➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ:
US: AAP: Group Decisions Benefit Kids With Disabilities
Medpage Today – May 29, 2017
Shared decision-making (SDM) involving patients and physicians to develop treatment plans should always be used for children with disabilities, stated a clinical report from the Academy of Pediatrics. The report specifically suggested the practice for children with acquired and developmental disabilities, intellectual disabilities, neurodevelopmental disabilities, and those in the state foster care system with intellectual or developmental disabilities.
Report: Shared Decision-Making and Children With Disabilities: Pathways to Consensus: http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2017/05/25/peds.2017-0956
http://www.medpagetoday.com/pediatrics/parenting/65628