CHAPTER 8 Development and Disorders of Feeding, Sleep, and Elimination Marie Reilly, MDAlison Schonwald, MD, FAAP Feeding Milestones Exclusive breastfeeding is recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) for…
CHAPTER 9 Developmental and Behavioral Surveillance and Screening Within the Medical Home Michelle M. Macias, MD, FAAPPaul H. Lipkin, MD, FAAP Developmental disabilities and behavioral disorders are among the most…
CHAPTER 15 Cognitive Development and Disorders Jill J. Fussell, MD, FAAPAnn M. Reynolds, MD, FAAP Cognitive Developmental Milestones For the first 1 to 2 years of a child’s life, when…
CHAPTER 11 Making Developmental-Behavioral Diagnoses Robert G. Voigt, MD, FAAP Introduction Developmental and behavioral disorders are the most prevalent chronic medical diagnoses encountered by primary pediatric health care professionals.1 Given…
CHAPTER 16 Speech and Language Development and Disorders Michelle M. Macias, MD, FAAP Angela C. LaRosa, MD, MSCR, FAAP Shruti Mittal, MD, FAAP Language acquisition is one of the most…
CHAPTER 27 Billing and Coding for Developmental and Behavioral Problems in Outpatient Primary Care Lynn Mowbray Wegner, MD, FAAP NOTE: All testing procedure codes discussed in this chapter will have…
CHAPTER 19 Autism Spectrum Disorder Scott M. Myers, MD, FAAPThomas D. Challman, MD, FAAP In 1943 Leo Kanner eloquently described 11 children with innate “autistic disturbances of affective contact” characterized…