Approximately 20,000 children are adopted from foreign countries each year. Of these children, approximately 46% are adopted before they are 12 months old and 43% are adopted between 1 and 4 years of age. The development of children adopted from abroad before or by 2 years of age is the focus of this article. Given the impoverished language input…

The paper provides an organizational framework for communication-based interventions with infants, toddlers, and their families. The paper describes early intervention approaches including remediation, prevention, and compensation, and offers guidelines for selecting the appropriate programmatic approach and determining the model for service…

This paper discusses risks to communication development in infants and toddlers. It suggests basic guidelines for assessment of the infant, the interaction, the caregiver, and familial strengths and needs. It also suggests guidelines and resources for intervention with infants at various linguistic stages and with their families. (JDD)