Early intervention (EI) for families of infants and toddlers with or at risk for developmental delays or disabilities is federally guided to begin at birth or older. With technological advances in prenatal testing, pregnant families are increasingly learning of diagnoses that result in EI eligibility once the child is born. For these families, research is needed to determine the effects of beginning EI prenatally rather than waiting until birth. In this exploratory study, the perspectives of state EI administrators were uncovered to inform the development of a prenatal intervention to undertake such research. Participants reported strong support for prenatal EI, provided recommendations for prenatal intervention design, and offered potential systems change needs. These findings will contribute to the development and testing of a prenatal intervention that makes sense to and is compatible with one critical stakeholder group—those who administer EI programs.

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陈述早期干预管理员对具有高可能性诊断的家庭进行产前支持的观点

在联邦政府的指导下，对患有发育迟缓或残疾或有发育迟缓或残疾风险的婴幼儿家庭进行早期干预（EI），应从婴儿或更大年龄开始。随着产前检查技术的进步，怀孕家庭越来越多地学习诊断方法，一旦孩子出生，就可以取得EI资格。对于这些家庭，需要进行研究以确定出生前开始EI的效果，而不是等到出生。在这项探索性研究中，发现了州EI管理员的观点，以指导开展产前干预以开展此类研究。参与者报告了对产前EI的大力支持，为产前干预设计提供了建议，并提出了潜在的系统变更需求。