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Dale Richmond AwardThe 2000 Dale Richmond Award recipient is Dr. Frances Page Glascoe. The Richmond Award is usually given to a non-physician who has made outstanding contributions to the lives of children and families. Dr. Frances Glascoe is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Pennsylvania State University and Vanderbilt University. She holds an M.S., Ed.S., and Ph.D. in Special Education from Vanderbilt and has been on the faculty in the Department of Pediatrics since 1983. From 1987 to 1999 she directed the rotation in child development for interns and medical students. Her research includes studies evaluating the accuracy of many different developmental and behavioral screening measures. Dr. Glascoe has been a frequent speaker at the AAP and has volunteered her time to serve on many Committees and Task Forces. She has conducted many national studies relating to developmental screening and pediatric education. A major focus of Dr. Glascoe’s work has been the validation of parents’ concerns in predicting developmental and behavioral problems. Her work has produced striking evidence that clinicians can effectively screen for childhood developmental problems by briefly eliciting parent concerns. As a result of these observations, Dr. Glascoe developed the Parents’ Evaluation of Developmental Status (PEDS) a very brief screen for developmental and behavioral problems for children birth to age eight for use in primary care settings Dr. Glascoe presents frequently at meetings of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Ambulatory Pediatric Association and is the North American Editor of Ambulatory Child Health: the Journal of General, Community and Social Pediatrics. She is the author of over 140 publications including peer reviewed articles and chapters, not counting numerous scientific abstracts and invited presentations. |
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