The article discusses the individualized education program (IEP--as mandated by the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, P.L. 94-142) as a process rather than a product, drawing on the results of Project IEP, a survey of special education administrators and practitioners and parents of handicapped children regarding the IEP. (Author/DLS)

Issues that are central to special education and appear destined to remain so are discussed, including professional divisions among special educators and between special and regular educators, the population to be served, individualization, and placement. (JDD)

This naturalistic study analyzed videotape recordings of nine individualized family service plan meetings in early intervention programs attempting to actively involve parents in the planning process. Results indicated that parents have attained partial decision-making power, but greater attention to parent participation is needed in goal setting,…