Focusing on culturally sensitive, family-centered early intervention for children with special needs, this text addresses the complex issues home visitors face in their daily work, and helps students learn skills to adjust their approach for a wide range of families, work with interpreters and translators, conduct assessment in the child's environment, and communicate in a warm and respectful way. Guidelines are included for intervention for children with specific disorders such as autism, delayed speech, developmental delays, and motor, feeding, and sensory disorders. Legal, ethical, and personal safety concerns are also discussed. Record-keeping forms, red flags for referral, and a list of organizations are included. Cook is director of special education, Santa Clara University. Sparks is affiliated with the Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology at Western Michigan University. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)