Early intervention is designed to support young children who are at risk of developmental delay and those children with disabilities whose impairment has been identified.
Early intervention aims to promote the inclusion and participation of children with disabilities and their families in their communities. It may be provided through specialist health or education service mechanisms, or through less formal community based mechanisms.
The majority of available resources relating to early intervention in low and middle-income country settings are aimed at community level practitioners, and not at the national policy and programming level. However, early intervention is often included as a component of Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) and in health or education policy and programming and should be considered as interrelated.
See also: Education, Community Based Rehabilitation, Health