Parents the Untapped Resource in Special Education

Project PATH is investigating issues and developing material for Parents As Teachers of the Handicapped. It was set up at the University of Waikato in February 1978 and will end in September 1981. The philosophy behind it comes from three powerful ideas which have emerged in the last decade, ideas which are particularly relevant to parents, who are, after all, the main teachers of the handicapped. They are: (i) structured, data-based teaching, (ii) early intervention, and (iii) parent involvement.