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Autism Systems WorkWA State Autism Advisory Council Survey of Service Models
Washington State Autism Advisory Council (WAAC)
Members of the Washington State Combating Autism Advisory Council collaborate with partners statewide to improve early identification and services for children and youth with autism and related disabilities across Washington. This council consists of membership from:
The Washington State Developmental Disabilities Council (DDC) is providing logistical support for the WAAC for 2012-13 to continue their focus on critical issues facing people of all ages across the Autism Spectrum and their families. The role of the DDC is to provide general staff support for the WAAC including convening the Steering Committee, distributing notices and agendas, providing meeting space, and maintaining a public record of the WAAC’s presentations and materials. Information on meetings and agendas for 2012-13 can be found at: http://www.ddc.wa.gov/WAAC.html
Council Activities for 2011-12
History of the Council The Council began in 2009 to guide the work of two competitive federal grants awarded by the US Dept. of Health and Human Services under the Combating Autism Act of 2006 to:
The work of the Council builds on the recommendations of the Caring for Washington Individuals with Autism Task Force (created in 2005 by Senate Bill 5321) in its December 2006 Final Report to the Governor and State Legislature. The Council has collaborated on many activities including:
The original three-year grants ended in the summer of 2011, but the Autism Advisory Council and many of its activities continue. For 2012-13, the WA State Developmental Disabilities Council is facilitating the quarterly meetings. The UW LEND program facilitated the meetings in 2011-12. Additional Resources
Surveys Completed by Clinics/Centers (pdfs) Note: Initial surveys were completed in May 2009 for the first WA State Autism Diagnostic Teams Summit held in June 2009. As we approach the third WA State Autism Diagnostic Teams Summit in June 2011, these surveys have been updated to reflect the activity around the state.
If other clinics/centers are interested in completing this survey and having information about their services posted here, please complete the blank survey (in Word) and email it to Amy Carlsen at carlsa@uw.edu. Questions? Call Amy at 206-685-1293. Washington State Autism Multidisciplinary Diagnostic Teams Summit
The purpose of the WA State Autism Multidisciplinary Diagnostic Teams Annual Summit is to improve the early identification, diagnosis and care of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and other developmental disabilities across the state through the use of evidence-based practices and a comprehensive, collaborative and coordinated statewide approach. The vision and initial financing for the summit came from Dawn Sidell, Executive Director of the NW Autism Center in Spokane. The summit was adopted as a project of the WA State Combating Autism Advisory Council (CAAC). The CAAC guides the work of the two federal Combating Autism grants received by the Washington State Dept of Health, Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN) Program and the University of Washington Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND) Program. The goal of Community Asset Mapping (CAM) is to help children in WA communities with suspected Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) or other developmental delays to get identified, evaluated and helped as early and as close to home as possible. CAM is a pilot project of the WA State Combating Autism Advisory Council (CAAC). The vision for the "Tiers to Autism Diagnosis Pyramid" approach was born at the first Autism Multidisciplinary Diagnostic Team (MDT) Summit in 2009. State autism experts from across WA developed the model to see if as a state we could:
Eight communities began this process during the initial 2009-11 period. Lewis, Walla Walla, Island and Benton-Franklin communities did this with the assistance of a formal technical assistance team from the CAAC. Yakima, Whatcom, Spokane and Madigan Army Medical Center have used aspects of CAM primarily on their own. There will be additional opportunities for new communities to apply for technical assistance with CAM.
The Community Asset Mapping Toolkit is a collection of the work we have done around CAM over the past 3 years. It is a place for us to describe our work and for groups to access this information to promote this process in their community. The toolkit is divided into chapters including an overview of CAM, getting started, templates to use in your community, products from other communities, and other resources. |
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