Just as we created Medicare for the elderly, we need an approach to pediatric health care that not only provides coverage to every child but also ensures adequate funding for essential services that meet child-specific needs.
Establish an international consortium of experts to develop adoptable medical and behavioral protocols and to set research agendas to address the unmet child-specific needs that arise from climate-related natural disasters.
Such frameworks have their roots in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of a Child which sets out child-specific needs and rights [ 15].
But little systematic attention has been paid to the development of appropriate statistical systems for child-specific needs of investigation and intervention.
The same parent may also have a different style for each child, depending on that child's specific needs or personality.
Since 1975, a law now known as the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, or IDEA, has promised every learning disabled student an "appropriate" education in the least restrictive environment possible, based on an assessment of each child's specific needs.
Children are being sent further away from their schools and friends and sometimes to foster carers who do not have the skills and experience to deal with the child's specific needs.
Further, if parents are forgoing evidence-based therapies that address their child's specific needs or support they can access locally, then the harm becomes greater.
These checklists should be clear, short and tailored to each child's specific needs.
Parents could then evaluate whether the focus suits their child's specific needs, interests and abilities; whether the interface and presentation sound engaging and match their values; and whether the technology is worth the investment.
The secondary objective is to investigate whether the different treatment protocols influence the parents' self-rated parenting competence. 1. Parents in the baby-CIMT programme will feel more competent at parenting than will parents in the baby-massage group since they will have learned more about the child's specific needs.
