Family Involvement: A Critical Component of Early Intervention

This article describes a parental involvement program that is an integral component of an early intervention program for preschool moderately and severely handicapped children. The parental program provides information and skills to parents that assist them in becoming effective change agents with their handicapped child and knowledgeable consumers of services for the handicapped. The structure and operation of the program are discussed. Tracking and evaluation procedures developed by the staff are described.