Screening, Identification, and Assessment

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Screening, Identification and Assessment

Charge

Develop a plan to ensure that all Oregon’s children will be screened for ASD by age of 24 months.  All Oregonians throughout the lifespan will, as appropriate, receive an efficient and timely multidisciplinary evaluation, meeting quality core indicators, and prompt referral to services.    Develop a plan to ensure that initial and ongoing assessments identify an individual’s current level of functioning in all relevant domains.

Goals

1. Identify quality core indicators for screening and evaluation processes such that the results can be used in multiple state agency and health care contexts as acceptable evidence that an individual has an ASD.
2. Identify strategies to increase public awareness about the importance, availability, and features of screening, evaluation, and assessments for ASD.
3. Identify strategies for
• (a) increasing capacity throughout Oregon for screening, evaluations, and assessments
• (b) ensuring that the quality indicators are being met
• (c) ensuring that all children receive a screening for ASD by 24 months, and later when appropriate
• (d) ensuring that adults who have not previously been identified as having an ASD are evaluated when appropriate.
4. Identify methods to ensure that agencies and health care providers make appropriate and timely referrals for services.
5. Identify quality core indicators for assessments for educational and relevant health care service planning.

Charter_Screening,_Identification,_Diagnosis_FINAL_V2.pdf