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Magrab PR, ed. 1992. Proceedings of the International Congress on Serving Children with Special Health Care Needs in the Community. Washington, DC: Center for Child Health and Mental Health Policy, Georgetown University, 159 pp.

Annotation: These proceedings are from The International Congress on Serving Children with Special Health Care Needs in the Community, held at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., on June 15-19, 1992. This conference brought together Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, and American professionals in child health and developmental disabilities to share information about different ways to deliver services to children with special health care needs. For The United States, the Slovak Republic, Hungary, and the United States, the proceedings cover the following topics: (1) overview of health care for children, (2) building community-based systems of care for children with special health care needs, (3) identification of disabilities, (4) early intervention, (5) school and community inclusion, (6) supporting families of children with disabilities, and (7) bulding family centered, community-based systems of care. Five appendices are included: (1) conference fact sheet, (2) meeting agenda, (3) participant list, (4) team faculty consultants, and (5) October 1992 update on project activities.

Keywords: Child health, Children with special health care needs, Community programs, Conference proceedings, Czech Republic, Developmental disabilities, Early intervention, Family support, Health care services, Health care systems, Hungary, International health, Schools, Slovakia, United States
   

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