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• Assessing Costs and Benefits of Early Childhood Intervention Programs: Overview and Application to the Starting Early Starting Smart Program
  Lynn A. Karoly, M. Rebecca Kilburn, James H. Bigelow, et al. (Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2001). This report identifies the conceptual and methodological issues associated with the analysis of costs and outcomes of early intervention programs in general and makes recommendations regarding the application of these tools for subsequent demonstration studies of a particular intervention program: Starting Early Starting Smart. (From Introduction)
  http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1336/index.html

• Early Childhood Interventions: Proven Results, Future Promise.
  Lynn Karoly, M. Rebecca Kilburn, Jill Cannon. (San Diego, CA: The Rand Corporation, January 2006). This report explores the potential consequences of not investing additional resources in the lives of children, the range of early intervention programs, the demonstrated benefits of interventions with high-quality evaluations, the features associated with successful programs, and the returns to society associated with investing early in the lives of disadvantaged children. (From web Overview)
  http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG341/

• Estimating the cost of developmental and behavioral screening of preschool children in general pediatric practice
  Deborah Dobrez, et al. Pediatrics. Oct 2001: 108(4): 913-922. Abstract available online at: http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/108/4/913 This article develops a model for estimating the cost of providing pediatric developmental and behavioral screening that can be scaled to reflect a pediatric practice's patient population and choice of screening offered. (From abstract).
  http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/108/4/91