Evaluated was the effectiveness of the Early Intervention Project for Handicapped Infants and Young Children in assisting parents to improve their interactions with their handicapped child, and to help them develop more realistic attitudes about the effects of the child's handicap on the total family system. To assess parental attitudes, the Parent Attitude Survey was administered to parents at 6-month intervals. Preliminary data showed that there was a significant change in the parents' attitudes about the importance of their role in actively helping their handicapped child at home. During the weekly group sessions, each mother-child pair was observed to obtain information on mother-child interactions. Among the findings were that there was a lack of negative behaviors in the samples recorded and that the mothers of the more severely retarded children showed the most positive mothering. Findings suggested that there are ways of measuring change in parental attitudes and behaviors following involvement in an early intervention project. (SB)