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PRACTICE ISSUES
The Practice Issues Committee, which is open to new members, will address the following Goal 6 objectives of the July 2007 Strategic Plan:

1. Analyze, interpret and disseminate the results of the Practice Parameters and Financial Factors survey.

2. Facilitate discussion of practice issues, to include: sessions on coding at annual meetings, venues for discussion at the annual meeting and DB: PREP, and collaboration with the AAP Section on DBP.

3. Determine strategies to champion interdisciplinary practice, to include publicizing successful models of interdisciplinary practice.

4. Evaluate the needs for SIGs and research registries for quality improvement in clinical practice.

5. Promote best practices in DBP to all child health care providers, to include exploration of development of standards of care.

6. Consider collaborating with other relevant groups to conduct a workforce analysis for the field.

MEMBERSHIP
The Membership Committee is working on meeting Goal 1 of the strategic plan. Goal 1 reads, “To become the organizational home for professionals engaged in interdisciplinary approaches to developmental-behavioral health.� The committee is open to new members.

RESEARCH

• Description: The research committee works in an interdisciplinary manner to support the SDBP Strategic Goal of promoting and disseminating research in developmental-behavioral health. Its membership spans a broad range of research interests, and is comprised of both experienced and less experienced individuals.
  
  
• Goals for 2007-2008: Create a database of research expertise within the SDBP Increase mentoring of junior researchers within the SDBP Identify research networks outside the SDBP for potential liaison and collaboration Continue to coordinate the SDBP Research Award Continue to provide expert review of abstracts submitted for the Annual Meeting
  
  
• The Research Committee is open to new members.

EDUCATION
The Education Committee is an interdisciplinary group of individuals interested in promoting innovative, efficient and effective education in Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics as a means of equipping teachers to help their trainees become competent in promoting optimal developmental and behavioral health for all children.

Current goals of the committee include:

1. Promoting optimal resident education in DB Pediatrics through providing educational workshops focusing on model methods of teaching and evaluating residents and establishing an online library of such resources;
   
   
2. promoting lifelong learning of DB Pediatricians through additional educational activities (e.g. DB Prep, DB Peds Self-Assessment); and
   
   
3. provide for ongoing communication among DB Pediatrics educators to address new and ongoing concerns. The committee is open to any member wishing to participate and encourages the participation of fellows.

ADVOCACY
The primary agenda item for the Advocacy committee this year will be the identification of 1 and no more than 2 advocacy issues for a 3 year focus. The committee is open to new members and is also seeking a Co-Chair.

FELLOWSHIP TRAINING
The DBP Fellowship Training Committee had a busy and productive year. As our first official year as a committee, we focused on preparing current and future program directors for the reporting requirements of the ACGME. To this end, Mary Pipan and Carol Weitzman presented a workshop as part of the 2007 pre-meeting educational workshops that focused on teaching the ACGME competencies and evaluating programs, fellows and faculty. Dan Coury, Franklin Trimm and Adam Pallant presented at the workshop on different aspects. We hope to have a fellowship relevant workshop submitted each year and anticipate that this will be a valuable and informative workshop.

The other major thrust of the committee in the past year has been to develop a webpage on the SDBP website that will serve as a warehouse of materials that can be used by existing and new programs to evaluate all aspects of their program. In addition, we are gathering current PIFs that we can post for centers considering applying for accreditation. Last, we have added links to valuable websites related to ACGME competencies and writing PIFs.

In the coming year, we hope to continue to develop the webpage, submit another workshop proposal and examine membership in SDBP among fellows who have graduated training programs. We are looking for additional members who wish to contribute ideas and some effort over the next year.

PROGRAM
The program committee plans the annual meeting. In this endeavor, we strive to achieve a balance of topics, to select the best science in our field and to present a broad range of topics to be interesting to a diverse group of clinicians, researchers and teachers. The committee selects workshops, evaluates abstracts and meets annually at the meeting. In addition, periodic conference calls occur. The committee is a small but dedicated group. If you are interested in being considered as a member, please contact Program committee chair, Nancy Lanphear, MD. We periodically have openings to join this group.

PAST PRESIDENTS COMMITTEE
A special luncheon to honor the past presidents of the Society during our 25th anniversary was held on the last day of the 2007 annual meeting and was attended by over half of the past presidents (see picture in the 2007 Meeting highlights). As a result of the meeting, the group decided that they would like to form a Past Presidents Committee; Ellen C Perrin will be the new Chair to coordinate the group's activities and to provide input to the Executive Council.

The goals of the group include:

1. Assist with maintaining and recording the institutional memory of the Society, including the history of its founding.

2. Serve as consultants to the Executive Council, Officers, or Committees (or Committee Chairs). The various committees include:
   Advocacy, Communications, Development, Education, Fellowship Training, Membership, Practice Issues, and Research. Past presidents may also wish to serve as a regular member of a committee (the membership of committees is open; only chairs/co-chairs are appointed).

3. Volunteer to play a role in the Annual Meeting -- such as moderating a session or helping to plan a special session.

The Group will meet at the SDBP annual meeting, and communicate by conference call or electronically between the meetings.