This special issue of a periodical focuses on building support and resources for families of children with special needs. It contains 13 articles in addition to descriptions of 10 programs serving special needs families at the local level, a list of 15 resource organizations and 10 publications/audiovisual aids, and a message from the coalition's president. Titles and authors of the 13 articles are: "Parents Take Priority in Family-Centered Care" (Elizabeth Jeppson); "A Fully Human Life" (Linda Gilkerson); "Supporting and Strengthening Families: New Visions, New Directions" (Carl Dunst); "Family Bonds: The Binding Force" (Patricia McGill Smith); "Parent-to-Parent Support: A Federal Program" (Martha Ziegler); "The Parent/Professional Relationship: Complex Connections, Intricate Bonds" (Madelyn Anne Iris); "Special Needs Children, Special Needs Fathers" (James May); "Respite Care" (Shirley Cohen); "New Perspectives on Financing Health Care" (Julianne Beckett); "A Life Span Perspective" (Ann Turnbull); "States Take Leadership Role in Prevention/Early Intervention Programs for Young Children with Special Needs" (Eleanor Szanton); "For Preschoolers with Handicaps--Free Appropriate Public Education by 1991-92?" (Pascal Trohanis); and "Networking in New York State: A Green Thumb Experience" (Lisa Grippo-Gardner and Catharine McHugh). (JDD)