The Department of Community and Specialty Pediatrics (DOCSP) provides staff support and technical assistance to national committees, sections, councils, task forces, and work groups that develop policy statements, clinical/technical reports, manuals, and other resource materials on child health for medical professionals. The DOCSP staff administer council/committee/section/task force activities, assisting them in the development and implementation of special projects and programs. Departmental staff manage the development of numerous professional manuals, including the Red Book; Handbook of Common Poisonings in Children; School Health: Policy and Practice; Injury Prevention and Control for Children and Youth; Substance Abuse: A Guide for Health Professionals, Pediatric Nutrition Handbook; Handbook of Pediatric Environmental Health; Emergency Medical Services for Children; Guidelines for Health Supervision; Adoption of Children; and Health in Child Care. The manual Guidelines for Perinatal Care is developed in cooperation with the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists; Caring for Our Children: National Health and Safety Performance Standards was developed in collaboration with the American Public Health Association; and Care of the Young Athlete was developed ini conjunction with the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. The Classification of Child and Adolescent Mental Diagnoses in Primary Care: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Primary Care (DSM-PC) child and adolescent version was developed with liaison representation from 8 other organizations.

There are 6 divisions within the DOCSP. The Division of Safety and Health Promotion (DSHP) provides staffing, policy analysis, and technical assistance for the following committees: Bioethics; Child Abuse and Neglect; Injury, Violence, and Poison Prevention; Pediatric AIDS; School Health; Sports Medicine and Fitness. The division also provides staffing support for 5 multidisciplinary sections including Bioethics, Child Abuse and Neglect, Injury and Poison Prevention, School Health, and Sports Medicine and Fitness. The division oversees, implements, and evaluates several national grant-funded programs of the Academy.

The Division of Developmental Pediatrics and Preventive Services (DOPPS) provides staffing for the following committees: Adolescence; Early Childhood, Adoption, and Dependent Care; Psychosocial Aspects of Child and Family Health; and Substance Abuse. The division also assists the following 3 sections including Adolescent Health, Adoption and Foster Care, and Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. The division oversees and implements many grant-funded programs including Bright Futures.

The Division of Technical and Medical Services (DTMS) manages the policy, program, and advocacy activities of 5 national committees and 13 subspecialty sections. Included within the division's complement of committees are the Committees on Drugs, Environmental Health, Genetics, Infectious Diseases, and Nutrition. The AAP subspecialty sections supported by the division include Allergy & Immunology, Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Dermatology, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Genetics and Birth Defects, Hematology-Oncology, Infectious Diseases, Nephrology, Neurology, Pediatric Pulmonology, and Rheumatology. In addition to primary staffing duties associated with committee and section business, division staff routinely respond to technical queries, coordinate specialized educational programs and projects, administer contracts and purchase orders, and work in collaboration with the AAP Department of Federal Affairs.

The Division of Hospital and Surgical Services (DHSS) is responsible for staffing and management of the Surgical Advisory Panel, the Council on Sections, and the Council on Sections Management Committee. The division is the home for several large AAP committees and sections including the Committee on Fetus and Newborn, the Committee and the Section on Emergency Medicine, the Committee and the Section on Hospital Care, the Sections on Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Critical Care, Neurological Surgery, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedics, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Perinatal Pediatrics, Plastic Surgery, Radiology, Surgery, Transport Medicine, and Urology. The division assists the Division of CME in planning and presenting several CME courses including NeoPREP, PRE-PEM, the Perinatal Workshop, and the Transport Medicine course. The division sections have also sponsored courses on critical care coding and preparing for life in academics. The division also oversees grant-funded programs and national public awareness campaigns on prematurity and SIDS.

The Division of Community Health Services (DOCHS) is responsible for breastfeeding initiatives, Pediatrics Collaborative Care Program, Immunization Initiatives, the Committee on Native American Child Health, the Section on Breastfeeding, and the Community Pediatrics Action Group. This division also houses the Childhood Immunization Support Program (CISP) Immunization Advisory Team, Healthy Child Care America, Mental Health Initiatives, and the Mental Health Task Force, and SIDS in Child Care Project.

The Division of Children with Special Needs is responsible for Medical Home Screening programs and grants, Medical Home Training Programs, the Shriners Medical Home-Subspecialist Research Project, Developmental Screening/AutismCDC/NCBDDD Screening and Surveillance in the Medical Home Grant, the Council on Children with Disabilities.

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