Elements of a Comprehensive
Child Find System
For the purpose of sharing information about conducting a child find
effort, child find has been broken down into seven child find elements
which are individually defined below:
Information Adapted from START resource packet: Child Find by B. Bourland
and G. Harbin, 1987
Child Find Project Products
This section includes products and resources developed by the Child Find
Projects that are listed according to each of the child find elements.
Definition of Target Population
Project SEEK materials related to
target populations and Professionals and Parents
Project SEEK has developed materials about eligibility for early intervention
and early intervention services for professionals, especially Primary
Care Physicians and other health care personnel, and family members.
Improving Child Find Services in
Rural Communities Manual - Section 2: Getting Started
This is one section of a 7 part manual on developing a community collaboration
team to address public awareness and child find issues. Section 2 of
the manual pertains to choosing a target area for implementing child
find activities by looking at population data and risk factors for a
community.
Improving Child Find Services in
Rural Communities Manual - Section 5: Marketing and Public Awareness
This is one section of a 7 part manual on developing a community collaboration
team to address public awareness and child find issues. This section
looks at designing and implementing a marketing plan for public awareness
and child find activities.
Bibliography
Dynamic Community Connections Projects resource library contains a bibliography
that lists the resources used in developing the grant and the manual.
Public Awareness
A Parent's Guide: Newborn
Hearing Screening
This 18 minute video is an educational resource designed to inform parents
about the identification of hearing loss in newborns. Available in English
and Spanish with closed captions and with American Sign Language Interpretation.
Universal Newborn Hearing
Screening in Connecticut
This 17-page booklet discusses the importance of early identification
of hearing loss in children. Available in English and Spanish.
Newborn Hearing Services: Support
for you and your family
A brochure describing early intervention services available for Connecticut
families who have an infant with hearing loss.
PEDI-Link public awareness materials
The PEDI-Link Project has a web site with public awareness materials.
Project SEEK materials to target outreach
efforts to Professionals
A wealth of strategies and resources that focus public awareness efforts
for professionals, especially Primary Care Physicians and other health
care personnel.
Early Connections Project’s Puzzled
Poster
This poster is designed to encourage parents to “check out”
their concerns about a child’s health and development.
Early Connections Project’s First
Five Years at Your Fingertips Series: Developmental Wheel
Designed for families and caregivers to explore health tips and developmental
milestones for young children.
Early Connections Project’s First
Five Years at Your Fingertips Brochure
This brochure/poster is a companion to the Developmental Wheel with
additional health, nutrition and developmental information for young
children.
Early Connections Project’s Can My
Baby Hear?
This easy-to-read brochure provides information about newborn hearing
screening, hearing screening processes and related resources.
Early Connections Project’s How Well
Does My Child See?
This brochure provides useful information about children’s sight,
vision facts and resources.
Early Connections Project’s Developmental
Screening Poster
This sailboat shaped poster provides clear information about early childhood
screening and its imporatance.
Improving Child Find Services in
Rural Communities Manual Section 5: Marketing and Public Awareness
- This is one section of a 7 part manual on developing a community collaboration
team to address public awareness and child find issues. This section
looks at designing and implementing a marketing plan for public awareness
and child find activities.
Bibliography
Dynamic Community Connections Projects resource library contains a bibliography
that lists the resources used in developing the grant and the manual.
Dynamic Community Connections Website
- Survey Results
Highlights of surveys with State Part C Coordinators and local agencies
are available on the DCCP website.
Referral/Intake
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Project SEEK materials designed to support
referral to Part C services
Project SEEK has developed a variety of items devised to provide information
about early intervention services, steps in the referral process, and
communicating with Primary Care Physicisans.
Screening and Identification
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A Parent's Guide: Newborn
Hearing Screening
This 18 minute video is an educational resource designed to inform parents
about the identification of hearing loss in newborns. Available in English
and Spanish with closed captions and with American Sign Language Interpretation.
PEDI-Link screening materials
The PEDI-Link Project has developed a wealth of materials for families
and professionals.
Project SEEK materials designed to support
indentification of infants and toddlers who might be eligible for Part
C services through developmental and health screenings
Project Seek has developed bibliographies, a review of screening tools,
handouts about talking with parents, and forms for communicating with
Primary Care Physicians
Eligibility Determination
Top of page
Project SEEK materials designed to support
the eligibility determination process
These forms can be used when communicating with Primary Care Physicians
about evaluation results and eligibility determination for Part C services.
Tracking
Top of page
Project SEEK Tracking Forms
These forms and an EXCEL spreadsheet program can be used for tracking
infants and toddlers from referral to Part C services through leaving
services.
Interagency Coordination
Top of page
A Parent's Guide: Early
Intervention for Infants and Young Children with Hearing Loss
A 16-minute video designed for parents of infants and young children
with hearing loss. Available in English and Spanish with closed captions
and with American Sign Language Interpretation.
Newborn Hearing Services:
Support for you and your family
A brochure describing early intervention services available for Connecticut
families who have an infant with hearing loss.
PEDI-Link interagency coordination materials
The PEDI-Link web site contains several items concerning interagency
coordination for child find.
Improving Child Find Services in
Rural Communities
This manual was developed to help agencies form a community collaboration
team to address child find and public awareness issues.
Bibliography
Dynamic Community Connections Projects resource library contains a bibliography
that lists the resources used in developing the grant and the manual.
Dynamic Community Connections Website
- Survey Results
Highlights of surveys with State Part C Coordinators and local agencies
are available on the DCCP website.
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