Physicians, to varying degrees, are increasingly involved in diagnostic formulation, collaborative intervention, and advocacy with handicapped children. There is now a greater emphasis on family assessments, neurodevelopmental examination, medical treatments, counseling, actual collaboration, and independent evaluation. (Author)

The Pediatric Examination of Educational Readiness, a standardized observation system which combines a prekindergarten physical examination with a neurodevelopmental and behavioral assessment, was field tested on 386 children, of whom 22 percent revealed a "definite concern" in one area of development or behavior, 8 percent in two, and…

The identification of early health and educational indicators was studied with a sample of 285 infants under 6 months of age as part of the Brookline Early Education Project to provide teaching and diagnostic services to infants and young children. Available from: Arthur Retlaw and Associates, Inc., Suite 2080, 1603 Orrington Avenue, Evanston,…