Well baby check-ups are very important to these infants to insure proper development. The families need more social support than parents with developmentally on target infants. Social service programs can help parents with resources for financial assistance, developmental stages of their child and parent education. The family will need support to deal with the grief of not having a healthy child.
Research shows that benefits from intervention occur through the child s third birthday.
It is important that parents and care-givers are provided with information about the ages and stages of development for their child. The knowledge of knowing what stage their child should be at helps the family watch for delays. When a delay occurs, the early intervention programs can work with the child and the family in the areas in which the child is delayed. The goal of intervention programs is to have the child on task for developmentally age appropriate skills by school age. When the child is on task by school age, they are less likely to experience delays during school.