The report presents information gathered in a 1982 survey of over 400 public and private agencies serving preschool handicapped children in New York state. The information is organized into 60 recommendations for improving services in six key areas (sample subtopics in parentheses): (1) identification, evaluation, and placement (screening, use of labels, mainstreaming); (2) program operation (educational assessment, individualized education program development, curriculum content, individualization, evaluation of progress); (3) services for families (developing the parent individual education plan, parent role in planning and evaluation, program philosophy); (4) staff (qualifications, staff skills, adult-child ratios, inservice training); (5) interagency cooperation (advisory board, referrals, direction centers); and (6) legal considerations (length of stay, transitions to school, eligibility for services). Sample survey forms and references are appended. (CL)