A Developmental Systems Model for Early Intervention

Improving the General Language Skills of Second-Language Learners in Kindergarten: A Randomized Controlled Trial

“…This situation may have led the children in the control group to close the gap relative to the children in the treatment group. However, the observed "fade-out" of gains in this intervention is in line with that found in other studies of intervention effects in early childhood (see Barnett, 2011;Guralnick, 2005 for a discussion of this). Such results speak to the need to strengthen our knowledge of the effectiveness of interventions, and future studies should value a more longterm perspective.…”

O momento da avaliação na intervenção precoce: o envolvimento da família estudo das qualidades psicométricas do ASQ-2 dos 30 aos 60 meses

“…Nos últimos anos, a intervenção precoce caracterizou-se por progressos importantes, ao nível conceptual, teórico e prático, tendo implicações na implementação e organização da abordagem centrada na família (DUNST, 2000;ESPE-SHERWINDT, 2008;GURALNICK, 2005). Meisels e Shonkoff (2000) definem intervenção precoce como o conjunto de serviços prestados às crianças entre zero e cinco anos de idade, em que os principais objetivos são: promover a saúde e o bem-estar da criança, impulsionar a emergência de competências; minimizar os atrasos no desenvolvimento; remediar as incapacidades existentes ou emergentes; impedir a deterioração funcional e promover a adaptação parental e o funcionamento global da família.…”

The Developmental Systems Approach to Early Intervention. Michael J. Guralnick. Paul H. Brookes Pub. Co., Baltimore, MD; London, 2005. pp. 655. Price: $45.00. ISBN 1557667977

“…Developmental Systems is clearly organized into three sections}'Principles,' 'Practices: National Perspectives' and 'Practices: International Perspectives'}with a total of 24 supporting chapters. The first section, Principles, begins with an excellent overview of the Developmental Systems Model by Dr Guralnick, which appeared several years earlier in an Infants and Young Children article (Guralnick, 2001). Here the framework for a cohesive and coordinated early intervention system, including nine critical components: screening and referral; monitoring and surveillance; point of access; interdisciplinary assessment; eligibility; assessment of stressors; development and implementation of a comprehensive programme; monitoring and outcome evaluations; and transition planning is described.…”