The Regional Intervention Program (RIP) represents a pioneering effort in the utilization of parents as primary therapists for their own handicapped young children, as trainers of fellow parents, and as implementors of the program's daily operation. This paper describes the essential elements of the program model, including its unique management‐by‐objectives evaluation system based on principles and techniques borrowed from the industrial engineering sector. Data regarding documented program effectiveness are presented in summary form.
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