Effect of a Nurses' Training Program on Early Detection of Egyptian Children With Developmental Disabilities in Assiut Governorate.

Researchers in Egypt built a short nurse-training package. It used role-play, demos, and feedback to teach early warning signs of delays in babies and toddlers.

Fifty nurses took 12 hours of class spread over two days. Before and after, the team quizzed them on knowledge, attitudes, and how they would act.

Scores jumped from 60 % to 90 % right after training. Gains stayed high three months later.

Nurses also felt surer about spotting red flags and said they would screen more often.

The jump in nurse skill mirrors what Bao et al. (2017) and Byiers et al. (2025) saw when they coached parents of toddlers and infants. Same BST recipe, new cook.

Yet Strydom et al. (2020) found no payoff after staff PBS training for adults. The difference: this nurse course targeted knowledge, not long-term behavior change in clients.

Goldstein et al. (1991) warned that teaching staff is only step one. Andrews et al. (2024) now shows large knowledge gains, but we still need proof that babies actually get help faster.

If you run early-intervention screens, you can copy this two-day package. It is cheap, uses BST, and lifts nurse detection scores fast. Track whether those gains turn into earlier referrals and shorter wait lists.