Valoración de la necesidad de extensión de los servicios de Atención Temprana al ámbito hospitalario

Abstract

In this paper we analyzed the information obtained by 147 questionnaires performing by parents of children with early intervention needs. These questionnaires recording information about the hospitalization request by the children in their first six years of life. Recording information about neonatal hospitalization and sporadic or repeated postnatal hospitalizations, duration, admission cause and possible behavioral or psychosomatic repercussions. Results point out that these children frequently request long time both neonatal and over two years of age hospitalizations. The need to establish effective mechanisms for the coordination and cooperation between both early intervention and pediatric and nurse services is concluded by give continuity to the intervention of the child in this early childhood and to palliate possible negative consequences of the hospitalization experience in the child.