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Article: Bruhn Christina, Duval Denise and Louderman Richard: 'Centralised assessment of early developmental delays in children in foster care: a programme that works'.(Fostering)(Abstract)(Report)
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- Adoption & Fostering
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- September 22, 2008
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Children and Youth Services Review 30:5, May 2008, pp 536-45, USA
While children in out-of-home care are disproportionately at risk for early developmental delays, historically, child welfare systems have poor track records of ensuring that children entering care are assessed for developmental delays and, where necessary, are referred for and linked with appropriate early intervention services. Recent studies have demonstrated that programmes of comprehensive assessment, or those that ensure that all children entering care receive initial and ongoing assessments, produce both higher rates of assessment and higher rates of identification of developmental delay. ...