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Spotlight
Act Early Ambassador for CT Selected
Tierney Giannotti has been selected to serve as an Act
Early Ambassador for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) “Learn the Signs. Act Early.” program.
Tierney will play an important role in educating Connecticut’s parents, healthcare professionals,
and early educators about early childhood development, warning signs of autism
and other developmental disabilities, and the importance of acting early on concerns
about a child’s development.
Read more...
- Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) - providing information and resources for healthcare providers
- Autism: Be a Family's Champion, Learn the Signs
- Autism Research: Read What CDC is Doing to Understand Autism
- What We've Learned about Autism Spectrum Disorder
- A Minute of Health with CDC - Autism Awareness
- A Cup of Health with CDC – Autism Awareness
- Autism Speaks - IACC April 11, 2011Meeting Summary
- USDA Cooperative Extension Service's Just in Time Parenting (JITP)
- Early Identification of ASD Module
- Autism Case Training (ACT): A Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics Curriculum
- Learn the Signs Act Early
Legislative Forum on Developing Best Practices for Early Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorders
Funding
Support for the Act Early Connecticut initiative is provided by the Association for University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) and the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP) through funding provided by the National Center for Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD) of the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions (CDC) and the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) at the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
Additional funding provided by the
University of Connecticut Center for
Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, Education, Research and Service
and
Yale University School of Medicine, Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics
Training Program.