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Purpose: This project will develop a Prevention, Assessment, Referral, and Transition model that can be used by public and private adoption agencies as well as early intervention programs as a means to identify developmental problems, provide time-limited intervention services early in the adjustment period of young adoptees, and transition adopted children to formal early intervention and special education services.

Method: The project will implement and demonstrate the model with a sample of 80 adopted children and their parents. Children will receive intervention through random assignment into either a 6-month or 12-month length of intervention. In year one the project will implement the model with individual families, and in year two with small groups. This strategy allows for a comparison of two different lengths of time and two different modalities (single versus group). The project will evaluate the effects of this model on children's social-emotional, communication, and cognitive functioning. The project also will evaluate the impact of this model on families and on the numbers of children referred to early intervention.

Products: Results from this project will be disseminated to parents, professionals, and other research and training projects.