Autism - Caring for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Practical Resource Toolkit for Clinicians, 3rd Edition

Description

The 3rd edition of Caring for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Practical Resource Toolkit for Physicians has been completely updated and revised to assist clinicians in the recognition, diagnosis, and management of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

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This practice tool features content that has been extensively reviewed by AAP committees, councils, and sections, and parents of children and youth with ASD. Look here for current AAP autism clinical reports and policy statements and expert ASD screening, surveillance, diagnosis, treatment, and referral guidelines.

This 3rd edition includes full updates on

•  Practice-focused guidelines and recommendations
•  Developmental screening and surveillance tools
•  Algorithms, questionnaires, growth charts, diagnostic criteria, and record-keeping tools
•  Visit preparation and tracking aids
•  Detailed guidance for facilitating ASD office visits, tools to track key steps in identification, diagnosis, intervention, and management, new high-functioning autism spectrum screening questionnaires for at-risk patients
•  Clinician Fact Sheets - topics that include

- Autism and sensory differences

- Initial evaluation of a patient diagnosed with ASD

- Medical home for children with ASD

- Prevalence of ASD

- Sexuality in children and youth with ASD

- Special diets for children with ASD

• Referral tools and time-savers
• Ready-to-use early intervention referral and follow-up forms
• Coding and billing guidance
• Proven tips and techniques to help ensure prompt, proper payment for ASD-related services
• Family Handouts- In both English and Spanish

Q&As formatted handouts for quick duplication and distribution, handouts include

• Discussing diagnosis of an ASD with your child
• Health care transition from adolescence to adulthood
• Financial assistance for families
• Inclusion in elementary, middle, and high school
• Introduction to CAM
• Medical home for children with ASD
• Talking about sexuality for parents of teens with ASD
• Teaching social skills
• Wandering off
• And more

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Access and Licensing Options

Single User Access License
Purchase of this item through shopAAP will allow online access for only one user to the Autism Toolkit materials. Purchase through shopAAP is available only to individual account holders. This license does not support EHR integration.

Multi User Options
To discuss license options for multiple login accounts and institutional access plans, or to discuss integration options of the Autism Toolkit content with other systems please contact institutions@aap.org.

• Institutional Licensing
  An Institutional License is required for multi-user access and/or integration with an EMR/EHR.  The content of the Autism Toolkit can be integrated with your systems in a variety of ways to support providers, parents and patients. Note: This may be considered a product enhancement requiring an additional fee by your EMR/EHR vendor. Fill out this form or contact institutions@aap.org for a quote and more information.
• EMR/EHR Vendors
  The content of the Autism Toolkit can be integrated directly by EMR/EHR vendors. To learn more please email rrooney@aap.org

Details

• ISBN-13: 978-1-61002-363-4
• Product Code: MA0941
• Publication Date: October 3, 2019
• Format: Online
• Publisher: American Academy of Pediatrics
• Availability: In Stock