OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of receipt of early intervention and therapeutic services in @entity1 suspected of having possible @entity72 ( @entity72 ) before their diagnostic @entity72 evaluations. METHODS: The electronic medical records of all @entity1  <=5 years of age evaluated at a single regional @entity72 clinic between September 2012 and June 2014 were reviewed. Information regarding type of services, clinical diagnoses, and demographic information was abstracted for each @entity1 . RESULTS: Five hundred sixty-one @entity1 (mean age = 44 mo [SD, 10 mo]; 80% [N = 450] male; 20% [N = 111] female) completed a diagnostic @entity72 evaluation. Of these @entity1 , 497 (89%) were already receiving early intervention services, and only 64 (11%) were not receiving any services. Receipt of services did not vary based on race, ethnicity, insurance type, or primary language. @entity1 who were already receiving services were more likely to receive an @entity72 diagnosis (67%, N = 332) than those not receiving services (44% [N = 28]; p  <= .001). CONCLUSION: Despite concerns that long wait lists for diagnostic @entity72 evaluations may delay initiation of critical early interventions, our data indicate that most @entity1 are receiving early intervention services before their diagnostic @entity72 evaluations, particularly if an @entity72 diagnosis is confirmed. This may be attributable to increased awareness among primary care providers and families of the importance of early interventions. Further investigation into access to more intensive interventions (such as applied behavioral analysis) once an @entity72 diagnosis is established is warranted.

Early Intervention Before Autism Diagnosis in XXXX Referred to a Regional Autism Clinic.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['children', 'Children', 'patient'] @entity72 :: ('MESH:D002659', 'Disease') :: ['ASD', 'autism spectrum disorder']
@entity1 :: (9606,Species) :: ['Children']
