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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
State Participants
Representatives from the following organizations are participating in the initiative:
- African Caribbean American Parents of Children with Disabilities
- A.J. Pappanikou Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, Education, Research and Service
- Autism Spectrum Differences Institute of New England, Inc.
Autism Spectrum Resources Center, Inc. - Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs Program of the Connecticut Department of Health
- Community Renewal Team
- Connecticut Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
- Connecticut Children’s Medical Center
- Connecticut’s Birth to Three System of the Department of Developmental Services
- Department of Developmental Services
- Families of Children with ASD
- Hospital for Special Care
- Office of Protection and Advocacy
- River Street Autism Program at Coltsville
- Riverview Hospital for Children and Youth, Department of Children and Families
- State Department of Education, Bureau of Special Education
- The Center of Excellence on Autism Spectrum Disorders, Southern Connecticut State University
- Yale University’s School of Medicine’s Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics Program