• Mitigate the effects of abuse and neglect• Improve parenting skills• Strengthen families• Improve the child's developmental, social, and educational gains;• Reduce the future costs of special education, rehabilitation and health care needs;• Reduce feelings of isolation, stress and frustration that families may experience;• Help alleviate and reduce behaviors by using positive behavior strategies and interventions; and• Help children with disabilities grow up to become productive, independent individuals.