Part of Illinois's effort to measure improvements in developmental screening focused on increasing the number of paid claims for standardized screening. The Medicaid program found a 27 percent increase in these claims during the project. Paid claims for perinatal depression screening increased by 96 percent.

This section contains resources for "Gauging Success" developed by Illinois.

• Illinois' 2005 Perinatal/Postnatal Evaluation Tool for maternal depression screening
  Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services. (2006). This evaluative resource identifies the percentage of enrolled women that were screened for depression - as documented in the medical record - during the prenatal and/or postpartum period. In addition, the study was designed to collect data on whether or not treatment and follow-up occurred if the screening was positive for depression.
  2006 Perinatal-Postnatal Tool for Depression Screening.doc

• ABCD Healthy Beginnings Evaluation: Lessons Learned--Stakeholders
  Illinois ABCD Healthy Beginnings. (2006). This resource is a list of interview questions for the Healthy Mental Development panel workgroup and subcomittee members regarding their overall experience with the ABCD project.
  Attachment 1 Lessons Learned - end of year_1.doc

• ABCD Healthy Beginnings Pediatric Practice Social/Emotional (S/E) & Maternal Depression Questionnaire
  Illinois ABCD Healthy Beginnings. (2005). This survey was designed to evalute pediatric practices regarding their existing process for identifying social/emotional (S/E) & Maternal Depression in patients.
  ABCD SE - MD Survey.doc

• ABCD Healthy Beginnings Pediatric practice Social/Emotional (S/E) and Maternal Depression questionnaire
  Illinois ABCD Healthy Beginnings. (2006). This survey is the final questionnaire for pediatric practices on their use of Social/Emotional (S/E) and Maternal Depression screening.
  Attachment 4 SE - MD Survey -- End of Year_1.doc

• ABCD Healthy Beginnings Social/Emotional Consultant Consultation Satisfaction Survey
  Illinois ABCD Healthy Beginnings (2005) This resource is a satisfaction survey given to providers who recently used a Social/Emotional Consultant to access follow-up services for a patient.
  ABCD SE Consult Satisfaction Survey.doc

• ABCD Healthy Beginnings Social-Emotional Screening Card
  Illinois ABCD Healthy Beginnings. (2005). This document was designed for Illinois ABCD pilot sites to track social-emotional screening implementation and results.
  ABCD SE Screening Card.doc

• ABCD Healthy Beginnings: Parent Satisfaction Survey
  Illinois ABCD Healthy Beginnings (2006) This survey was given to parents who had completed the ASQ:SE.
  Attachment 3 Parent Satisfaction with ASQ-SE.doc

• Illinois ABCD II Healthy Beginnings Pilot Community Evaluation Report: Baseline data
  Illinois ABCD Healthy Beginnings. (July 2005). This report outlines baseline data (collected in needs assessments and surveys described elsewhere) prior to project implementation and outlines the initiative's goals to build the social/emotional health capacities of pediatricians and family physicians.
  IL Attachment 2 - Fourth Quarterly Report 2005.doc

• Handbook for Providers of Healthy Kids Services
  Illinois Department of Public Aid (2002) Illinois adopted objective developmental screening/evaluation instruments for all well child care visits. Please follow this link to refer to Illinois' Healthy Kids Handbook (currently under revision) - Section 203.5
  http://www.hfs.illinois.gov/assets/041404hk200.pdf