Sports Shorts - Guidelines for Pediatricians, Parents and Athletes
Concise, timely information for you and your patients on a variety of topics.
Slide Presentations from the 2008 Ohio AAP Annual Meeting
If you were unable to join us for our Annual Meeting in November, you can see what you missed from an outstanding group of presenters.
Ounce of Prevention Materials
The Ohio AAP School Health Committee has provided materials on how to avoid obesity in children. Their "Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound" campaign is complete with posters, handouts and anticipatory guidance forms.
Mind Menders
Concise, timely information for you and your patients on behavioral health topics.
School Health Updates
The Ohio AAP School Health Committee provides information for school health nurses on a variety of issues affecting schoolchildren.
MOBI
Maximizing Office Based Immunization (MOBI) is a free statewide provider immunization education and training program developed for health-care providers.
Autism
The Autism Diagnosis Education Pilot Project Based will develop curricula regarding the diagnosis and treatment of autism.
Reach Out and Read
The mission of the Reach Out and Read Ohio (ROR Ohio) program is to make literacy promotion a standard part of pediatric primary care, so that children grow up with books and a love of reading.
Guidelines on caring for autistic patients available
The Autism Task Force has developed a document to provide guidelines in assisting families and professional in assessing, treating and developing educational programs for those who exhibit characteristics of Autism Spectrum Disorder/Pervasive Developmental Disorders (ASD/PDD).
Free Pre-school vision screening
To increase the visual quality of life for Ohio's children and adults, Prevent Blindness Ohio is offering FREE 4-hour trainings that will provide instruction on how to perform adult and preschool vision screenings. Information is also provided on how to access sources for free/low cost eye wear and eye exams for your medically indigent patients.
Emergency Guidelines for Schools (EGS)
The Ohio Department of Health, School and Adolescent Health, in collaboration with the Ohio Department of Public Safety's (ODPS), Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) program, and the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Committee of the Ohio AAP have produced its third edition of the Emergency Guidelines for Schools (EGS). The initial EGS were field tested in seven school districts throughout Ohio in 1997 and revised based on school feedback.