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Journal of Pediatric Psychology, Vol. 29, No. 1, 2004, pp. 61-63
© 2004 Society of Pediatric Psychology; all rights reserved

Commentary: We Can Make Our Own Dime or Two, Help Children and Their Families, and Advance Science While Doing So

Dennis Drotar, PhD

Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

All correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Dennis Drotar, PhD, Division of Behavioral Pediatrics and Psychology, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Mather 230, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-6038. E-mail: dxd3@po.cwru.edu.

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Rae (this issue) has called our attention to a critical and daunting set of issues that face pediatric psychologists and the children and families with whom they work: the financing of pediatric psychology services in a managed care environment. This commentary extends relevant discussion to consider the following issues: (1) strategies for economic survival and program development in a managed care environment, and (2) implications for the future of pediatric psychology, including training.

Strategies for Economic Survival and Program Development in a Managed Care Environment

Strategies for Income Generation
I share Rae's confidence that despite the challenges of managed care, pediatric psychology will survive, if not flourish, but not without extraordinary work and innovation. Perhaps at no time in the history of pediatric psychology has the entrepreneurial spirit of the field's founders, such as Salk (1970)Go and Wright (1967)Go, been more needed than it is now. But to what directions should such entrepreneurial energies be put? Rae (this issue) has outlined some excellent suggestions, and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Strategies for Advocacy to Enhance Reimbursement of Pediatric Psychology Services
Implications for Training and the Future of the Field of Pediatric Psychology


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