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Comprehensiveness Is a Cliché

Päivi Selina Kovanen

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Medical educationFamily involvementClichémedia_common.quotation_subject05 social sciences050301 educationLegislationProfessional practiceInterview dataPsychiatry and Mental healthWork (electrical)PerceptionIntervention (counseling)Pediatrics Perinatology and Child HealthDevelopmental and Educational Psychology0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesPsychology0503 education050104 developmental & child psychologyClinical psychologymedia_common

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The purpose of this study was to explore professionals' orientation toward child assessment and planning. Semistructured questionnaire data and interview data were collected from child neurological units in Finland. Legislation in Finland does not specifically provide guidelines for family centeredness and comprehensiveness in early intervention, yet professionals have widely accepted these approaches in their work with children with disabilities and their families. Results of this study indicated that practices were not implemented consistently. Professionals' varying perceptions of the concept of comprehensiveness and family involvement seemed to interfere with the implementation of these guidelines.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2001-01-01Journal of Early Intervention
https://doi.org/10.1177/105381510102400105