title: [The Exeter program of home visits by "developmental therapists". Suggestions on the procedure to follow in the presence of severe handicap in a child of less than 3 years].
abstract: The principal idea expressed in this paper is that there is a period of time between the birth of a child with a severe handicap and the realization of the parents that the child may need their specific individual attention to his general development because of that handicap: that this coincides with the period of time usually taken by doctors for diagnosis of all the aspects contributing to the developmental delay; that these periods are both likely to be two to three years. Intervention by a competent developmental therapist working weekly in the home is of specific aid to the infant, to the parents and to the doctor during this period.
mesh_terms: D002657:Child Development; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010287:Parent-Child Relations
vernacular_title: Le programme d'Exeter des visites à domicile par des "thérapeutes du développement".