title: The role of the physician in early intervention screening for infants and toddlers.
abstract: Research conducted over the past decade with infants and preschool children has confirmed the positive outcomes of early intervention. As a result, an urgent need now exists to develop strategies which accurately identify children in need of such services. Information derived from a comprehensive research base suggests that developmental surveillance models hold the most promise for accurately identifying developmentally disabled and vulnerable young children; and moreover, that physicians must assume a critical role in such models. Research also indicates that if such models are to be effective, they must be multivariate, child and family focused, and undertaken more than once.
authors.affiliation: Department of Special Education, Rhode Island College, Providence.
authors.forename: T T
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Kochanek
mesh_terms: D002662:Child Health Services; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010819:Physician's Role