At this point, all individuals will be required to take a certification exam. We will publish more details as they become available. Look for a detailed article in the AAP Section on Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics Newsletter, copublished on the PDB web site. Bill introduced to improve access to mental health services. This clearly is a different approach to the one suggested by Dr. Geertsma above.
Comments are welcome.
Last year, Rep. Walsh proposed similar legislation that was not acted upon by Congress. He reinforced his commitment to addressing early hearing loss by forming a work group of pediatric and hearing experts, including members of the Academy, to improve the legislation. If passed, this new bill will authorize financial support for statewide newborn and infant hearing screening, evaluation and intervention. It also will offer technical assistance, statewide data management, a national applied research program and private sector collaboration for policy development. This is from a mailing sent to the Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics.