The initial response of the American Board of Pediatrics New Subspecialties Committee was to turn down our proposal. Your input reversed that decision. Although certification is not a sure fact, it will empower pediatricians and enhance the quality of their care. The collaborative effort of our Section, the Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, and the American Academy of Pediatrics was a major factor in this victory. The fall meeting is absolutely loaded with a wide variety of excellent topics covering a spectrum of developmental-behavioral and psychosocial pediatrics.
More detail is provided inside the newsletter.
See their biographic sketches inside the newsletter. Dr. Wallerstein will also present a separate shorter talk at the Plenary Session on Monday morning, October 28th. Dr. Barkley will speak on a panel at the Section meeting on Sunday morning and will present a three hour presentation at the Section-sponsored talk on Sunday afternoon. Implications of the model for understanding ADHD for new research, and for clinical practice will be reviewed. The purpose of this grass roots movement was to convince the ABP that Behavioral-Developmental Pediatrics is deserving of being a Board Certified Subspecialty.