This scoping review examined current evidence on medical home care and its association with educational services for children and youth on the autism spectrum. We searched five databases and grey literature resulting in 328 publications. Publications meeting inclusion criteria were mapped to medical home care component(s) addressed, type(s) of educational services and their strength and type of association.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The aim of the study is to identify and prioritize early intervention (EI) stakeholders' perspectives of supports and barriers to implementing the Young Children's Participation and Environment Measure (YC-PEM), an electronic patient-reported outcome (e-PRO) tool, for scaling its implementation across multiple local and state EI programs.
Methods: An explanatory sequential (quan > QUAL) mixed-methods study was conducted with EI families ( = 6), service coordinators ( = 9), and program leadership ( = 7). Semi-structured interviews and focus groups were used to share select quantitative pragmatic trial results (e.
Background: The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends medical home care for children and youth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) for health needs. Children and youth with ASD also receive educational services for cognitive, social, and behavioral needs. We measured whether inadequate medical home care was significantly associated with current educational service use, controlling for sociodemographic factors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Non-White children with developmental disabilities are frequently identified later than White children and therefore miss out on opportunities for early intervention (EI). Recent research indicates that conjoint monitoring and screening is more strongly associated with EI receipt than monitoring or screening alone.
Objective: To determine if there are racial/ethnic inequities in the conjoint receipt of monitoring and screening.