This article discusses distinct ways in which research plays pivotal roles in the
development, evaluation, refinement and dissemination of interventions for children
and adolescents. A key challenge in interventions for high-risk children is to
identify screening criteria for risk status. Longitudinal research is essential in
creating a screening system with adequate sensitivity and specificity.
Research-based developmental models should provide the framework for interventions
as they are developed. These models can be then tested with the interventions, and
ongoing developmental research can lead to a series of refinements of the
interventions. Research can also provide essential information about who the
programs succeed with and who they do not, and a newer phase of intervention
research can rigorously identify factors which can bridge the
“research-to-practice” gap, maximizing the effectiveness of
interventions when they are disseminated into real-world settings.
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