Developmental Surveillance and Screening of Infants and Young Children

Early identification of children with developmental delays is important in the primary care setting. The pediatrician is the best-informed professional with whom many families have contact during the first 5 years of a child's life. Parents look to the pediatrician to be the expert not only on...

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Published in:Pediatrics (Evanston) 2001-07, Vol.108 (1), p.192-196
Main Authors: Sandler, Adrian D, Brazdziunas, Dana, Carl, W, Lilliam Gonzalez de Pijem
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Child Development
Child development deviations
Child, Preschool
Children & youth
Developmental disabilities
Diagnosis
Health screening
Humans
Infant
Infants
Mass Screening
Medical examination
Medical sciences
Medical screening
Pediatrics
Population Surveillance
Prevention and actions
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Specific populations (family, woman, child, elderly...)
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Summary:Early identification of children with developmental delays is important in the primary care setting. The pediatrician is the best-informed professional with whom many families have contact during the first 5 years of a child's life. Parents look to the pediatrician to be the expert not only on childhood illnesses but also on development. Early intervention services for children from birth to 3 years of age and early childhood education services for children 3 to 5 years of age are widely available for children with developmental delays or disabilities in the United States. Developmental screening instruments have improved over the years, and instruments that are accurate and easy to use in an office setting are now available to the pediatrician. This statement provides recommendations for screening infants and young children and intervening with families to identify developmental delays and disabilities.
ISSN:0031-4005
1098-4275
DOI:10.1542/peds.108.1.192