Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics Training Program

leadership roles as teachers, investigators, and clinicians, and provide other trainees—including pediatric practitioners, residents, and medical students—with biopsychosocial knowledge and clinical expertise, including with ASD/DD.  Awardees should ensure trainees in this program: Receive an appropriate balance of academic, clinical, and community opportunities; Demonstrate a capacity to evaluate, diagnose or rule out, develop, and provide evidence-based interventions to individuals with ASD/DD; Demonstrate an ability to use a family-centered approach; Are culturally competent; and Are ethnically diverse.[1] “Fellowships” refer to non-degree-related training and “traineeships” refer to degree-related training.  As used elsewhere the term "trainee" is generic.  Appendix A: Applicable Standards for Using Grant Funds to Support Trainees/Fellows defines trainees and fellows and provides guidelines for support.  To be considered a long-term trainee, the trainee must complete 300 or more hours of DBP leadership, clinical, and didactic training. [1] For the purposes of this notice of funding opportunity, grantees will meet the objective of ethnic diversity through recruitment of racially and ethnically diverse trainees.   See Project Narrative, Methodology, Trainee Recruitment and Retention for additional information.