Fall 2000

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ADHD Guidelines
Life Expectancy
Boards Update
Strategic Plan
Book Review
SDBP

Awards

C. Anderson Aldrich
Dale Richmond

Contents

From the Editor (Henry L. Shapiro M.D. FAAP)

It’s the 40^th Anniversary of the Section on Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, and 50 years if you count the two groups that formed in the 1950s to focus on behavior and mental health. You can be proud to be a member of a distinguished group with a great track record of service and discovery. We have always focused on ...[read more]

Board Certification Update (Ellen Perrin M.D. FAAP)

Last year’s big news was that the American Board of Medical Specialties had approved the creation of a formal subspecialty of Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics. Shortly afterward, the American Board of Pediatrics appointed a Subboard consisting of seven developmental-behavioral pediatricians and three consultants. [read more]

Section Strategic Plan

The Section sponsored a Strategic Planning Meeting in February 2000. The planning group included: Henry Shapiro, MD; Peter Gorski, MD; Mark Wolraich, MD; Daniel Kessler, MD; Karen Miller, MD; Frances Glascoe, Ph.D.; William Lord Coleman, M.D.; Martin T. Stein, M.D.; and James Blackman, MD. This two day meeting resulted in the following mission statement and goals. [read more]

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