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Created by Children's Hospital Boston and funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau with support from the Massachusetts Developmental Disabilities Council

Learn how to implement effective validated screening in your primary care office.

  • Meet AAP standards
  • Make practice change easier
  • Save time
  • Make cost-effective decisions
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For a detailed, stepwise tutorial, check out the Introduction and move forward from there.

If you haven't yet decided to start and have questions about tools and procedures, check out the "Thinking About Starting?" page.

Quick links to find what you need to know.

How much does screening cost?

Compare screening tools using our Validity Properties chart.

How can I bill for developmental screening?

Find billing code information in our billing summary.

What do I need to do to get my office ready?

Create an implementation strategy and review the "to do" list on our Developmental Screening Implementation Checklist.

How much time does screening take?

Moving forward with developmental screening

Compare screening tools using our Validity Properties chart.

Any suggestions for dealing with reluctant colleagues?

Find what worked for others in our scenarios of Familiar Challenges.

Copyright © 2006-2007. Content created by Alison Schonwald, MD, FAAP, Children's Hospital Boston.
This online toolkit was funded by the Maternal & Child Health Bureau with support from the Massachusetts Developmental Disabilities Council and the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research.