TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Early Intervention and Special Education A1 - Godwin, Dinah L. A1 - Berretta, Marcia A1 - Turcich, Marie A2 - Kline, Mark W. PY - 2018 T2 - Rudolph's Pediatrics, 23e 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. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182924358 ER -