Assessment of children with learning and behavioural problems: Comparison of a multidisciplinary and sole paediatrician model

Abstract

Parents attending both clinics were satisfied with the assessment process. MD assessment of children with suspected learning and/or behavioural concerns appears to have the additional benefit of helping families to better understand their child's difficulties. Fewer families attending MD clinics reported that recommendations were useful and practical compared with the SP model.

Agreement between concern about autism spectrum disorder at the time of referral and diagnosis, and factors associated with agreement

“…There is also the risk of assessment findings not being optimally linked to delivery of care and intervention . Emerging evidence supports the importance of service structure emphasising links between multidisciplinary assessments and secondary care, with parents valuing information regarding their child's strengths and weakness gained from multidisciplinary assessments, but finding recommendations from sole paediatricians more useful …”

Preventive Behavioral Health Programs in Primary Care: A Systematic Review

“…88 Multiple parent-reported measures of child behavior were included in 13 studies. In 4 of these studies, 45,46,55,56,72 a difference in child behavior was observed between groups for some measures and not others, and these findings were unexplained by the theory of the intervention's mechanism. For example, Patterson et al 56 found that ECBI Intensity scores improved more in the intervention than control group at 6-month follow-up.…”