New Policy Statements from the AAP

Posted 10/26/07

• Identification and Evaluation of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders - (AAP Clinical Report ) provides detailed information on signs and symptoms so pediatricians can recognize and assess autism spectrum disorders in their patients.
• Management of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders -  (AAP Clinical Report) reviews the educational strategies and associated therapies that are the primary treatments for children with autism spectrum disorder.
• Global Climate Change and Children’s Health - (AAP Policy Statement and Technical Report) outlines the specific ways global climate change impacts child health, and calls on pediatricians to understand the threats to children, anticipate the impact on children’s health, and advocate for strategies that will lessen the effects.
• Ventricular Fibrillation and the Use of Automated Difibrillators in Children - (AAP Policy Statement and Technical Report) addresses the need for developing strategies to provide early defibrillation to patients younger than 8 years.

• Guidelines for Referral of Children and Adolescents to Pediatric Rheumatologists
  

• Avoiding Overuse Injuries and Burnout in Young Athletes

• E-Prescribing Takes Guesswork Out of Illegible Handwriting

• AAP Offers Health Insurance Program Recommendations

• Self-injectable Epinephrine for First-Aid Management of Anaphylaxis

• Testing for Drugs of Abuse in Children and Adolescents: Addendum—Testing in Schools and at Home

• Prevention of Influenza: Recommendations for Influenza Immunization of Children, 2006–2007

• Enhancing the Diversity of the Pediatrician Workforce

• Antiviral Therapy and Prophylaxis for Influenza in Children

• Increasing Antiretroviral Drug Access for Children With HIV Infection

• Special Requirements of Electronic Health Record Systems in Pediatrics

• SCHIP Achievements, Challenges, and Policy Recommendations