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Managing Sleep Behavior

Sleep problems are a concern commonly reported by parents and are frequently identified in-clinic in children with autism. Children with ASD are known to suffer from a variety of sleep problems including delayed sleep onset, night waking, early awake... More...

Guidelines

Researchers and clinicians are working toward the development of clinical practice guidelines and algorithms for identifying and treating medical problems that often affect individuals with autism: Sleep Dist... More...

NICHQ: National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality

A partner to ensure the quality of our guidelines

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Data Coordinating Center - EMMES

The ATN Data Coordinating Center (DCC) ensures the security and integrity of the Registry data collected by the ATN for its activities, including guideline development and research studies carried out by the AIR-P, and supports the analysis of the... More...

Clinical Coordinating Center – MGH

Clinical Coordinating Center The Clinical Coordinating Center (CCC) leads the Autism Treatment Network (ATN) sites in the development of consensus-based guidelines; spearheads the creation of the Registry for children with autism; and supports the... More...

Sleep Disorders – Beth Malow, M.D., M.S.

Meet the AIR-P Researchers

Beth Malow, M.D., M.S.

Dr. Malow is ... More...

Nutrition – Susan Hyman, M.D.

Meet the AIR-P Researchers Susan L. Hyman, M.D.

Dr. Hyman is Pr... More...

Guidance and Oversight

AIR-P Steering Committee Guides the Collaborators To help the many collaborators that make up the AIR-P maintain a consistent focus, common understanding and effective communication, an AIR-P Steering Committee was appointed. This committee, w... More...

Day-to-Day Operations

On a day-to-day basis, the work of the AIR-P is carried out by the 17 ATN sites, under the general guidance and direction of James M. Perrin, M.D., Director, of the ATN Clinical Coordinating Center at Massachusetts General Hospital (MassGeneral), ... More...

Funding the Program

The Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) The funds which have made the AIR-P possible were made available through the Combating Autism Act, and were awarded in Fiscal Year 2008 through a competitive grant application process administe... More...