RT Book, Section
A1 Godwin, Dinah L.
A1 Berretta, Marcia
A1 Turcich, Marie
A2 Kline, Mark W.
SR Print(0)
ID 1182924358
T1 Early Intervention and Special Education
T2 Rudolph's Pediatrics, 23e
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259588594
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182924358
RD 2024/04/24
AB This  chapter  will  discuss  the  types  of  early  intervention  and  special  education  services  available,  the  referral  process,  and  what  pediatricians  and  other  pediatric  medical  providers  can  do  to  help  their  families  learn  to  navigate  these  important  systems.  Some  red  flags  that  should  alert  pediatric  medical  providers  to  the  potential  need  for  early  intervention  supports  for  infants  and  toddlers  include  high-risk  neurobiologic  (eg,  prematurity)  or  psychosocial  (eg,  teenaged  parents,  maternal  depression,  poverty)  conditions  and  failure  to  attain  developmental  milestones  as  expected.  Red  flags  for  preschool-aged  children  to  alert  pediatric  medical  providers  to  the  potential  need  for  special  education  preschool  supports  include  high-risk  neurobiologic  or  psychosocial  conditions,  new  medical  or  developmental  diagnoses,  failure  to  attain  developmental  milestones  as  expected,  and  associated  maladaptive  behaviors.  For  school-aged  children,  red  flags  to  alert  pediatric  medical  providers  to  the  potential  need  for  special  education  supports  include  high-risk  neurobiologic  or  psychosocial  conditions,  new  medical  or  developmental  diagnoses,  failure  to  attain  developmental  milestones  and  academic  skills  (ie,  school  failure),  and  associated  maladaptive  behaviors.