Idaho State University's Family Practice Residency program trains 
physicians for rural family practice. Prior to our collaboration with 
the Opening Doors grant, the residency program had no formal curriculum 
in childhood development. The Opening Doors Project made it possible for 
us to: 

* Develop of a series of lectures on child development, 
* Design clinical demonstrations of typical and atypical development, 
* Offer rotations in developmental clinics 
* Train residents to use developmental screening tools 

The Opening Doors grant also enabled a graduate student to make a video 
of a special needs child and his family called "A Day in the Life of a 
Child with Special Needs." This video provides an opportunity for the 
residents to view and discuss what a day in the life of a special needs 
child entails. This helps the residents gain a perspective of what 
families deal with outside the physician's office. 

The residents graduate from our residency program with their own Denver 
II Developmental Screening kit in hand. I know our graduates use them on 
a regular basis and I get frequent calls from resident alumni asking 
questions about child development. In addition, a recent graduate has 
become the early intervention physician in his community in Oregon. As a 
result of the grant, the residents know that early identification leads 
to early intervention that can maximize a child's potential.