CDE, known nationally as Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM), combines data from multiple sources to estimate the number of 8-year old children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder or mental retardation who live in the counties of Alamance, Caswell, Chatham, Davidson, Durham, Forsyth, Guilford, Orange, Randolph, Rockingham, and Wake. This study cross-references multiple agencies that evaluate and serve children with autism in order to comprehensively identify cases and to avoid double-counting cases seen by multiple agencies. We work under formal agreements with the following agencies to collect this data:
· North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
· North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
· Division TEACCH at UNC-Chapel Hill
Eleven states currently participate in the ADDM network: Colorado, Wisconsin, Missouri, Arkansas, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Maryland.
To contact us:
Paula Bell
CDE Project Coordinator
CB#: 8050
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-8050
Phone: 919-966-8083
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NC-CADDRE
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What is ‘child development’?
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