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1、EarlyInterventionStudyEarlyInterventionTaskForceMembers:CarlaTanner,Ed.D.,CSCLeslieGudgel,LauraDesterShelter,NeonatalFollowUpClinicKimWofford,ParentAdvocate;LauraDesterShelterSuzieDrover,HeadStartLynLucus,FamilyandChildrenServices,workingwithHeadStartJanFig
2、art,CSCSherlynWalton,TARC,FamilySupportCoordinatorZaidaCastro-Kepford,TARC,HispanicOutreachSpecialistEllenSchmeder,SoonerStartRegionalDirectorGinaFermanR.N.,RegionalCoordinator,SoonerSuccess,UniversityofOklahomaDeeAnnBrown,ResourceandReferralSpecialist,CCRC
3、BrendaButcher,TulsaHealthDepartment,ChildGuidanceProgramColleenAyers-Griffin,TulsaHealthyStart,CSCBarbaraFyfe,ParentChildCenterofTulsaEarlyInterventionStudyPurposeEarlyInterventionTaskForceTargetPopulationWhatisEarlyIntervention?WHATISEARLYINTERVENTION?Earl
4、yinterventionappliestochildrenofschoolageoryoungerwhoarediscoveredtohaveorbeatriskofdevelopingahandicappingcondition.Earlyinterventionconsistsoftheprovisionofservicesthatsuchchildrenandtheirfamiliesmayneed,tolessentheeffectsofthecondition.WHYISEARLYINTERVEN
5、TIONIMPORTANT?Developmentaldisabilitiesarepresentin17percentofAmericanchildren;withasmanyasoneineightchildrenhavingmentalretardationand/oradevelopmentaldisability.However,manychildrenwithbehavioralordevelopmentaldisabilitiesaremissingvitalopportunitiesforea
6、rlyidentificationandintervention.ISEARLYINTERVENTION COSTEFFECTIVE?Theavailabledataemphasizethelong-termcosteffectivenessofearlyintervention.Onashort-termbasis,EarlyInterventionismorecostlythantraditionalschool-agedservicedeliverymodels.However,therearesign
7、ificantexamplesoflong-termcostsavingsthatresultfromearlyinterventionprograms.CostEffectivenessofEarlyInterventionPerryPreschoolProjectfoundthatwhenschoolsinvestabout$3,000for1yearofpreschooleducationforachild,theyimmediatelybegintorecovertheirinvestmentthro
8、ughsavingsinspecialeducationservices.EarlyInterventionInOklahomaApproximately17%percentofOklahomachildrenhaveadisablingcondition.WeidentifyasmallpercentofthesechildrenearlyenoughtoprovideanappropriateE
