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Contact: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, 540 Gaither Road, Rockville, MD 20850, Telephone: (301) 427-1584 Web Site: http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Child development, Consumer education materials, Developmental screening, Early childhood development, Evaluation, Language development, Language disorders, Research, Screening, Screening tests, Speech development, Speech disorders, Young children

Annotation: This report summarizes a Maternal and Child Health Bureau funded project presented at a seminar June 24, 1993. One project goal was developing a time-efficient and cost-effective test for simultaneously screening speech, language, and hearing in young children. Another goal was developing a standard screening tool for predicting the developmental status of preschool children. The report discusses developing and testing the project prototype, components of the simultaneous screening test, and study design and methodology. It ends with comments and reaction to the project. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health, Georgetown University, Telephone: (202) 784-9770 E-mail: mchgroup@georgetown.edu Web Site: https://www.ncemch.org Photocopy available at no charge; also available from the website.

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Keywords: Developmental screening, Hearing screening, Language development, MCH research, Preschool children, Screening tests, Speech development

Annotation: This book provides a systematic framework for the clinical assessment, treatment, and prevention of emotional and developmental problems in infants and young children. The first chapter describes the six developmental levels that affect a child's maturation. Subsequent chapters focus on taking a developmental history, utilizing the Functional Emotional Assessment Scale, and selecting the appropriate therapeutic approach. Several chapters discuss floor time activities for parents, educators, and therapists. Interactive, regulatory, and multisystem developmental disorders are discussed. Appendices include discussions of speech pathology, occupational therapy, and ego development as well as a list of available assessment tools and a guide to establishing clinical infant and child development programs.

Contact: International Universities Press, Inc., 59 Boston Post Road, Madison, CT 06443, Telephone: (203) 245-4000 Fax: (203) 245-0775 E-mail: info@iup.com Web Site: http://www.iup.com/ Available in libraries. Document Number: ISBN 0-8236-2633-4.

Keywords: Assessment, Assessment tools, Case studies, Child development, Child health, Child psychology, Children with special health care needs, Developmental psychology, Developmental stages, Early intervention, Ego development, Emotional development, Infant development, Infant health, Infants with special health care needs, Mental health, Occupational therapy, Personality development, Program development, Psychotherapy, Speech tests

Annotation: This continuation project followed successful completion of a 3-year project originally designed for 5 years. The overall goals were to (1) develop a means of screening for speech, language, and hearing problems in a child health setting, using no more time than is ordinarily committed to hearing screening alone; and (2) improve current hearing screening procedures in order to be more sensitive to a wider range of audiologic impairments than is possible by routine pure tone screening. The project developed a prototype system called the Pediatric Communication Screening System (PCSS). The system shows clear potential as an efficient means to screen for hearing, articulation, and language. Large scale validation studies of representative populations are still needed to define cut off points for prediction of speech, language and hearing outcomes. In addition, replication of these studies would be needed to confirm findings. It is hoped that after these projects, the Pediatric Communication Screening System could be recommended for clinical use. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: National Technical Information Service, O.S. Department of Commerce, 5301 Shawnee Road, Alexandria, VA 22312, Telephone: (703) 605-6050 Secondary Telephone: (888) 584-8332 E-mail: customerservice@ntis.gov Web Site: http://www.ntis.gov Document Number: NTIS PB94-105889.

Keywords: Hearing disorders, Hearing tests, Language disorders, Preschoolers, Screening, Speech disorders

Annotation: These proceedings discuss the introduction of public health content into the training of speech and hearing specialists, the introduction of speech and hearing content into the training of public health specialists, the relationship between training programs and service programs, review of programs of Title V of the Social Security Act, current trends in legislation, program consultation in public health, changing concepts in the delivery of health care, current trends and utilization of health manpower, overpopulation, early detection and care of handicapping conditions, national health insurance, and principles of evaluation of public health services.

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Keywords: Conferences, Evaluation, Federal legislation, Health insurance, Health personnel, Population growth, Public health, Public health education, Public health services, Screening tests, Social Security Act, Title V, Speech pathologists