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EARLY INTERVENTION- INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH (PEDIATRITANS AND OTHER EXPERTS ASPECTS)

According to the Croatian Low on Social Welfare, early intervention is introduced in 2011. Services for all the children with disabilities (newborns up to three or seven years of life) are guaranteed. The purpose of the study was to show the challenges of early intervention in aspects of pediatricians and other experts who are involved in EA.The research was provided as quality research. Opinion of pediatricians and other experts, working with disabled children, were collected and analyzed, by semi-structured interview method. The experts participate voluntary. Confidentiality and anonymity were guaranteed.The results showed the long waiting lists for EA inclusion, insufficient network, especially between health services and social care.The expert complained on poor Governmental financial support, need for more expert teams in providing care and rehabilitation for those children, and more education. There is also the lack of adequate information for parents form the moment of doubt on certain symptoms, recognition and getting the diagnose to the inclusion in early intervention services. There is also the drum gap between big cities and other regions.To accomplish the EA for every disable child, there should lot of work to be done: open more EA centers, all over the state, employment of new experts, continuous education, adequate and timely information for parents through all relevant services and sufficient financial input. Early intervention is the right of every disable child. With early and adequate intervention and available services it could be improved and prevented lot of potential investments in future.

early intervention, support, inclusion

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