Definition: Procedures and programs that facilitate the development or skill acquisition in infants and young children who have disabilities, who are at risk for developing disabilities, or who are gifted. It includes programs that are designed to prevent handicapping conditions in infants and young children and family-centered programs designed to affect the functioning of infants and children with special needs. (From Journal of Early Intervention, Editorial, 1989, vol. 13, no. 1, p. 3; A Discursive Dictionary of Health Care, prepared for the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, 1976)
EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION is also available
Other names Program, Head Start; Interventions, Early (Education); Interventions, Early; Intervention, Early (Education); Intervention, Early; Head Start Programs; Early Interventions (Education); Early Interventions; Early Intervention; Head Start Program
