Comments from parents such as, "It's nice to work with someone who understands how complicated my life is"; "I know when I make a decision about my child, my home visitor will respect it"; "Now, I feel like I can help my child learn"; and "I enjoy being with my child so much" are great to hear. These types of comments let early interventionists know they are using family-centered practices that result in supporting and enhancing parents' feelings of competence and confidence. While comments like these are certainly gratifying, early intervention programs still must assess parents' perceptions systematically in order to determine whether such sentiments are occurring for all families in the program or for only a few. The Parenting Experiences Scale (Trivette & Dunst, 2003) described in this article allows program administrators to quickly assess parents' perceptions of experiences regarding family-centered practices and of their own parenting competence, confidence, and enjoyment. In addition to describing this scale, this article provides information about why it is important to assess program practices and how a program might use this scale to gather information from families. Further, it provides two examples of how program directors and staff could use the information gathered to improve program practices. (Contains 1 table.)