Screening the environment.

Robert H Bradley; Bettye M Caldwell

doi:10.1111/j.1939-0025.1978.tb01293.x

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Screening the environment.

Robert H Bradley·Bettye M Caldwell

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Use of environmental as well as developmental measures in screening high-risk children is suggested as a solution to some of the problems of EPSDT and similar programs. Defects of present developmental screening instruments are discussed, and recent efforts to refine environmental measurement techniques are reviewed. The need for further research on the impact of environmental variables is stressed.

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Achievement Adolescent Child Child Development Child, Preschool Persons with Disabilities Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Intellectual Disability Language Development Multiphasic Screening National Health Programs Psychological Tests Social Environment United States Journal Article

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Robert H Bradley, Bettye M Caldwell. 1978. Screening the environment.. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1939-0025.1978.tb01293.x

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