Programs
Helping Pediatric Professionals
Stay Up to Date
ICAAP has developed and continues to evolve a number of programs dedicated to helping pediatric professionals stay up to date with the latest issues affecting pediatric populations throughout Illinois. These initiatives are identified by need and supported through state, federal, or private funding and are administered by either ICAAP committees or special coalitions. Our programming is specially designed to help busy pediatric professionals stay on top of important medical trends and updates throughout the year.
Early Childhood Initiatives
Explore resources and tools designed to help medical providers and families manage the unique challenges and opportunities that arise during early childhood.
Early Intervention
The Early Intervention (EI) Toolkit includes a number of tools and resources for medical providers and families on developmental screening, the EI referral process, and more.
Oral Health
Web-based training, tools, screening, and information to help encourage better oral health practices in children and their families early on.
Reach Out & Read
Reach Out & Read Illinois builds on the relationship between parents and healthcare providers by helping prepare low-income children for kindergarten by incorporating books into pediatric visits from six months to five years.
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
This program helps pediatric health care providers advance healthy child development, address ACEs, and strengthen families and their resiliency through an equity lens.
Adolescent Health Initiatives
Engage with webinars, resources, and educational tools to help increase adolescent well-visits and better address the needs and concerns of adolescents and their families.
Adolescent Health Webinars
Each of these webinars is designed to support providers and health care professionals in encouraging adolescent well-care visits and provide practical tools and resources for caring for adolescents.
Transitioning Youth to Adult Heath Care
Participate in this online course to help better equip your practice with the information, tools, and resources you need to help patients and their families make a smooth transition to adult health care.
Pediatric Mental Health Support
As pediatricians, we recognize that mental health and emotional wellness are key components in the healthy growth and development of children. As an organization, we are working to empower pediatricians and other providers throughout the state of Illinois help infants, and teen build resilience, better manage conflict, and learn new coping mechanisms.
Housing Insecurity
Take part in listening sessions and webinars, explore evidence-based articles, and engage with educational presentations to help your practice aid in the prevention and mitigation of child health risks associated with house insecurity.
First Steps: Improving Child Health and Housing
Works to prevent and mitigate child health risks associated with house insecurity with a specific focus on children ages 0 to 6 and pregnant persons.
Collaborative on Child Homelessness - Illinois (COCHI)
A multi-disciplinary, multi-organizational coalition with the purpose of improving health outcomes for young children, families, and pregnant persons experiencing housing insecurity by increasing capacity and fair access to housing through a deliberate racial equity and justice lens. The Collaborative broadly defines housing insecurity to include both those who are literally homeless and those living doubled up.
Lead Poisoning Prevention
Healthcare provider outreach and education on childhood lead poisoning prevention. The overall goal is to gather credible resources and collaborate with disinvested communities to educate physicians and families on the importance of childhood lead screening and poisoning prevention.
Food Insecurity
The Illinois Partnership for Childhood Nutrition Security Project fosters collaboration between pediatricians, state food delivery, and family support partners to improve pediatrician food insecurity screening, referral mechanisms, and resource delivery to families.
Immigration
Better serve immigrant families by learning about new referrals, engaging with forums, watching webinars, and reviewing presentations dedicated to creating new ways to better manage the needs of immigrant and refugee patients and their families.
Immigrants face challenges and stressors that can prevent their access to timely and comprehensive medical care. They may also face food and housing insecurity, communication barriers, and have little to no experience navigating our health care system.
Improving Access to Care (IAC)
IAC’s pilot project seeks to reduce the proportion of individuals who are unable to obtain or are delayed in obtaining necessary medical care, dental care, or prescription medicines due to immigrant status.
Refugee Immigrant Child Health Initiative (RICHI)
Learn new ways to improve the quality of care for our immigrant patients and their families through better comprehensive assessments, patient and medical resources, and training on advocacy, outreach, and education.
Immunizations
ICAAP is committed to supporting the implementation of immunization best practices in collaboration with the Illinois Department of Public Health and local health departments. We offer CME/CE approved education to public health providers, university hospitals and clinics, medical universities, and nursing and medical assistant programs through materials, webinars, live events, and e-learning opportunities.
Immunization Campaigns
Engage with resources specifically designed to help pediatric professionals promote and strengthen trust in the vaccines during every patient visit and to increase vaccination rates in your community.
Family Immunization Resources
Parents and caregivers can explore helpful resources on immunizations. Pediatric professionals can also share these resources with their patients and families.
Firearm Violence Prevention
Firearm violence is a public health issue. It occurs for many reasons – anger, fear, despair, impulsivity, revenge, intimate partner violence, crime. In 2020, firearm-related injuries became the leading cause of death for U.S. children and teens aged 1-19.
ICAAP works to educate pediatricians on firearm violence prevention, anticipatory guidance and IL laws around firearms. ICAAP is dedicated to helping pediatricians in being be a strong voice for policies that support gun violence prevention, gun safety and safe storage, and more.