Emory University
Babies Can't Wait (BCW) in Georgia will be referring families with children seeking an autism spectrum disorder (autism) diagnosis at the Emory Autism Center's (EAC) Child Screening and Assessment Clinic.The objective of this study is to develop, pilot, and evaluate a diagnostic protocol for children identified at high risk for autism in the BCW early intervention program screening (part of a public health service). This program evaluation will be using pre- and post-data and data collected through the process to evaluate the effectiveness of the EDRM pilot.
The objective of this study is to develop, pilot, and evaluate a diagnostic protocol to assess high-risk toddlers for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnosis of families enrolled in the Georgia Babies Can't Wait (BCW) early intervention program. The Early Diagnostic Response Model (EDRM) project will be addressing children who are identified at high risk for ASD according to the BCW screening protocol, which is the M-CHAT-R/F. Community psychologist will be taught the protocol and receive referrals to build capacity and better address the need across the state. Currently, many children who ar…
Inclusion Criteria: * All families of children between the ages of 16-30 months of age who scored ≥8 on the MCHAT-R and whose BCW provider refers the child to our clinic by 33 months of age will be a possible participant. Evaluations will be done by 36 months of age. * Referring BCW provider must be one of the participating BCW health districts in this pilot study. * Parent/Guardian needs to have basic English proficiency * Parent/Guardian needs to have internet access * Child must have exposure to English either at home or in out-of-home care (e.g., childcare setting). * Documentation of M-C…
Use of telehealth capabilities to implement measures and capture and code information related to an autism diagnosis. This program evaluation will be using pre- and post-data and data collected through the process to evaluate the effectiveness of the EDRM pilot.
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