Abstract
This paper examines "early rehabilitation and early intervention" for disabled children in order to transfer them smoothly to community life. Expanded services and development of practical theories related to the disabled has required the introduction of the concept of "quality of life" into rehabilitation services. In the field of rehabilitation for disabled children, it is nesessary to review the appropriateness of the supportive system at each stage of their lives with a special emphasis given to early childhood care as well as the compensation system for disabilities of individuals. Analizing two kinds of researches, the child health check-up services and the social resourses for disabled children and their families, writers review the function and the situation of the present early rehabilitation services for disabled children. Discussed here are the following points; (1) To identify the needs of disabled children who have less opportunities to get early rehabilitation services. (2) To point out the important factors of early detection services for disabled children to support their lives as a child. (3) To grasp the situaton of the collaboration and communication among health, educational, medical and social services in early rehabilitation services. (4) To recognize the interaction between persons who supply services and persons who recieve them, for example, disabled children, thier families. (5) To point out the conditions of " community" for persons who use rehabilitation resources.
