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Increased opportunities for assessment and intervention, consultation,
and program evaluation in early childhood education are suggested as
roles that the school psychologist should develop to facilitate effect
ive parent involvement in a child's education. A review of the literat
ure on parent involvement in early childhood special eduction is provi
ded. The current federal guidelines, rationale, definitions of parent
involvement, and strategies for evaluating parent involvement are revi
ewed.