Presented is an executive summary of the findings and recommendations from an information gathering effort on the screening, diagnosis, and assessment of handicapped children in Head Start programs. Information gathering activities were noted to focus on three major areas: identification and utilization of diagnostic resources, development of a team approach to the diagnostic evaluation of handicapped children, and parent involvement and participation with diagnostic resources and/or teachers. Among recommendations offered are that Head Start programs need to maximize the integration of the components of administration, education, health, parent involvement, and social services; and that training and technical assistance methodologies involving records and reports should first identify and deal with possible attitudinal barriers. A paper on diagnostic criteria for reporting handicapped children in Head Start is attached. (SBH)