This brochure was developed in partnership with the Massachusetts Consortium for Children with Special Health Care Needs, with significant input from a consumer advisory group, which comprised parents of children with special needs who represent diverse and underserved populations. Their collective experience determined the brochure’s key message ("Talk to other parents!"), its wording and format.
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Abstract: Studying the Early Identification of Children’s Developmental Disabilities: This Issues Brief, commissioned by the Commonwealth Fund, provides a profile of the research literature over the last 40 years on the topic of early identification of developmental disabilities in children. In addition, this brief explores, from a research point of view, what more we need to do to advance the practice of early identification.
Documents (in MS Word format):
- Studying the Early Identification of Children’s Developmental Disabilities: Prepared for the Commonwealth Fund, March, 2006
- Appendix A: Bibliography
- Appendix B: Databases
- Appendix C: List of Key Informants
Council on Children With Disabilities; Section on Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics; Bright Futures Steering Committee; Medical Home Initiatives for Children With Special Needs Project Advisory Committee. Identifying infants and young children with developmental disorders in the medical home: an algorithm for developmental surveillance and screening. Pediatrics. 2006;118:405-20.
