ERIC Number: EJ743112
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006
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Wow! Models of Service Coordination Do Make a Difference
Roberts, Richard N.
Journal of Early Intervention, v28 n3 p169-171 2006
This article provides comments on an article by Dunst and Bruder. Families, practitioners, researchers, and policy makers have been involved with federal and state-funded early intervention programs for children with disabilities and special health care needs for a very long time. The authors have provided valuable information to lay a stronger empirical base for decision making related to the service coordination component of early intervention. The study provides data to demonstrate that these practices are used differentially within different models of service coordination and that they discriminate how often families receive service coordination assistance. Health care information and assistance was one of the identified practices, but its use was low and not differentially affected by the model of coordination. Parents might not see the connection between early intervention services and medical or health services, which might be one reason this issue was not raised as a service coordination practice. There is hope that the results of this and other national research centers funded originally through the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services will provide information to begin to fill in the blank spots in our logic models to suggest where to begin the next generation of studies on Part C services and supports.
Descriptors: Models, Early Intervention, Delphi Technique, Disabilities, Access to Health Care, Children, Individual Needs, Autism, Health Services, Coordination, Delivery Systems, Child Health
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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