Intervention and support are more successful the earlier a problem is addressed. Prevention of reading difficulties, for example, is far less difficult and expensive than remediation. In addition, the literature shows that some aspects of development occur most efficiently at certain points in the life span. The first three years of life, for example, appear to be an optimal period for oral language development.87 Ensuring that children get the needed environmental inputs and supports for a particular kind of learning and development at its “prime time” is always the most reliable route to desired results.
far less difficult and expensive than remediation