Autism and Developmental Screening Learning Collaborative (ADSLC)
Overview
The Autism and Developmental Screening Learning Collaborative (ADSLC) is a collaborative initiative among:
- Ohio chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics
- Ohio Department of Health
- Ohio Department of Job and Family Services
- Center for Health Care Quality at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
- University of Cincinnati
Mission
The mission of the Autism and Developmental Screening Collaborative is to improve access to developmental screening, including specific screening for autism, and to ensure access to evidence-based evaluation and intervention services for children at risk of or with developmental delay or autism. This pilot project involves working in 5 counties in Ohio (Belmont, Cuyahoga, Franklin, Warren and Wood).
Teams from 28 pediatric, family medicine, and academic medical center practices from these counties and surrounding areas attended a 1.5 day learning session in Fall 2008 to learn about developmental and autism screening, effective ways to make referrals, and how to use improvement science methods to make changes to their current delivery care system. The teams will be supported through conference calls for 6 months through Spring 2009 to help them incorporate the changes they learned and to spread these within their practice.
Goals
The goals of the ADSLC are:
- 90% of children have a documented screening for autism at 18 and 24 (or 30) month well child visits
- 90% of children have a documented developmental screening at 9, 18, and 24 (or or 30 month well child visits)
- 90% of children identified as at risk or with delay are referred for diagnosis and treatment
- 90% of families report practice receptive to developmental concerns
