Institutions of higher education are key players in ensuring that qualified personnel will be available to implement family-centered, interdisciplinary, community-based early intervention services. This article describes the Southeastern Institute for Faculty Training (SIFT), a regional project designed to prepare interdisciplinary teams of higher education faculty from the Southeastern states and jurisdictions to serve as leaders in providing training in the area of early intervention. Included in this article are an overview of the critical components of the project, a summary of lessons learned from implementation, and promising training strategies that were successful in implementing the SIFT model and that SIFT participants are now using in their training. Key words: early intervention, faculty training, institutions of higher education, personnel preparation