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Academic Resources
	Evidence levels Describes different scales for assessing scientific evidence for clinical recommendations

Advocacy
	Teaching Social Skills: A Guide for Parents This article illustrates ways to help children learn appropriate behavior.

Attention Disorders
	The Impact of Sleep Disorders in ADHD Abnormal sleep patterns in ADHD

Behavior
	Weather Anxiety
	What Makes Time-Out Work (and Fail)?

Behavior Therapy
	Selective Mutism

Coding and Reimbursement
	Coding Conundrums: Screening and Testing for Autism CPT 96116: Screening and Testing for Autism
	Payment for Telephone Care – The Time Has Come Payment for Telephone Care

Cultural Competency
	Understanding Cultural Diversity: Asian American Family Roots

Developmental Disabilities
	Book Review: Could It Be Autism? Wiseman N. New York, New York: Broadway Books, 2006 ASD occurs in 1 out of 166 children

Early Intervention
	Developmental/Behavioral Pediatrics in Hawaii Brief description of Hawaii's approach to identifying children in need of early intervention services.
	Healthy Steps for Young Children Description of a program for promoting development in primary care practices

Growth and Nutrition
	Growth and Stature

Hearing Disability
	ASHA Connections: Preventing Hearing and Speech Disorders Noise induced hearing loss is preventable. It can lead to communication disorders in children.

Neuromotor Disorders
	Developmental Screening Tools: Gross Motor/Fine Motor for Newborn, Infants and Children

Normal Child Development
	Developmental Milestones Traditional list of developmental milestones.

Parent Resources
	Helping parents help their children: An innovative Australian program Encouraging parents to actively participate in the early years of their children’s lives is integral to improving early childhood development.

Parenting
	Risks: Autonomy vs. Parental Control Advice to parents about how to deal with autonomy in adolescents

Resident Training
	Resident Training Curriculum The 1999 Curriculum for resident training in Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics is a useful guide for program directors. It is inclusive and comprehensive.

Screening
	Building an Effective System of Developmental Screening and Diagnosis, Greenville, SC This article describes a pilot program in South Carolina which promotes developmental screening.
	Pediatric Symptom Checklist Description Brief description of screening test for emotional and behavior problems in primary care
	Screening Statement from AAP Released Revised (2006) statement on developmental screening and surveillance in primary care released by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
	Self Assessment Quiz 3 Quiz on screening implementation in a medical office
	Self Assessment Quiz 5 Answers Answers to the self assessment quiz
	Self Assessment Quiz 5 Questions Questions on Developmental Screening
	Self Assessment Test 4 Answers Answers for quiz on screening test standards

Speech and Language
	ASHA Connections: Early Intervention for Speech and Hearing Disorders When a child stutters