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Screening for ‘presumptive eligibility’ for ASD services increased identification of infants and toddlers
Author(s) -
Knopf Alison
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the brown university child and adolescent behavior letter
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7575
pISSN - 1058-1073
DOI - 10.1002/cbl.30204
Subject(s) - intervention (counseling) , psychological intervention , identification (biology) , autism spectrum disorder , agency (philosophy) , autism , psychology , medicine , pediatrics , psychiatry , philosophy , botany , epistemology , biology
Early identification of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is essential to facilitating intervention, but there are often backlogs of infants and children waiting for a diagnostic evaluation. Researchers in South Carolina found that a combination of policy changes, training, and modification of state agency practices improved detection of those who needed early intensive behavioral interventions (EIBIs), avoiding the wait for a diagnosis and missed opportunities for improvement. They found that few of the infants ended up without a diagnosis.