Participants in an inservice workshop (n=121) and a graduate course in teaching the young handicapped (n=271) were surveyed concerning their perceptions of community attitudes toward the handicapped, the support school systems will provide for implementing P.L. 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act), and the current level of…

The Assessment-Confrontation-Strategizing Model for developing parent and community involvement in school decision-making consists of three stages. In the assessment stage parent perceptions of the permeability of the school's psychosocial boundaries are examined and the differing educational values held by teachers, administrators, and…