This article presents a vision of the future of early communication and language intervention efforts. In this vision, all young children experience highly responsive environments for as much of the time as possible from infancy onward, communication and language delays and disorders are routinely identified as close to their genesis as possible, and optimal intervention strategies are implemented as early as possible. To realize this vision, we must achieve the following on a broad scale: (a) increase support for responsive interaction styles among all parents, childcare workers, teachers, and early interventionists; (b) expand efforts to identify communication delays and disorders as early as possible; (c) move forward with the development of truly effective communication and language intervention approaches; and (d) transform research findings into day-to-day practice. The realization of this vision will necessitate a truly transdisciplinary approach to both research and practice.
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