Effective Early Intervention Summary

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The article “Effective Early Intervention” is about the handicapped assistance act (MPP) that was passed in 1968 with the purpose of implementing early intervention for children with developmental problems. The act was very successful and at the beginning applied mostly to kids with Down syndrome but has changed to assist other PDD’s. The first objective of the services was to increase the rate of development in kids in areas such as fine and gross movement, cognition, communication and social. Kids were taught in stages in each of the areas to help them improve and learn. The second objective was to involve parents with the teaching styles conducted in school so that they would implement the concepts at home as well. The third objective for …show more content…

The fourth objective was to be able to replicate the program as much as possible. The MPP was a program that was implemented across the country in small and large schools, with all types of teacher ratios, urban or rural backgrounds. This study reports the developmental outcomes of children who participated in the MPP. There were 194 children who participated in the study most of them with a diagnosis of Down syndrome and the rest with some sort of mental retardation. The time spent on intervention varied for all the participants, they were in the program for about 13 months being monitored and tested about every 3 months. The results of the study showed that the kids had improved in developmental areas, further suggesting that the program is successful in early intervention for kids with special needs.

The article “A Mixed-Methods Study of Early Intervention Implementation in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania” is about the need for early identification of symptoms that suggest a diagnosis of a developmental delay in children. Early intervention is critical considering that children change so much in the first years of their life. High quality early intervention has shown to increase the likelihood of the child doing well academically and developing better skills. The involvement of parents and teachers is very important since they spend most

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