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Newborn Hearing Screening: What It Means for Providers of Early Intervention Services.
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Widen, Judith E.; Bull, R. Warren; Folsom, Richard C. – Infants and Young Children, 2003
This article describes hearing screening procedures and discusses implications and limitations of passing screening tests, being referred for rescreening, and failing the test. Follow-up intervention and evaluation that may be needed for children with hearing loss are discussed, and practical advice for professionals involved with screening and…
Descriptors: Auditory Tests, Clinical Diagnosis, Disability Identification, Early Childhood Education
Training in Family-Focused Developmental Care: Bridging the Gap between Traditional and Family-Centered Care in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
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Walburn, Kathleen S.; Balsillie, Lois J.; Heermann, Judith A. – Infants and Young Children, 1997
An educational program developed to prepare health professionals in a neonatal intensive care unit to initiate family-focused developmental care (FFDC) is described. The program was designed to support families with preterm infants. Findings suggest that the program was cost-efficient, prepared nurses to efficiently initiate FFDC, and improved…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Disabilities, Family Needs, Family Programs
Role of Reflective Process in the Implementation of Developmentally Supportive Care in the Newborn Intensive Care Nursery.
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Gilkerson, Linda; Als, Heidelise – Infants and Young Children, 1995
This article describes the reflective process component of a multisite study of the effectiveness of family-focused, developmentally supportive care with low birthweight infants. Reflection is felt to be of particular value to developmental care because of the nature of the developmental approach itself, which is theory-guided, relationship-based,…
Descriptors: Birth Weight, Child Development, Conceptual Tempo, Developmental Programs
Prenatal Diagnosis: Current Procedures and Implications for Early Interventionists Working with Families.
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Blasco, Patricia M.; And Others – Infants and Young Children, 1994
This article provides an overview of procedures commonly used in prenatal screening and diagnosis including ultrasound, amniocentesis, chorionic villus biopsy, maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein, and deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) analysis. Emphasis is on the role of the early interventionist in supporting families during prenatal diagnosis. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Diagnostic Tests, Disabilities, Early Intervention