What's New
Office-Based Presentations Being Scheduled for 2010!
The EDOPC project is actively scheduling office-based trainings on Developmental Screening, Social/Emotional Screening, Perinatal Depression Screening, Early Autism Detection and Referral, and Domestic Violence Screening and Referral presentations through 2010.
If you located in Illinois and are interested in hosting one or more of these FREE educational programs at your site, please contact Paula Zajac, Project Coordinator, at pzajac@illinoisaap.com or at 312/733-1026 ext. 212.
Commonwealth Fund Provides Opportunity to Enhance Relationships Between Physicians and Early Intervention
TThe Coordinating Care Between Early Intervention and the Primary Care Medical Home project, funded by The Commonwealth Fund through a grant to ICAAP to improve communication between EI and primary care providers. Training curricula are being developed for EI staff and primary care providers and will be tested in partnership with four Child and Family Connection sites and 12 medical home sites to measure the positive impact on communications. Training will emphasize processes that can be put into place to enhance services for children and families in Illinois. Ultimately, the primary care provider training will be incorporated into the EDOPC program as an in-service offering.
EDOPC awarded "Open Forums" grant
AAP awarded ICAAP a small grant to conduct “Open Forums” in the model of town hall meetings in Illinois. Hosting an Open Forum to promote EDOPC and related policy changes will help better engage pediatricians, family physicians, and other medical home providers in the project. Watch for Open Forum meeting announcements in 2009.
EDOPC in the National Spotlight
In 2008, ICAAP won the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) Summit Award for EDOPC. This is a significant honor for ICAAP and EDOPC. ASAE recognizes the importance and value of state associations and the commitment and involvement of dozens of ICAAP members in this important program. In addition, ICAAP has been asked to make an EDOPC presentation in Toronto, in late summer of 2009.
At the recent AAP National Conference and Exhibition, Mark Rosenberg, MD FAAP presented a poster for the Community Pediatrics section: Developmental Screening in Community Pediatrics.
At the State of the Science Conference for Children and Youth with Disabilities and Special Health Care Needs (CYDSHN), EDOPC staff presented and served on a panel to discuss EDOPC and its impact.
EDOPC has been invited to present Changing Systems, Changing Lives during the AMCHP 2009 Annual Conference: Launching Maternal and Child Health: Opportunities For a New Era.
EDOCP has been invited to present its program at the Future of Pediatrics Conference in spring of 2009.
