[**Total Child Health and Brookes Publishing Agree to Release ASQ-3™ on CHADIS**](/content/about/news/2010/asq3.html)  
*21 July 2010*

**American Board of Pediatrics approves CHADIS to certify pediatricians for their required Maintenance of Certification (MOC-4)** *June, 2010*

**Video for Training Pediatricians in Autism identification created with Rethink Autism group.** *June, 2010*

**Alternative Functional Criteria for ADHD – research presented** **at PAS - Pediatric Academic Society Annual Meeting, Vancouver, CA.** *May, 2010*

**SBIR research award from NIMH for ADHD QI** *April, 2010*

**Maryland Model for Autism Screening presented at OCALI Conference, Columbus, Ohio**

*November 2009*

**Infant Mental Health Symposium and ADHD School Identification research presented at SDBP - Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Portland Oregon**

*September 2009*

**NIMH award for ADHD research on community intervention with economic impact** *September 2009*

[**New Release Features!**](/content/about/news/2009/release12.html)  
*September 2009*

**[CHADIS releases a more complete ADHD module](/content/clinicians/adhd.html)**  
*July 2009*

**[Pediatrics Article reports "high degree of satisfaction with the use of a computer-assisted previsit assessment (CHADIS)"](http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/124/1/e37?eto)** *July 2009*

**ADHD research using CHADIS presented at PAS - Pediatric Academic Society Annual Meeting** *May, 2009*

**CHADIS releases new 'CHADIS 0-3' questionnaires for infant/toddler routine care and the assessment of mental health problems** *March 2009*

**[NIMH, SBIR award to CHADIS to identify best methods for parent access: (phone vs. laptop vs. kiosk) and most accurate methods for early autism](/content/about/news/2009/nimhsbir2009.html)**

*January 2009*

**[New Version of CHADIS Released](/content/about/news/2008/chadis_2008version.html)**  
*15 September 2008*

**[CHADIS Praised at PAS Meeting](/content/about/news/2008/david_bergman.html)**  
*5 May 2008*

**[CHADIS Release 10](/content/about/news/2008/release_10.html)**  
*26 April 2008*

**[CHADIS Releases New Questionnaires](/content/about/news/2007/kads_and_ace.html)**  
*28 November 2007*  
[**CHADIS Release 9 Available**](/content/about/news/2007/release_9.html)  
*13 October 2007*

**[NICHD Grant for the Validation of CHADIS 0-3](/content/about/news/2007/nichd_0-3_sbir.html)**  
*September 2007*

**[CHADIS Releases new Questionnaires](/content/about/news/2007/new_chadis_tools.html)** *6 September 2007*

**[CHADIS 8 Release Available](/content/about/news/2007/chadis_release_8.html)**  
*16 April 2007*

**[Cisco Foundation Awards ADHD Project Linking Teachers, Pediatricians, and Parents](/content/about/news/2007/cisco_adhd.html)** *20 March 2007*

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| NIMH, SBIR award to CHADIS to identify best methods for parent access: (phone vs. laptop vs. kiosk) and most accurate methods for early autism<br>_January 2009_ — **Improving Accuracy and Accessibility of Early Autism Screening** <br>**Abstract**<br>The aim of this proposal is to complete development and evaluation of a new tool to properly identify and refer toddlers who show early signs of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Early screening for ASD has recently become a standard guideline for pediatric practice (AAP, 2006) following new evidence regarding the efficacy of early intervention (National Research Council, 2001). The most widely recommended parent report screening measure is the Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (MCHAT; Robins, Fein, & Barton, 1999). While the MCHAT has demonstrated superior psychometric characteristics, a major obstacle to the implementation of this measure in primary child health care settings is its large over-referral rate. While a structured interview has been developed that greatly reduces this over-referral rate, it is not practical for administration during brief well child visits when the screening occurs. We have developed a web-based decision support system (The Child Health and Development Interactive System, or CHADIS) that provides and scores pre-visit questionnaires such as the MCHAT. In addition, we have created a computerized version of the clinician-completed MCHAT follow-up. This follow-up interview is practical because it prompts doctors to ask a few specific follow-up questions to the parents in the case of a positive MCHAT, and because it is automatically rescored until a positive or negative result is obtained. We anticipate that our computerized MCHAT and Follow-Up interview will cut the over-referral rate by more than half. CHADIS also provides decision support in the form of an electronic textbook linked to screening conclusions and resources that can be provided to the parents as handouts at the end of the clinical encounter. Our CHADIS system is currently being implemented in a number of sites around the country, including an autism screening project in Maryland involving a sizable network of practices. However, implementation in settings with large numbers of disadvantaged families has been limited by a tendency for these parents to be less likely to complete questionnaires online from home prior to check-up visits. We are therefore proposing the development of a waiting room alternative, such as an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) phone system, kiosk, or standard computer. The primary goals of the proposed research are to assess the predictive validity of this new computerized measure, and to compare alternative testing strategies with regard to patient satisfaction and costs. We hope to be able to illustrate that the new test system will be show advantages over paper alternatives, especially when the savings from unnecessary referral for false positive cases is considered. |