Early childhood intervention in Portugal: an overview based on the developmental systems model

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2012

Authors

Ana Isabel Pinto (Author) FPCEUP; Catarina Grande (Author) FPCEUP; Cecília Aguiar (Author) Other; Isabel Chaves de Almeida (Author) Other; Isabel Felgueiras (Author) Other; Júlia Serpa Pimentel (Author) Other; Ana Maria Serrano (Author) Other; Leonor Carvalho (Author) Other; Maria Teresa Brandão (Author) Other; Tânia Boavida (Author) Other; Paula Santos (Author) Other; Pedro Lopes dos Santos (Author) FPCEUP

Journal

Title: Infants & Young Children

Vol. 25 No. 4

Pages: 310-322

ISSN: 0896-3746

Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Health

Indexing

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Scientific classification

FOS: Social sciences > Educational sciences

Associated Projects

CIF-CJ - Contributos da CIF-CJ para o estudo da participação em crianção com incapacidades em idades precoces

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-002-57G

DOI: 10.1097/iyc.0b013e3182673e2b

Abstract (EN): Research studies on early childhood intervention (ECI) in Portugal are diffuse regarding both program components and the geographical area under scrutiny. Since the 1990s, a growing body of knowledge and evidence in ECI is being gathered, based on postgraduate teaching, in-service training, and research. This article draws on the systems theory perspective outlined in the Developmental Systems Approach to Early Intervention (M. J. Guralnick, 2001, 2005a, 2011) to (a) depict paradigmatic shifts and scientific evidence, as well as social and political factors, setting the framework for the development of ECI policies and services in Portugal; (b) describe recent Portuguese legislation that established a national ECI system, and deductively analyze its content regarding the structural components of Guralnick's Model; (c) examine the current status of ECI services according to the core principles and components of the Developmental Systems Model. Inspired by M. J. Guralnick's suggestion (2000), the discussion addresses problems at different levels of the system, proposing an agenda for change in ECI in Portugal, underlining the need for the co-construction of a new culture, based on scientific evidence and on in-depth dialogues between researchers, practitioners, and communities.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

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No. of pages: 13