&NA;Initial professional preparation as a physical therapist includes little about the nature and needs of infants and young children in early intervention. Therefore, physical therapists must seek training through on‐the‐job training, continuing education, self‐study, graduate degrees, certificates, and clinical residencies. Advanced competencies in pediatric physical therapy for practice in early intervention is presented. The importance of the interdisciplinary, family‐centered approach to early intervention is stressed, as well as the critical relevance of the unique knowledge and skills of pediatric physical therapists to remediate complex impairments, functional limitations, and disabilities of infants and young children while meeting the family's needs.