The goals of START are to improve developmental and behavioral screening in pediatric practices, improve providers’ understanding and utilization of screening tools, educate providers on documentation and coding of screening tools, and improve awareness of community resources for evaluation and intervention. With an effective strategy in place for implementation of these objectives, Oregon START is approved by the American Board of Pediatrics for Part IV Maintenance of Certification as an established quality improvement project.

Since its inception, nearly 680 participants from primary care pediatric practices, Federally Qualified Health Clinics, and Oregon Health Sciences University residents have been trained. The primary focus of these trainings was on screening tools for identification of developmental disabilities and autism. Phase II of START began in November of 2009 with a new module related to maternal depression. Other modules are in the planning stages focusing on psychosocial and family risk screening. Additionally in April 2010, through a “Train-the-Trainer” approach, START has added six new physician trainers to the state increasing our ability to share the model with more Oregon communities.

Oregon START was made possible by the generous funding of CareOregon, Northwest Health Foundation and other supporting organizations. For more information about Oregon START, please contact Anne Stone, START Manager and Interim Executive Director of the Oregon Pediatric Society.

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Upcoming Training Dates

Site	Date	Time	Location	Type of Training
The Portland Clinic	August 31, 2010	TBA	TBA	PPD