About Child Health Notes

The Medical Home Partnerships Project is no longer producing Child Health Notes (CHNs) due to a change in project focus. We have left this page up in case communities find the content helpful in current work.

CHNs are brief newsletters, written by pediatric experts at the University of Washington in collaboration with content area specialists and community partners.

Medical Home: Child Health Notes (CHN) The newsletters were provided as a resource for communities to distribute to local primary care providers and others to support the early identification and comprehensive, coordinated care of children and youth with special health care needs. Communities adapted each issue to include contact information for key local community resources for children with special needs, such as public health, early intervention, schools and family support.

Child Health Notes are available:

1) As templates in Microsoft Word format to which communities then add local resource information. Instructions are provided for completing each CHN if needed.
2) If you are only interested in reading the topic specific content, please read the generic PDF version of the CHNs below (only for some CHNs)

Tools and Resources for Office Practice

Child Health Notes	Guide	Date
Decision Tree: Child with Special Needs Referral Process Option 1 Option 2 Early Intervention	Docs Docs	12/16 4/19
First Steps Program (PDF version)	Docs	10/17
Formula for Full-Term Infants (PDF version)	Docs	1/15
Special Education – The Key Things to Know (State PDF version)	Docs	7/19
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) for Infants and Children (State PDF Version)	Docs	10/19
WithinReach Resource Finder: Help for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Other Special Health Care Needs and Their Families	Docs	10/15

Screening and Anticipatory Guidance

Child Health Notes	Guide	Date
Adolescent Depression: Screening and Management in Primary Care (PDF)	Docs	5/18
Blood Lead Screening and Testing Recommendations (PDF)	Docs	3/17
Developmental Surveillance and Screening in Primary Care (PDF)	Docs	4/14
Developmental Surveillance and Screening in Primary Care: How to “Wait and See”	Docs	4/14
Early Brain and Child Development	Docs	7/14
Early Hearing Detection, Diagnosis, and Intervention (EHDDI) Program (WA State PDF Version)	Docs	1/20
Postpartum Depression: more common than you may think… and more significant for the child than you may be aware!	Docs	4/16
Red Flags in Speech and Language Development	Docs	9/16
Ubiquitous Screens: Recommendations on Media Use for Infants, Children and Adolescents (PDF)	Docs	1/19

Special Health Concerns

Child Health Notes	Guide	Date
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) (Generic PDF version)Kitsap version of ACES CHN, adapted with permission by Kitsap County Medical Home Team and KitsapStrong	Docs	3/16
Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) (WA State PDF Version) Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Overview (WA State PDF Version) Serving Children with ASD in Primary Care (County Template – Word) (WA State PDF)	Docs Docs Docs	12/17 9/20 3/21
Health Management of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Co-Occurring Gastrointestinal Problems and Sleep Disorders	Docs	5/20
Late and Moderate Preterm Infants: Best Practices for a Population at Risk (Generic PDF version)	Docs	10/18
Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (Generic PDF version)	Docs	7/18
Speech Disfluency and Stuttering in Early Childhood	Docs	3/17
What Is Autism Now? The New DSM-5 Definition (Generic PDF version)	Docs	7/15
What’s new in Down syndrome? Information for counseling parents (Generic PDF version)	Docs	7/17

We have archived CHN Topics for Child Health Notes .These older issues will have outdated links and may have outdated didactic information.

For more information about Child Health Notes, please contact:

Sophie Lu, MN, PPCNP-BC, ARNP sophielu@uw.edu

16may8:30 am4:30 pmWA State Autism Center of Excellence Certification Training Event Organized By: WA INCLUDE Collaborative - University of Washington, Institute on Human Development and Disability, Clinical Training Unit Event Type:TrainingIn-person or Online:Online

Event Details

University of Washington experts provide the Autism Center of Excellence (COE) trainings through a contract with the Health Care Authority (HCA). As of July 2024, we are contracted to provide 4 general trainings a year.

Purpose of the COE Training

To increase the number of qualified clinicians (COEs) across Washington State who can appropriately diagnose children and youth with autism who have Medicaid insurance.
To foster collaboration between providers and systems serving autistic children and youth and their families
Help children and families access needed services as appropriate, including writing a Medicaid/Apple Health prescription for Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA). COE required for Managed Care Organization (MCO) prescription approval.

Who is Eligible to Become a COE

The HCA determines which primary care and other clinicians can become COEs. Currently the list includes medical physicians working in primary care, specialty physicians, clinical psychologists, ARNPs, Naturopathic Doctors, and Physician Assistants (PA-C). Licensed Clinical Psychologists, neurologists, psychiatrists and Developmental-Behavioral pediatricians are automatically recognized as being qualified to diagnose autism but may wish to attend to learn more about Washington State specific rules and resources and connect with peers.

Who is Eligible to Attend the Training

Clinicians who serve patients with Washington State Medicaid insurance or support clinicians doing this work. We welcome others interested in learning more about autism who are providing care coordination, peer support, mental or behavioral health services etc. There are limited spots for out of state providers interested in learning more about this approach to training primary care providers to diagnose autism.

More information and registration

Registration

Time

(Friday) 8:30 am - 4:30 pm

Location

Online

Organizer

WA INCLUDE Collaborative - University of Washington, Institute on Human Development and Disability, Clinical Training UnitWA INCLUDE Collaborative- Interdisciplinary Network of Community Leaders with a focus on the Underserved and Disability Education -Improving systems of care by supporting education, training, and connections within a growing community of champions -Promoting quality of life and health equity within underserved communities at the intersection of developmental disability, mental health, and physical health -Increasing accessibility, variety, and amount of trainings and support for providers strained by high workloads -Creating and facilitating state-wide networks that empower local regional champions through access to expertise from each other and state partners -Embedding supports within schools, medical homes, mental health clinics, and communitieshttps://wainclude.org/

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