text: [Detection and Evaluation of Special Educational Needs: Roles of the Psychologist as Workers Involved in the Attention to Diversity through Educational Services]
  The first years of infancy, meaning from birth until six years old, is one of the most important stages in the development of the person (Spitz, 1961; Vygotski, 1979; Piaget, 1981). Many studies have focused on the importance of this stage, and the growing necessity to avoid conditions or difficulties which may lead to the appearance of impairments or disorders in childhood development. Teams for educational guidance and psychopedagogical attention (EOEP) are responsible for the early detection of shortcomings and difficulties in learning, and, also, the evaluation of, intervention in and follow-up to cases, in close collaboration with the teachers/tutors of these students. The main objective of the present study is to introduce how this detection, evaluation and intervention are carried out, in groups of high risk (0-6 years old), by the educational guidance teams (EOEP) of the Madrid regional government.