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Home-based developmental screening of children in foster care.

Children in foster care have a high prevalence of developmental delay. A program for developmental screening was designed to address the increased risk of developmental delay among children in foster care. Fifty-two children birth to 18 months were evaluated using the Denver Developmental Screening...

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Published in:Pediatric Nursing Vol. 24; no. 2; pp. 113 - 120
Main Authors: O'Hara MT, Church CC, Blatt SD
Format: CEU exam questions research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Jannetti Publications, Inc. 1998 Mar-Apr
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          O'Hara MT
          Church CC
          Blatt SD
        affil: Clinical Nurse Specialist, Department of Pediatrics, State University of New York Health Science Center, Syracuse, NY
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          Foster Home Care
          Infant Development Evaluation
          Infant Development Disorders Prevention and Control
          Infant Development Disorders Epidemiology
          Health Screening In Infancy and Childhood
          Education, Continuing (Credit)
          Infant, Newborn
          Infant
          Clinical Assessment Tools
          Clinical Nurse Specialists
          Home Visits
          Prevalence
          Denver Developmental Screening Test
          Funding Source
          Human
          Infant, Newborn: birth-1 month
          Infant: 1-23 months
      ab: Children in foster care have a high prevalence of developmental delay. A program for developmental screening was designed to address the increased risk of developmental delay among children in foster care. Fifty-two children birth to 18 months were evaluated using the Denver Developmental Screening Test-II (DDST-II), Early Language Milestone Scale-2 (ELM-2), and the HOME Scale. Forty-nine children were screened with the Infant Neurological International Battery. Thirty five percent of the children failed DDST-II screening. Language assessment with the ELM-2 resulted in a mean global ELM-2 standard score of 89. Sixty-one percent of children had abnormal neurologic INFANIB screening exams. HOME scores reflected foster care environments that provided adequate developmental and emotional stimulation for the children. Implications for future interventions should move from developmental screening to comprehensive developmental testing and expansion of foster parent education regarding the growth and development of the foster children in their care.
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