NURS 6201 - Medical and Health Issues in Early Intervention

Provides early intervention professionals information about complex medical and health needs that will enable them to provide optimal health and developmental interventions to infants and young children with developmental disabilities. Knowledge about diagnostic and treatment regimens and limitations of function associated with selected high-incidence disabling conditions gained. Approaches to reduce or ameliorate effects of the disability and prevention of secondary disability, illness, and injury to infants and young children stressed. Practices that promote optimum health for early intervention staff emphasized.