Health Care

Educational Early Intervention

Procedures and programs that facilitate the development or skill acquisition in infants and young children who have disabilities, who are at risk for developing disabilities, or who are gifted. It includes programs that are designed to prevent handicapping conditions in infants and young children and family-centered programs designed to affect the functioning of infants and children with special needs. (From Journal of Early Intervention, Editorial, 1989, vol. 13, no. 1, p. 3; A Discursive Dictionary of Health Care, prepared for the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, 1976)

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Procedures and programs that facilitate the development or skill acquisition in infants and young children who have disabilities, who are at risk for developing disabilities, or who are gifted. It includes programs that are designed to prevent handicapping conditions in infants and young children and family-centered programs designed to affect the functioning of infants and children with special needs. (From Journal of Early Intervention, Editorial, 1989, vol. 13, no. 1, p. 3; A Discursive Dictionary of Health Care, prepared for the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, 1976)

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13 entry terms
  • Early Intervention (Education)
  • Early Intervention Education
  • Early Intervention, Education
  • Early Intervention, Educational
  • Education Early Intervention
  • Education, Early Intervention
  • Intervention Education, Early
  • Intervention, Early (Education)
  • Intervention, Education Early
  • Intervention, Educational Early
  • Head Start Program
  • Head Start Programs
  • Program, Head Start

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Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, supply & distribution, trends.

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EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION is also available

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History Note

2020 (1995); was EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION) 1995-2019

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Educational Early Intervention. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018479. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018479
  2. Educational Early Intervention. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70341023