Ways to Improve Developmental Services for Young Children

According to the Commonwealth Fund, young children who are experiencing developmental problems may not be receiving the help they need. Building a Bridge from Birth to School: Improving Developmental and Behavioral Health Services for Young Children addresses this issue. This publication from the Child Health and Development project helps to further their mission of ensuring that developmental services become a part of routine pediatric care for all children.

• Current practices in the developmental health supervision of children;
• How well current practices are working in pediatric offices;
• Differences between current practice, services that can be made available in pediatric offices, and parent perception of the care their children are getting;
• How to measure the quality of care supervision;
• Barriers to developmental services;
• New or rarely used solutions to service delivery; and
• Recommendations for improving developmental services.

Building a Bridge from Birth to School: Improving Developmental and Behavioral Health Services for Young Children is available online at http://www.cmwf.org/publications/publications_show.htm?doc_id=221307 or from the Commonwealth Fund.

The Commonwealth Fund, One East 75th Street, New York, NY 10021, 212.606.3800 (voice), 212.606.3875 (fax), www.cmwf.org (web), cmwf@cmwf.org (e-mail).