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Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine master thesis and doctoral dissertations about concepts of early intervention in Turkey. Materials and Method: The thesis and dissertations were searched on the data base of Council of Higher Education by use of early intervention and erken müdahale key words. 74 theses with the keyword erken müdahale and 79 theses with the keyword early intervention were found through the search. Theses in the child development (including children with special needs) field and studied directly with the child or family were determined. In this scope, the samples of the study were composed of 18 theses. Sample theses were analyzed individually with document review method. Results: Theses were reviewed according to different variables (thesis date, level, research method, research group, etc.) and results were produced. Discussion: Results show that theses were studied with different levels, different methods and different application fields, all studies were aimed to support early intervention’s main purpose

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