Organizational perspectives and diagnostic evaluations for children with neurodevelopmental disorders.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To clarify organizational perspectives on diagnostic evaluations for children with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD), with the goal to enhance interorganizational collaboration and improve accessibility.

Method

Focus groups with expert stakeholders in Flanders, Belgium, were organized. Data were analyzed in a continuous, comparative method with researcher and data triangulation, and a member check validation.

Results

Fifty-nine people participated in six focus groups. Organizations had no shared vision on diagnostic evaluations of NDD. An interdisciplinary team approach was considered essential. All stakeholders agreed that a diagnostic evaluation is an iterative process along the trajectory of the child.

Interpretation

Diagnostic evaluations of NDD should

SUBMITTER: Cloet E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9290453 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature