January 1, 2004
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Program Result
The National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality developed a learning collaborative designed to improve care for children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
June 1, 2003
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Program Result
Rutgers University completed and partially disseminated the results of the Early Intervention Systems Study, a longitudinal study of early intervention for young children with developmental disabilities and chronic medical conditions.
December 1, 2003
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Program Result
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences hosted a meeting of child health experts to develop an agenda for a national conference on the implementation of guidelines for providing health care services to children with special health care needs.
September 1, 2001
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Program Result
WellChild, the Foundation of Health for Life, Boston, held a conference in 1999 to explore strategies to reduce the gap between research on children's social and emotional competence and school readiness and actual policy and practice. (WellChild is now the Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation, Inc. For Expanding Healthcare Access.)
January 1, 2006
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Program Result
Statewide directors of Parent to Parent programs, representing the national Parent to Parent movement, investigated the possibility of creating a formal partnership between the Parent to Parent movement and the Grassroots Consortium on Disabilities.
April 17, 2008
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Story
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