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Malone, Delia G.; Gallagher, Peggy A. – Journal of Early Intervention, 2008
The purpose of this study was to examine factors influencing easier transitions and placements of young children with disabilities into Part B preschool special education programs. The authors examined associations between children's referral age and the following factors: (a) level of functioning of the child, (b) educational level of the mother,…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Disabilities, Young Children, Referral
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Blackman, James A. – Journal of Early Intervention, 1996
In response to O'Brien et al., who examined predictors of child outcome among at-risk infants as possible eligibility criteria for early intervention programs, this paper notes that most biological risk factors in infants are not adequately predictive of developmental dysfunction. It stresses that when social problems are the cause of…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Development, Disabilities, Disadvantaged Environment
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O'Brien, Marion; Rice, Mabel; Roy, Carolyn – Journal of Early Intervention, 1996
This study evaluated the usefulness of perinatal medical status, environmental risk, and infant developmental status as predictors of low IQ at age 4 among 70 4-year-olds who had been in a neonatal intensive care unit at birth. It found family environment the most predictive, 18-month developmental assessments somewhat useful, and perinatal health…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Biological Influences, Early Identification, Early Intervention