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American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Guideline Summary for Parents and Caregivers: Screening and Diagnosing Children with Autism

Summary


TITLE

American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Guideline Summary for Parents and Caregivers: Screening and Diagnosing Children with Autism

TOOL AVAILABILITY

This tool is available at:

http://aan.com/professionals/practice/guidelines/guideline_summaries/Autism_Guideline_for_Patients.pdf

DESCRIPTION

This tool presents information for parents and caregivers about screening and diagnosing children with autism.

TOOL CATEGORY

Education
Evaluation
Screening

AUDIENCE

Patients/Consumers

Key Features

PATIENTS/CONSUMERS

This tool addresses the following questions:

  • What regular screening tests should your child's doctor do?
  • If your doctor suspects autism, what other tests should be done?
  • If autism is suspected or diagnosed, what can be done to help your child?
  • What does autism mean for your child's future

Target Population

TARGET POPULATION AGE

Infants and children

ASSOCIATION WITH VULNERABLE POPULATIONS

Children

Institute of Medicine - National Health Care Quality Report Categories

IOM CARE NEED

Living with Illness

IOM DOMAIN

Effectiveness
Patient-centeredness

IOM PRIORITY AREA

Children with special health care needs
Self-management/health literacy (cross-cutting)

Identifying Information

SPONSOR

American Academy of Neurology - Medical Specialty Society

DEVELOPER

American Academy of Neurology - Medical Specialty Society
Child Neurology Society - Medical Specialty Society

TOOL FORMAT

Web site; Workbook/Manual/Guide

CLINICAL RECOMMENDATION TYPE

Guidelines

NATIONAL GUIDELINE CLEARINGHOUSE LINK

RELEASE DATE

2000 Aug

QUALITYTOOLS STATUS

This QualityTools summary was completed by ECRI on September 23, 2004.