Activity ID
13310Expires
July 25, 2025Format Type
InternetCME Credit
22Fee
$0CME Provider: University of Missouri School of Medicine
Description of CME Course
ECHO Autism: Intense Behavior aims to increase access to best-practice assessment, diagnosis, and treatment for individuals on the autism spectrum with intense behavior such as severe emotional dysregulation, self-injurious behaviors, and physical aggression towards others. A variety of research studies have shown that 30% to 50% of the autism population engages in self-injurious behaviors and 10% to 58% exhibit aggression towards others. Such behaviors can be physically dangerous to the person exhibiting such intense behaviors and those around them, as well as interfere with learning and access to typical activities. Professional expertise in the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of intense behavior in people on the spectrum is lacking, with only a few locations in the United States that are equipped to address this issue in a holistic, evidence-based manner. As a result of this program, we will measure for an increase in clinician use of standardized measures during initial assessments that assess for underlying medical, psychiatric, environmental, and social factors in their practice. We will also measure for an increase in clinician delivery or referral of evidence-based psychopharmacological, behavioral, medical, and communicative treatments to reduce/stabilize intense behavior in their autistic patients. This ECHO program will be geared towards general and child/adolescent psychiatrists, developmental/behavioral pediatricians, and neurologists. With this audience in mind, we hope to train practitioners about the importance of assessing and providing appropriate, evidence-based treatments for medical and psychiatric co-morbidities in those with profound autism. We will also share about collaborating with families, caregivers, schools, and therapies and how this integrated care and cohesive communication can provide even better outcomes.
ABMS Member Board Approvals by Type
ABMS Lifelong Learning CME Activity
Family Medicine
Psychiatry and Neurology
Commercial Support?
NoNOTE: If a Member Board has not deemed this activity for MOC approval as an accredited CME activity, this activity may count toward an ABMS Member Board’s general CME requirement. Please refer directly to your Member Board’s MOC Part II Lifelong Learning and Self-Assessment Program Requirements.
Educational Objectives
Increase participant self-efficacy in applying the best practice assessments of underlying contributors (e.g., medical, psychiatric, environmental, social factors) in a person on the autism spectrum experiencing intense behavior.
Increase participant self-efficacy in applying evidence-based treatments (e.g., psychopharmacology, behavioral, medical and communication) to stabilize intense behavior in autistic people.
Increase knowledge of available resources regionally and statewide.
Keywords
Interprofessional; Neurodiversity; De-escalation
Competencies
Interpersonal & Communication Skills, Medical Knowledge, Patient Care & Procedural Skills, Practice-based Learning & Improvement
CME Credit Type
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
Practice Setting
Academic Medicine, Inpatient, Outpatient, Physician Scientists, Rural, Urban