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Early Intervention (Education)
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Definition of 'Early Intervention (Education)'Procedures and programs that facilitate the development or skill acquisition in infants and young children who have disabilities, who are at risk for developing disabilities, or who are gifted. It includes programs that are designed to prevent handicapping conditions in infants and young children and family-centered programs designed to affect the functioning of infants and children with special needs. (From Journal of Early Intervention, Editorial, 1989, vol. 13, no. 1, p. 3; A Discursive Dictionary of Health Care, prepared for the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, 1976) |
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Sugar-coaters and straight talkers: communicating about developmental delays in primary care.
12 Sep 2009 
OBJECTIVES: The goals were to investigate parents' and early intervention (EI) specialists' beliefs and experiences regarding discussing child development in primary care and to identify communication barriers and opportunities. METHODS: Focus ... Read more...
Efficacy of interventions to improve motor development in young children: a systematic review.
5 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to systematically review evidence from controlled trials on the efficacy of motor development interventions in young children. METHODS: A literature search of interventions was conducted of 14 electronic ... Read more...
30 Aug 2009 AIM: The aim of this study was to review the effects of early developmental intervention after discharge from hospital on motor and cognitive development in preterm infants. METHOD: Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) or quasi-RCTs of early ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Early Intervention (Education)'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Sugar-coaters and straight talkers: communicating about developmental delays in primary care. 12 Sep 2009
- Efficacy of interventions to improve motor development in young children: a systematic review. 5 Sep 2009
- Do early intervention programmes improve cognitive and motor outcomes for preterm infants after discharge? A systematic review. 30 Aug 2009
- North Carolina's ABCD program: using community care networks to improve the delivery of childhood developmental screening and referral to early intervention services. 30 Jul 2009
- No change in the age of diagnosis for fragile x syndrome: findings from a national parent survey. 3 Jul 2009
- Applied behavior analytic interventions for children with autism: a description and review of treatment research. 29 Jun 2009
- A new model of foster care for young children: the Bucharest early intervention project. 29 Jun 2009
- Optimizing early development and understanding trajectories of resiliency after extreme prematurity.
29 Jun 2009 - Creating a healthier future through early interventions for children. Jun 2009
- Community management of intellectual disabilities in Pakistan: a mixed methods study. 30 May 2009
- Moderators of outcome in a brief family-centered intervention for preventing early problem behavior. 30 May 2009
- A selective intervention program for inhibited preschool-aged children of parents with an anxiety disorder: effects on current anxiety disorders and temperament. 30 May 2009
- Nothing about us without us: involving families in early support. 30 May 2009
- Lowering developmental screening thresholds and raising quality improvement for preterm children. 30 May 2009
- Factors influencing the enrollment of eligible extremely-low-birth-weight children in the part C early intervention program. 28 May 2009
- Systematic review of interventions for children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders.
23 May 2009 - Attachment and symbolic play in preschoolers with autism spectrum disorders. 5 May 2009
- Relations between parenting quality and cognitive performance of children experiencing varying amounts of childcare. 29 Apr 2009
- Effective early literacy skill development for young Spanish-speaking English language learners: an experimental study of two methods. 29 Apr 2009
- Meta-analysis of Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention for children with autism. 29 Apr 2009
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Technical information about 'Early Intervention (Education)'
Definition: Procedures and programs that facilitate the development or skill acquisition in infants and young children who have disabilities, who are at risk for developing disabilities, or who are gifted. It includes programs that are designed to prevent handicapping conditions in infants and young children and family-centered programs designed to affect the functioning of infants and children with special needs. (From Journal of Early Intervention, Editorial, 1989, vol. 13, no. 1, p. 3; A Discursive Dictionary of Health Care, prepared for the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, 1976)
Descriptor UI: D018479
Alternative terms: Early Intervention (Education); Early Interventions (Education); Intervention, Early (Education); Interventions, Early (Education); Early Intervention; Early Interventions; Intervention, Early; Interventions, Early; Head Start Program; Head Start Programs; Program, Head Start;
Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; supply & distribution; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;
Tree Number: N02.421.143.130.320; N02.421.143.827.320; N02.421.726.320;
History Note: 95
Technical Notes: restrict to procedures for developing skills in children with special needs: do not use for early intervention in various organic & systemic dis; DF: EARLY INTERVENTION