1. provide a national network connecting early childhood intervention practitioners and researchers with a focus on supporting collaborative research, knowledge sharing and peer support.
2. provide early child hood intervention professionals, community organisations, researchers, higher education institutions and policymakers with an authoritative source of information about best practice in early childhood intervention
3. identify, develop, promote and raise awareness of advances in effective models of service delivery to ensure consistent implementation of best practice for young children and families
4. promote a national approach to coordinated and comprehensive pre-service, in-service and post-graduate training opportunities for professionals working with children with developmental delay and disability, and their families and related mainstream services, on contemporary and evidence-informed practices
5. develop a national research framework and conduct research projects to advance and inform early childhood intervention within Australia
6. promote interdisciplinary collaborations to ensure advances in research and translation of research into practice
7. provide nationally coordinated and timely responses to federal policy, funding and service delivery guidelines to support consistent contemporary practice in early childhood intervention