A site-specific care guideline for children, youth, and adolescents with autism

A common challenge across all practice settings is the need to balance consistent, evidence-based processes with the variability inherent in client-centered care provided by practitioners with diverse perspectives and experiences. This challenge takes on new dimensions in the context of a large and expanding children’s hospital as a result of multiple factors, including high referral volumes, client diversity (e.g., age, diagnosis, acuity), team size, and setting variability (e.g., hospital, satellite clinic, community partner organization).