Overview

The Great Plains Autism Spectrum Disorder Treatment Program provides training, research, diagnostic and treatment services to North Dakota children and youth suspected or diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).

GPAST autism services are currently being provided through community-based screening and diagnostic clinics. Throughout our funding period, we will coordinate with community professionals to provide screening and diagnostic services. GPAST team members will be either onsite or utilizing distance technologies to connect families and their child’s teachers to professionals. The community-based clinics enables parents and teachers to access services without having to travel long distances. We recognize that by virtue of testing new technologies, there will be “lessons learned”. These efforts are being made to find a suitable service delivery model that meets the needs of our state and provides a quality and worthwhile service to families. It is our hope that through this process, we can affect statewide change by making recommendations to ND policymakers on how to enhance service delivery models in ND.