up for children at high-risk, i.e., children born prematurely or with other conditions associated with developmental-behavioral problems, including effective but thorough measurement methods
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Chapter13
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1. Dictation template for NICU follow-up evaluations/Early Intervention Intake
2. Links to professional resources including videos on conducting neurodevelopmental exams, hearing and vision screening, issues in prematurity, etc.
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Teaching emerging professionals such as medical and nursing students and measuring what they’ve learned
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Chapter14
AppendixB
AppendixC
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1. Forms for guiding learners during observation (e.g., day care centers).
2. Resource links for trainees and preceptors
3. Pre-/post-test questions for measuring learning
4. Milestones chart for teaching medical/nursing students and residents
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Training professionals in practice, including self-training, group-training, cross-training (with non-medical professionals) and tips/resources for training-the-trainer and for life-long learning
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Chapter15
AppendixB
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1. Links to training materials including pre-/post-tests, implementation planning, and slide shows for presentations
2. Information on options for Continuing Education credits
3. Downloadable and modifiable certificate of attendance/participation/mastery
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Implementation issues and solutions for detecting and address developmental-behavioral problems in primary care
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Chapter16
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1. Sample clinic work flow templates
2. Downloadable implementation planning worksheet
3. Information on billing/coding for reimbursement
4. Links to videos and slide shows on implementation challenges and solutions
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North American Initiatives proven to be effective in helping primary care providers with early detection and intervention
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Chapter 17
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International approaches and how other nations promote development and supportive services
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Chapter 18
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How to conduct research on developmental-behavioral issues, how tests are constructed, how to write new items, translate questions into other languages and cultures, and find ideas for research projects based on unanswered questions
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Chapter19
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Links to:
1. Ongoing QI initiatives, MOC projects and CE/CME offerings
2. Databases providing existing research on detecting and addressing developmental-behavioral problems
3. Sources for benchmark/baseline data
4. Sources for existing data sets for analysis
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How to advocate for optimal developmental-behavioral services, i.e., create better public policy, and initiate programs
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Chapter20
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Links to advocacy resources
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Personal perspectives on advocacy at the local, state and federal level
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Chapter 21
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Recommendations for a better future
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Chapter 22
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Well-child visit forms for 0 – 18 years that identify and stagger screening and surveillance tasks
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AppendixA
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Downloadable age-specific encounter forms
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Measuring Training Outcomes
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AppendixB
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Downloadable questions for use in training
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Milestones Chart for teaching and learning
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AppendixC
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Covers all developmental domains, including cognitive/academic and social-emotional skills from birth through 7 years of age
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We encourage your comments and suggestions about “Identifying and Addressing Developmental-Behavioral Problems: A Practical Guide for Medical and Non-medical Professionals, Trainees, Researchers and Advocates” and its website. We’d particularly like to receive descriptions of effective strategies for implementing developmental-behavioral screening and surveillance in practices. With your permission we will post these on the website for this book. Feel free to send us messages through this link: Contact Us