Designed specifically for the home-based component of Head Start, this parent education program aims to foster more effective, positive, and satisfying parenting skills and relationships. Part I of the handbook provides an overview of the program as well as guidelines for working with adults. Addressed to the program leader, Part II offers specific information on the development and implementation of the parenting awareness program. Part III provides the content and supporting material for eight 2-hour sessions for 8 to 12 adults. Topics addressed include: (1) recognizing strengths/self concept; (2) family/parental influence; (3) child development; (4) communication; (5) encouraging appropriate behavior in young children; (6) preventing inappropriate behavior in young children; (7) play is learning; and (8) at home educational activities. The section for each topic provides information that is for the facilitator, about lesson design, and concerns activities to be done at home. A handout for parents completes each section. Guidelines for formative and summative evaluation are included in the handbook, as are (1) lists of free and inexpensive materials and community resources and (2) appendices providing basic information about children's art, child development, incidental learning, and creative ideas for utilizing the home as an environment for learning. (RH)