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Early Intervention, Educational MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Early Intervention, Educational
Tree Number(s)
N02.421.143.130.320
N02.421.726.320
Unique ID
D018479
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018479
Annotation
EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION is also available
Scope Note
Procedures and programs that facilitate the development or skill acquisition in infants and young children who have disabilities, who are at risk for developing disabilities, or who are gifted. It includes programs that are designed to prevent handicapping conditions in infants and young children and family-centered programs designed to affect the functioning of infants and children with special needs. (From Journal of Early Intervention, Editorial, 1989, vol. 13, no. 1, p. 3; A Discursive Dictionary of Health Care, prepared for the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, 1976)
Entry Term(s)
Early Intervention (Education)
Early Intervention Education
Early Intervention, Education
Head Start Program
NLM Classification #
WA 320
Public MeSH Note
2020; was EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION) 1995-2019
History Note
2020 (1995); was EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION) 1995-2019
Date Established
1995/01/01
Date of Entry
1994/06/02
Revision Date
2019/01/17
Early Intervention, Educational Preferred
Head Start Program Related
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