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    • Council on Children With Disabilities, Section on Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics, Bright Futures Steering Committee and Medical Home Initiatives for Children With Special Needs Project Advisory Committee (2006, reaffirmed 2010). Identifying infants and young children with developmental disorders in the medical home: An algorithm for developmental surveillance and screening. Pediatrics, 118(1): 405–420. [Erratum in Pediatrics, 118(4): 1808–1809.]

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    By: Reference Healthwise Staff Last Revised: Reference April 3, 2012
    Medical Review: Reference John Pope, MD - Pediatrics
    Reference Fred Volkmar, MD - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry


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