But the last biting incident he had at school set into motion a chain of events that led us to
a great child development specialist, who sent us to a kick - ass occupational therapist and also helped us find a therapeutic aide for him in the classroom.
One Colorado study showed that paraprofessional home visiting, when combined with an early - intervention program focused on
children with developmental delays, resulted in improved involvement with the program.25 In North Carolina, the combination of a public health department's home - visiting program with links into private physician's offices was helpful in overcoming personal and structural barriers to care.43 The Commonwealth Fund's Healthy Steps intervention included home visiting by masters - level healthy
development specialists with significant gains in the quality of well -
child care, although the multifactorial nature of this intervention made it difficult to evaluate the effectiveness of the home - visiting component.44 — 46 A South Carolina study showed that a program that linked school - based home visitors to group well -
child visits resulted in
greater retention of anticipatory guidance and improved satisfaction with care.47