Description
Book SynopsisThis book guides decision-making for professionals and communities working to create and maintain state-of-the-art early intervention programs. The book presents a comprehensive early intervention model that supports children and their families. The model is a community-based system that integrates large amounts of current early intervention knowledge. It is a practical model and can be applied in any community. This volume brings together many highly respected experts in early intervention. The authors describe the model, its components, and the principles that guide it. They also discuss various early intervention practices, and international practices in specific countries.
Table of ContentsPrinciples; An Overview of the Developmental Systems Approach to Early Intervention; Service Coordination and Integration in a Developmental Systems Approach to Early Intervention; Inclusion as a Core Value in Early Intervention; Practices: National Perspectives; Screening and Surveillance in Early Intervention Systems; Designing an Integrated Point of Access in the Early Intervention System; The Role of Comprehensive Interdisciplinary Assessments in the Early Intervention System; Assessing the Information Needs of Families in Early Intervention; Assessing Interpersonal and Family Distress and Threats to Confident Parenting in the Context of Early Intervention; Assessing the Resource Needs of Families in the Context of Early Intervention; Assessing Family Characteristics Relevant to Early Intervention; Developing and Implementing Preventive Intervention Programs for Children at Risk: Poverty as a Case in Point; Developing and Implementing Early Intervention Programs: Children with Established Disabilities; Monitoring and Evaluation in the System of Early Intervention Programs; Ensuring Effective Transitions in Early Intervention; Practices: International Perspectives; Australia; Austria; Canada; Great Britain; Greece; Israel; Italy; Spain; Sweden; Developing Countries
