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The growing need for effective
early intervention programs

Providing effective early intervention programs for vulnerable children and their families constitutes one of the most important challenges for contemporary societies. State-of-the-art intervention requires the contributions of specialists from many disciplines, the construction of programs that are firmly rooted in biomedical and behavioral research, a program development component that is capable of incorporating emerging research findings, and advocates and administrators to ensure that funding, personnel, and related resources and policies are available and consistent with the knowledge base and goals of early intervention.