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BOSTON, April 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ New England ABA, a local provider of home and community-based Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy services to children and adolescents with autism and related diagnoses and part of The Stepping Stones Group, is proud to have been selected to partner with the Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Program on its new Autism Spectrum Disorder-Intellectual Disability clinical support service (MCPAP for ASD-ID). This service offers timely support and best clinical practices consultation to address crisis situations for youth and young adults with ASD-ID.
MCPAP for ASD-ID was created by the Executive Office of Health and Human Services in July 2020 in response to the challenges children and youth with ASD and/or ID and their families were facing during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the goal of providing increased supports, particularly during times of crisis.
Child Psychiatry Access Project for Autism Spectrum Disorder at the ready during pandemic
New emergency service helps Massachusetts youth and families facing behavioral health crises By Sandra Gray February 10, 2021
The Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center at UMass Medical School has helped launch a new program that helps families experiencing psychiatric emergencies as confinement at home and loss of outside supports during the COVID-19 pandemic have exacerbated behavioral health crises among youth. The Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Program for Autism Spectrum Disorder and Intellectual Disabilities or MCPAP for ASD-ID was launched in partnership with the Massachusetts Behavioral Health Partnership with funding from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services.
MCPAP for Moms wins AHRQ award!
Date Posted: Thursday, December 17, 2020
Congratulations to Nancy Byatt, Tiffany Moore Simas and all of the Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Program (MCPAP) for Moms Team. MCPAP for Moms was named a winner in the success story category of the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Cross-Sectional Innovation to Improve Rural Postpartum Mental Health Challenge. The
AHRQ challenge elicits narratives and proposals that address postpartum mental health in rural communities for the agency to share with health care systems, policymakers, state and federal partners, and the public. The COVID-19 pandemic has heightened the need for solutions to support population mental health, especially mothers experiencing postpartum mental health issues.