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This handbook addresses treatment planning for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other neurodevelopmental disabilities (NDDs) using a medical home perspective. It examines the medical home model, which has been promoted as the standard of care by the American Academy of Pediatrics since 2002, emphasizing collaboration between patients, families, and providers to optimize care. The handbook addresses treatment planning, including the coordination of the care provided by multiple specialists with a clear, shared vision for maximizing each child's potential.
Key areas of coverage include:
· Elements of treatment planning, history of the medical home model, documentation, and strategies to facilitate communication.
· Goals of treatment from the perspectives of the family, person served, care providers, and fiscal and regulatory bodies.
· Role of each specialist, highlighting the most common conditions experienced by children with ASD and other NDDwith expectations for assessment and treatment.
· Detailed recommendations for making referrals and assisting the child and family in preparing for appointments.
The Handbook of Treatment Planning for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Other Neurodevelopmental Disabilities is a must-have resource for researchers, professors, and graduate students as well as clinicians, therapists, and other professionals across such interrelated disciplines as clinical child, school, and developmental psychology, child and adolescent psychiatry, social work, rehabilitation medicine/therapy, pediatrics, and special education.
List of contents
Section 1. Overview of Treatment Planning.- Chapter 1. The Elements of Treatment Planning.- Chapter 2. The Medical Home Model.- Chapter 3. Treatment Planning Across Settings.- Section 2. Treatment Planning: Team Member Perspectives.- Chapter 4. The Family Perspective.- Chapter 5. The Patient Perspective.- Chapter 6. The Regulatory Perspective.- Section 3. Treatment Planning: Professional Perspectives.- Chapter 7. Allergy/Pulmonary.- Chapter 8. Cardiology.- Chapter 9. Dental.- Chapter 10. Dietitian.- Chapter 11. Endocrinology.- Chapter 12. Gastroenterology.- Chapter 13. Genetics.- Chapter 14. Hospitalist.- Chapter 15. Neonatology.- Chapter 16. Neurology.- Chapter 17. Otolaryngology.- Chapter 18. Physical Therapy.- Chapter 19. Psychiatry.- Chapter 20. Psychology.- Chapter 21. Occupational Therapy.- Chapter 22. Sleep Medicine.- Chapter 23. Speech and Language Therapy.- Chapter 24. Urology.- Chapter 25. The Transition to Adult Services.
About the author
Pamela McPherson, M.D., associate professor of psychiatry at Louisiana State University Medical Center in Shreveport, is triple boarded in adult, child and adolescent, and forensic psychiatry. Dr. McPherson has more than thirty years of experience treating children and adolescents in community mental health systems. She supervises residents and fellows at LSUHSC-Shreveport. She consults nationally and internationally on forensic matters, including acting as a mental health subject matter expert for the Department of Homeland Security.
