Early Intervention Strategies: Enhancing Child Development

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What is early intervention?

Early intervention means identifying and providing effective early support to children and young people who are at risk of poor outcomes. Effective early intervention works to prevent problems occurring, or to tackle them head-on when they do, before problems get worse.

How does early intervention affect children's behaviour?

Cognitive outcomes typically targeted by early intervention include performance on standardised tests, school achievement, and higher education and employment opportunities once they leave school. Behavioural development involves children’s ability to monitor and regulate their own behaviour, attention and impulses.

Are early intervention outcomes associated with children's social and emotional development?

Early intervention outcomes associated with children’s social and emotional development include increasing pro-social behaviour, improving self-esteem and reducing the incidence of clinically diagnosed mental health problems.

Is early intervention a policy approach?

This House of Commons Library briefing analyses early intervention policies aimed at parents and children from conception to age five, covering health, education, social development and financial benefits. This paper also looks at broader arguments around early intervention as a policy approach.

What is the Early Intervention Foundation?

The Early Intervention Foundation is an independent charity that champions and supports the use of effective early intervention to improve the lives of children, young people and their families, reduce hardship and improve value for money in the long run. Visit our website for more information. What's in the EIF Guidebook, what's not, and why?

Who can provide early intervention advice?

It is possible that this sort of advice could be provided by, or secured through, the Early Intervention Foundation. 96. There is now strong and improving evidence that certain programmes provide positive outcomes for children, young people, families and communities.

How do I know if my child is eligible for early intervention?

To find out if kids are eligible, they have to be evaluated. Early intervention refers to services and supports that can help young children with developmental delays. It’s like but it’s for eligible infants and toddlers who are behind at reaching developmental milestones.

What Is Early Intervention

1. https://www.eif.org.uk/why-it-matters/what-is-early-intervention
2. https://learning.nspcc.org.uk/safeguarding-child-protection2/early-help-and-early-intervention
3. https://www.youngminds.org.uk/parent/parents-a-z-mental-health-guide/early-help-and-early-intervention-services/
4. https://www.understood.org/en/articles/early-intervention-what-it-is-and-how-it-works
5. https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-7647/
6. https://www.parentcenterhub.org/ei-overview/
7. https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/parents/states.html

Early Intervention Information

1. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a7b837d40f0b645ba3c4d09/early-intervention-next-steps2.pdf
2. https://guidebook.eif.org.uk/
3. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/healthy-child-programme-schedule-of-interventions
4. https://earlyintervention.org.uk/pages/early-intervention