A MULT - PLATFORM MICRO-COMPUTER BASED EARLY INTERVENTION DATABASE WITH DISK - BASED FILE TRANSFER

THIS PROJECT IS DESIGNED TO DEVELOP A COMPUTERIZED DATA COLLECTION SYSTEM FOR EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAMS UTILIZING HARDWARE COMMONLY AVAILABLE WITHIN EACH EARLY INTERVENTION CENTER SITE. PARALLEL DATABASE SYSTEMS WILL BE DEVELOPED FOR THREE HARDWARE PLATFORMS, ALL WITH THE ABILITY TO TRANSFER DATA INTO A CENTRAL MICRO-COMPUTER. THREE HARDWARE PLATFORMS ARE COMMONLY USED IN EARLY INTERVENTION SITES - MS-DOS, APPLE PRODOS AND APPLE MACINTOSH. CUSTOM PROGRAMMED DATABASES WILL BE DEVELOPED FOR EACH PLATFORM, WITH IDENTICAL SCREENS AND DATA ENTRY PROCEDURES. DATA ENTRY WILL BE IDENTICAL AMONG ALL PLATFORMS. STANDARD REPORTS WILL BE PROGRAMMED; CUSTOM REPORTS CAN BE DESIGNED BY THE OPERATOR. REMOTE SITES WILL SUBMIT DATA TO CENTRAL ADMINISTRATORS BY COPYING SELECTED DATA ONTO 5 1/2 OR 3 1/2 INCH DISKETTES AND SENDING THOSE DISKETTES TO THE CENTRAL MICRO-COMPUTER. SOFTWARE DEVELOPED FOR THIS PROJECT WILL ENABLE THE CENTRAL COMPUTER TO IDENTIFY THE FORMAT OF THE DISK AND UPDATE ITS MASTER DATABASE FROM THE DISKETTES PROVIDED FROM REMOTE SITES.