It is with mixed emotions that I leave the editorship of Infants and Young Children. For over 16 years, since its founding, I have had the privilege of working with an outstanding group of Editorial Board members, contributors, and readers. We started Infants and Young Children about the time the U.S. Congress passed legislation enabling states to establish universal early intervention services for infants and toddlers with developmental problems or concerns. The approach was unique and changed the way many federally mandated programs (health, social, and educational) were designed and implemented. Early Intervention under this new law (PL 99-457) were to be community-based, coordinated, and, above all, family-centered. Professionals and service agencies were to work together rather than in isolation.

We hoped that Infants and Young Children could reflect these lofty tenets and bring to the front line emerging scientific foundations for best practice in early intervention. We sought to make this journal truly interdisciplinary in content and orientation. Where else could a parent-infant educator learn how to protect herself from cytomegalovirus (CMV) or scabies when making home visits? Or a pediatrician find out when and how to refer his young patients for delayed language development? Or a physical therapist gain effective behavior management strategies to engage an oppositional toddler in motor learning exercises? Or the early intervention team appreciate the stress related to clients with DNR (Do not resuscitate) orders? We tried to address every possible aspect of early intervention that we could think of. Many wonderful suggestions came from readers. I am extremely grateful to all who have been involved with this wonderful publication.

Fortunately, new leadership is coming from Dr. Michael Guralnick who will assume the reins of Infants and Young Children with the next issue (15:3). Dr. Guralnick will undoubtedly take the journal in some exciting new directions, for instance, a closer affiliation with the International Society on Early Intervention (ISEI). Still, I am confident he will preserve the fundamental precept upon which the journal was foundedthe interdisciplinary nature of early intervention. I wish him and his colleagues well in this venture. As a member of the ISEI Coordinating Committee, I look forward to remaining involved with the journal.

Finally, I would like to thank the Aspen staff who, over the years, have been supportive, patient, and just plain wonderful people. Lenda Hill has been associated with Infants and Young Children since its beginning in so many capacities. It is to her that I have turned whenever I had a question or problem. She was always gracious and creative in finding solutions. Along with a number of wonderful production editors over the years, Bonnie Lawhorn most recently has made certain that each issue is accurate and attractive. Although I do not know her current whereabouts, I remain indebted to Margaret Quinlin who had the original vision to launch Infants and Young Children at Aspen Publishers.

Best wishes to all!!