1. Regional Action Plan for Region(s) ___5_____
The focus of the Regional Action Plans should be on collaboration between CAAI Programs.
1. Activities 2. State Post‐Summit 3. Collaborative 4. Action Items 5. Target Dates & 6. Support Needs
Accomplishments Product or Outcome Point Person(s)
List the activities of the List accomplishments of List possible products or outcomes Identify actions that Identify when these action List ideas about how
programs in the region. State Summit Teams (if of the work of programs in the will need to occur to items will be completed MCHB, AMCHP, or AUCD
applicable). region. List opportunities for produce the desired and identify a point could provide assistance
collaboration. The group will select product or outcome for person. in support of these tasks.
1‐3 of the ideas for completion. each selected idea in 3.
Indiana • Would like to have Current interstate For the summit: • Summit in July of 2010 • Technical assistanct
• Family Leadership another summit – collaborations • Look at what’s or 2011 • National resources
Initiative surrounding early ID? • Central conference already there • LEND and state • AUCD/CDC/MCH to
• UCEDD Summer • Review what has • 1‐2x/yr media exchange for nationally programs will work coordinate regional
Institute – partner with been done in the fellows and trainees • Define what we are together to ID key summit
UCEDD for training region and ID next • OH has meetings with states mapping and what it players who need to be
• Increased interaction steps outside region 5 is for at the table for the
with state partners & • UCEDD summer institutes in IN • ID areas of need: summit
develop state plan • Other summer institutes ‐ Training – medical ‐ Use idea of “making
• Watching trends of ‐ Should the topics for these be and educational the most of your
data collection & standardized across states? systems resources” to recruit
analysis ‐ Address 2‐3 topics across the ‐ Transition state partners
Minnesota region ‐ Research/Evidence‐
• LEND start‐up ‐ IEPs and behavioral based practice
activities – fellows interventions • ID major players
involved with Dept. of ‐ Educators are main audience, who need to be at
Health study of ASD train‐the‐trainer table at summit
prevalence in Somali • WI‐UNC‐MIND Institute ‐ EI
population summer institute for school ‐ Medicaid
Illinois teams ‐ Rural support
• Parent training to ‐ Partner with different states ‐ State decision
work with physicians each year makers
• Toolkits, training on ‐ Use model but don’t want to • Discuss intrastate
early ID & referral duplicate and interstate issues
through screening • Develop state plan
• Training on medical Want to have a Regional • Link systems within
2009 CAAI Meeting –Regional Breakout 1

2. Regional Action Plan for Region(s) ___5_____
home Summit state
• Difficulty with • Resource mapping in region • Share resources on
diagnosis, treatment, ‐ With programs outside CAAI getting key payers
and transition • Resource sharing and stakeholders to
Wisconsin ‐ Don’t want to “reinvent the the table
• Increased diagnostic wheel” • ID gaps and next
capacity by hiring more ‐ Share ideas to overcome steps
staff and increasing challenges ‐ E.g. Medicaid rep
training in diagnostic ‐ Share successes of summer
tests institutes • ID topics for
• Increased physician ‐ Share resources about summer institutes
training transition
• State‐wide and ‐ Share information and models • Use Share Point to
regional committee on and adapt those models share resources
practice on ASD & • Train health professionals as • Visit other
related DD well as educators, psychiatrists programs in region
• Webcasts on & neurologists re:
screening, diagnoisis, ‐ Transition • Look at model
and treatment ‐ Evidence based practice demonstrations of
statewide what is going well in
• Regional resource other states
mapping and sharing
with state • Panel in region of
• Related Now group evidence based
for rural families practice
through technology
and team approach • Making sure things
Ohio are cost effective
• Loss of previous
programs and
duplication
• Mini‐grant‐bring
stakeholders together
• Autism Institute with
UCEDD to increase
2009 CAAI Meeting –Regional Breakout 2

3. Regional Action Plan for Region(s) ___5_____
training about
transition and
education
• OH ch. Of AAP project
to increase screening
and early ID
• Work with Metro &
Cleveland clinic for
seminars, ADOS
training, train‐the‐
trainer
• Work with Monarch
School to set up autism
center for eval and tx
• AIR‐P‐work with LEND
and DBP for webinars
2009 CAAI Meeting –Regional Breakout 3