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EPSDT. Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment ( EPSDT) is the child health component of Medicaid. Federal statutes and regulations state that children under age 21 who are enrolled in Medicaid are entitled to EPSDT benefits and that States must cover a broad array of preventive and treatment services.
A trauma-informed approach recognizes schools as a youth serving system consisting of practices, policies, and procedures with the potential for healing or re-traumatization of trauma-impacted youth. Trauma-informed approaches are appropriate for all levels of education including higher, secondary, and elementary education.
Treatment as prevention. Treatment as prevention (TasP) is a concept in public health that promotes treatment as a way to prevent and reduce the likelihood of HIV illness, death and transmission from an infected individual to others. Expanding access to earlier HIV diagnosis and treatment as a means to address the global epidemic by preventing ...
Positive education is an approach to education that draws on positive psychology 's emphasis of individual strengths and personal motivation to promote learning. Unlike traditional school approaches, positive schooling teachers use techniques that focus on the well-being of individual students. [1] Teachers use methods such as developing ...
The IEPA is governed by a group of officers, elected by members every two years. Membership of the association is free and open to anyone with an interest in early intervention. Membership may be applied for online via a web-based application form. There are over 8,500 members as of 2024. [1]
At a press conference for an upcoming movie, Lady Gaga stressed the importance of talking about addiction. 'I think what would be wonderful is that we intervene early in life when we see people ...
Surveillance involves the periodic use of broad-band developmental-behavioral screens but typically other kinds of measures are also deployed (preferably with quality tools enjoying psychometric support). Surveillance measures include tools eliciting and addressing parents' concerns, measures of psychosocial risk, parenting style, autism ...
Autism, formally called autism spectrum disorder ( ASD) or autism spectrum condition ( ASC ), [6] is a neurodevelopmental disorder marked by deficits in reciprocal social communication and the presence of restricted and repetitive patterns of behavior. Other common signs include difficulties with social interaction, verbal and nonverbal ...