Early Identification of Children at Risk

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xix

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2. Early Identification of Children at Risk

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. The Concept of Screening Revisited

      • William K. Frankenburg

      Pages 3-17

3. New Perspectives

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19

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   2. Environmental Factors in the Early Screening of Children at Risk

      • Arnold J. Sameroff

      Pages 21-44

   3. Broadening Research on Developmental Risk

      • Norman Garmezy

      Pages 45-58

   4. Marital Discord and Children at Risk

      • Howard J. Markman, Deming Jones Leonard

      Pages 59-77

   5. Assessing Emotional Availability in Early Development

      • Robert N. Emde, M. Ann Easterbrooks

      Pages 79-101

   6. Dyadic Interchanges in Families with At-Risk Children

      • Jeanne Brooks-Gunn

      Pages 103-113

4. New and Updated Approaches to Screening

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 115-115

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   2. Prediction of School and Behavior Problems in Children Followed from Birth to Age Eight

      • Sandra K. Mitchell, Helen L. Bee, Mary A. Hammond, Kathryn E. Barnard

      Pages 117-132

   3. Screening Instruments

      1. The Denver Approach to Early Case Finding

         • William K. Frankenburg

         Pages 135-158

      2. The HOME Inventory

         • Robert H. Bradley, Stephen L. Rock

         Pages 159-173

      3. Simultaneous Technique for Acuity and Readiness Testing

         • Raymond A. Sturner, Sandra G. Funk, James A. Green

         Pages 175-184

      4. The Jansky Screening Index

         • Keith E. Barnes

         Pages 185-191

      5. Behavioral Risk

         • David H. Cooper, Dale C. Farran

         Pages 193-202

      6. Identification of At-Risk Infants and Preschool Children

         • J. Helen Parkyn

         Pages 203-209

      7. Developmental Review

         • Harry Ireton

         Pages 211-220

      8. The Texas Preschool Screening Inventory

         • Julian S. Haber, Marylee Norris

         Pages 221-228

   4. Selective Follow-Up of At-Risk Populations

      1. A Risk Index to Predict Learning Problems in Preterm and Full-Term Children

         • Linda S. Siegel

         Pages 231-243

This volume contains contributions that are interdisciplinary and inter­ national. The editors believe this is an especially timely and promising enterprise, for both sources of diversity are needed for improving our abilities to identify the young child at risk and to prevent disability. In terms of diSciplines, the volume brings together papers by health care providers (such as pediatricians and public health nurses) as well as educators and psychologists. Each of these groups works in dissimilar settings and faces dissimilar problems: Health care providers seek sim­ ple identification procedures for use in busy primary care settings; psy­ chologists emphasize well-constructed research designs; and educators reflect the need for early identification and education. Each of these spe­ cialist groups has something to offer the other, but too often each tends to limit its publications and readings to its own discipline, thus failing to capitalize on a wider scope. of knowledge and practice. We hope that this selection of papers will allow all readers addressing the early iden­ tification of children at risk to generate a more integrated interdiscipli­ nary perspective. We also hope this volume reflects the sense of excitement that we feel from a sharing of international perspectives. There is no single ap­ proach to the early identification of children at risk that is universally applicable to all countries. In addition, approaches within each country vary because of availability of financial and human resources and dif­ fering expectations of local communities.

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• University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, USA

  William K. Frankenburg, Robert N. Emde, Joseph W. Sullivan

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