The Alaska ABCD Screening Academy Project established a statewide stakeholder group, implemented the use of a standardized screening tool in several practices, and worked to identify and implement state policy improvements to support effective screening.

Specifically, the ABCD Screening Academy project in Alaska improved developmental screening by:

• Improving state policy to better support developmental screening by advocating for a revision in Early Intervention eligibility levels from 50% developmental delays to 25% and requesting additional funding for Part C/Early Intervention services.
• Improving provider practice around the use of standardized developmental screening tools by developing universal referral and feedback forms for the Anchorage area to improve the referral and communication process, forms which can be adapted for other areas of the state, and developing a pamphlet for parents on "why to follow up with a referral" which will be printed and distributed along with other information to medical offices.
• Sustaining and spreading the use of standardized screening tools as part of well child care from a ‘best practice’ to a ‘standard of practice’ by replicating lessons learned in the demonstration sites in additional sites and sustaining these activities through a funding request to the Alaska Mental Health Trust.