The Home Activity Program for Parents and Youngsters (HAPPY) addresses the needs of underserved young children with handicaps and their families who live in isolated rural areas of Nevada. This article describes this model program and its two interrelated components: computer-assisted, home-based curricula and video-assisted, home-based assessment and instruction. The evaluation methodology and results of preliminary child-progress data are also described.
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