Katharine Zuckerman, Olivia Jasmine Lindly, Alison Elizabeth Chavez
Timeliness of Autism Spectrum Disorder Diagnosis and Use of Services Among U.S. Elementary School-Aged Children
Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.)
several published guidelines suggested primary care pediatricians include school issues part regular health supervision visits residency training programs include systematic education educational issues affect childrens lives success school goal study evaluate short curriculum children school included part 2month required rotation developmentalbehavioral pediatrics questionnaire designed assess 1 pediatric residents attitudes importance making school issues part practice 2 pediatric residents selfperceived knowledge central concepts 3 pediatric residents selfperceived skillsparticipantstwentyone 22 pediatric residents 1 training program completed questionnaire beginning first residency year final 3 months third last year residents assessed knowledge skills relating children school increased consistently p 001 considered pediatricians responsibilities help improve childrens school success important even program little opportunity improvement ratings importance time relatively short teaching module introduced context developmentalbehavioral pediatrics rotation improve residents selfassessed skills knowledge children school