Early intervention provides significant disparities in growth and development. Academic Failure can be reduced or prevented when a young child’s disabilities or problems are recognized and addressed early. Early intervention helps child with developmental delays and disabilities. Providing children with services identifies by early intervention strategies help promote cognitive and social development and reduces behavior problems. Early childhood special education programs help identify young children needing services. By identifying the children needing services, immediate help can be given to help decrease academic failure. Developing early intervention programs helps the academic achievement and education, may assist in providing support and assistance to the child’s family, and helps reduce costs to society.

Early intervention is vital to a child with disabilities because research has shown that learning and development grows faster in the preschool years. Intervention is very important if a child is at risk of not learning in a state of optimal readiness. If a child is not able to comprehend or has difficulties in learning different skills, the child may not reach their full potential.

Early Intervention provides services to the family of the disabled child. Often times there are a higher risk factor for abuse or value issues within the family. Families comprised of individuals with disabilities often have added stress from caring for the individual, social isolation, and disappointed with their situation. Intervention services help provides services that alleviate problems and helps the family feel good about them selves as well as the individual disabled. Early intervention helps reduce the costs for society. Intervention also help disabled individual become productive citizens and increasing social benefits.

The programs and services developed from early intervention are vital for optimal success. Early intervention has a direct impact on the early years. The early childhood years are important because children learn at a rapid pace during this time. If children are not stimulated, the best possible growth may not occur. If children start school behind, they may never catch up, be able to keep up, or be able to take advantage of all the efforts schools make to help them. The benefits of early intervention enhance intelligence, reduce stressed placed on the family, and reduce dependency and institutionalization.