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ERIC Number: EJ447291
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0156-6555
Understanding Risk: Implications for Tracking High-Risk Infants and Making Early Service Delivery Decisions.
Jens, Kenneth G.; Gordon, Betty N.
International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, v38 n3 p211-24 1991
This paper examines conceptualizations of risk, methods for identifying and tracking infants and children at risk, models developed for identifying and tracking these children, the concepts of vulnerability and resiliency as they relate to risk, and implications of the ways in which risk is defined and tracking programs are developed. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Decision Making, Delivery Systems, Early Identification, Early Intervention, Handicap Identification, Infants, Models, Preschool Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Monitoring; Resiliency; Vulnerability
Note: Theme Issue: New Directions in Risk and Early Intervention Research.