Early Intervention Enrollment Among Infants Discharged from the Neonatal ICU at Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital

Abstract

Background: Due to advances in perinatal intensive care, more children born prematurely are surviving into childhood. Earlier gestational age and lower birth weight have been associated with educational underachievement, higher rates of cognitive impairment, lower IQ scores, and long term adverse developmental outcomes. Timely enrollment in early intervention (EI) services has been shown to be helpful in developmental achievement among all children with disabilities. Studies have shown children born to mothers who are immigrants or do not speak English, are less likely to receive EI, and families with limited income and education report more …