TY - JOUR
T1 - Children's health and development
T2 - Approaches to early identification and intervention
AU - Oberklaid, Frank
AU - Baird, Gillian
AU - Blair, Mitch
AU - Melhuish, Edward
AU - Hall, David
PY - 2013/12/1
Y1 - 2013/12/1
N2 - Many children arrive at school with problems of development and behaviour which affect their educational achievement and social interaction and can have lifelong consequences. There is a strong association between developmental vulnerability at school entry and a well-documented series of parent and family risk factors, often linked to social disadvantage. Strategies which are likely to make a difference to these children and improve outcomes include family support, high-quality early education and care programmes in the preschool years, and early detection of emerging problems and risk factors. The evidence suggests that these services and programmes are best delivered within a framework of progressive universalism - a universal basket of services for all children and families, with additional support commensurate with additional needs. This provides the best opportunity for early identification and appropriate intervention for emerging developmental problems and family issues that impact on children's development. While there are a number of challenges that need to be addressed and overcome, such an approach is an important investment that will yield measurable educational, social and economic benefits over the long term.
AB - Many children arrive at school with problems of development and behaviour which affect their educational achievement and social interaction and can have lifelong consequences. There is a strong association between developmental vulnerability at school entry and a well-documented series of parent and family risk factors, often linked to social disadvantage. Strategies which are likely to make a difference to these children and improve outcomes include family support, high-quality early education and care programmes in the preschool years, and early detection of emerging problems and risk factors. The evidence suggests that these services and programmes are best delivered within a framework of progressive universalism - a universal basket of services for all children and families, with additional support commensurate with additional needs. This provides the best opportunity for early identification and appropriate intervention for emerging developmental problems and family issues that impact on children's development. While there are a number of challenges that need to be addressed and overcome, such an approach is an important investment that will yield measurable educational, social and economic benefits over the long term.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84888586690&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1136/archdischild-2013-304091
DO - 10.1136/archdischild-2013-304091
M3 - Article
C2 - 23968776
AN - SCOPUS:84888586690
SN - 0003-9888
VL - 98
SP - 1008
EP - 1011
JO - Archives of Disease in Childhood
JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood
IS - 12
ER -