Edited by Michael J. Guralnick, Ph.D.

Good practice calls for the formation of an interdisciplinary clinical assessment team when a developmental problem is recognized or suspected in a young child. Offering insight from veteran team members, this useful resource demonstrates how to create new interdisciplinary assessment teams or expand existing teams to ensure that children and their families receive the best care possible. Readers will find this reference unbeatable for gaining perspective on how practitioners gather information, make decisions, and face the challenges of their individual disciplines. State-of-the-art in their approach to clinical assessment, the contributors to this volume represent the fields of

• audiology
• nursing
• nutrition
• psychology
• social work
• physical therapy
• speech-language pathology
• developmental pediatrics
• occupational therapy

Case studies provide an inside look at how these team members collaborate to design effective intervention plans. With an appendix of photocopiable questionnaires for clinicians and parents, this resource provides all the information and tools necessary to make interdisciplinary clinical assessments successful.

(A volume in the International Issues in Early Intervention series.)

About the Editor
Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgments

1. Overview
   
   
   1. Interdisciplinary Team Assessment for Young Children: Purposes and Processes
      Michael J. Guralnick

   
   

2. The Perspective of Individual Disciplines
   
   
   2. Interdisciplinary Team Assessment for Young Children with Possible Hearing Loss
      Richard C. Folsom
      
      
   3. Assessing Language and Communicative Development: The Role of the Speech-Language Pathologist
      Truman E. Coggins and Geralyn Timler
      
      
   4. Neurodevelopmental Pediatrics in the Interdisciplinary Team Assessment Process: Emphasis on Etiology
      Vanja A. Holm and Nuhad D. Dinno
      
      
   5. The Nursing Role within an Interdisciplinary Assessment Team
      Diane Magyary and Patricia Brandt with Gail Kieckhefer
      
      
   6. Nutrition Assessment for Young Children with Developmental Disabilities
      Betty L. Lucas and Peggy L. Pipes
      
      
   7. Occupational Therapy Assessment and the Interdisciplinary Team
      Katherine B. Stewart and Susan Wendel
      
      
   8. The Role of Pediatric Physical Therapy in the Interdisciplinary Assessment Process
      Mary E. Tatarka, Marcia W. Swanson, and Kathleen A. Washington
      
      
   9. Psychological Assessment and the Interdisciplinary Team
      Anne Hay and Amy G. Breiger
      
      
   10. The Role of Social Work with Families that Have Young Children with Developmental Disabilities
       Douglas S. Cook
       
       
3. The Interdisciplinary Process: Case Studies
   
   
   11. An Infant at Increased Risk
       David T. Scott, Douglas S. Cook, Nuhad D. Dinno, Richard C. Folsom, Betty L. Lucas, Marcia W. Swanson, Susan Wendel, and Joan C. Zerzan
       
       
   12. A Child with Down Syndrome
       Anne Hay, Truman E. Coggins, Douglas S. Cook, Nuhad D. Dinno, Richard C. Folsom, Vanja A. Holm, Betty L. Lucas, and Susan Wendel
       
       
   13. An Infant with Phenylketonuria
       Cristine M. Trahms, Anne Leavitt, Janie Heffernan, and Janet Garretson
       
       
   14. A Child with an Autism Spectrum Disorder
       Julie A. Osterling, Carla A. Brooks, Alan S. Unis, and Renee Watling
       
       
   15. A Child with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
       Sterling K. Clarren, Heather Carmichael Olson, Sandra G.B. Clarren, and Susan J. Astley
       
       
   16. A Child with Prader-Willi Syndrome
       Vanja A. Holm, Theresse Douglass, Betty L. Lucas, Kathleen A. Washington, Anne Hay, and Truman E. Coggins
       
       
   17. A Child with Fragile X Syndrome
       Nuhad D. Dinno, Anne Hay, William Eric Strong, Truman E. Coggins, Susan Wendel, and Douglas S. Cook
       
       
4. International Perspectives
   
   
   18. Interdisciplinary Assessment within Early Intervention in Russia
       Elena Kozhevnikova
       
       
   19. Interdisciplinary Assessment of Individuals with Disabilities in Italy: A New Model in Rome
       Giorgio Albertini and Salvatore Rubino
       
       
   20. Assessment Philosophies and Practices in Sweden
       Eva Björck-Åkesson, Mats Granlund, and Rune J. Simeonsson
       
       

   Appendix

   Index