Enhancing ASD Assessments in Primary Care Setting through Innovative Programs

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Shifting ASD assessments from specialty to primary care setting, innovative programs such as Birth to Five Clinic and embedded testing with psychologists have improved early identification and support for children with developmental concerns, including ASD. Collaboration with healthcare providers has led to reduced wait times and enhanced comprehensive evaluations.


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  1. Programs of Evaluation, Development And Learning or PEDAL A story of moving ASD assessments from a specialty setting to a primary care setting

  2. 30,000 Foot View 2010-NICU Follow up clinic 2011-Multidisciplinary Clinic for children and youth with complex health conditions (wait list 9-12 months) 2012-2015-Added Behavior Clinic, Feeding Clinic, Concussion Clinic 2016-Lost space so lost clinics

  3. Needed to get Creative! 2016 Reduced multidisciplinary team to DVP, Psychology, Speech and Social Work. In April began our Birth to Five Clinic with DVP/Psychology Patients are primarily under 5 with complex special health care needs. Approximately 50-70% have ASD as referral diagnosis. Rate of false positives for this clinic is very high. Of the children who are referred for ASD, I estimate only about 30% have ASD. Wait list quickly grows to 8 months.

  4. Needed to Get Creative! 2013 St. Charles and Central Oregon Pediatrics Associates forged a partnership to embed Psychologists as integrated behavioral health providers. 2016-worked with Pacific Source to provide developmental screening/evaluation as an integrated provider allowing us to practice at the highest end of our license, reduce PEDAL wait time, and offer early identification for children with developmental concerns including ASD.

  5. DATA for our Embedded Testing Between October-December 2016 we (2 psychologists; 2 days/week dedicated to evaluation) have seen approximately: 23 patients 16 were referred due to ASD concerns Approximately 5 were diagnosed with ASD Referrals made to ABA, Speech, OT, DD and 4 patients were recommended to return for a more comprehensive evaluation in a year due to complex presentation. Parents provided support and parenting guidance.

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