Preface, Irving SigelEmerging Directions in Parent-Child Early Intervention, Douglas R. PowellParental Empowerment in Family Matters: Lessons Learned from a Research Program, Moncrieff CochranLessons Still to Be Learned in Parent Empowerment Programs: A Response to Cochran, Burton MindickGeneric Issues in Parent Empowerment Programs: A Rejoinder to Mindick, Moncrieff CochranThe Syracuse University Family Development Research Program: Long-Range Impact of an Early Intervention with Low-Income Children and Their Families, J. Ronald Lally, Peter L. Mangione, and Alice S. HonigA Support Program for Adolescent Mothers: Predictors of Participation, Donald G. Unger and Lois Pall WandersmanA Family Systems Model of Early Intervention with Handicapped and Developmentally At-Risk Children, Carl J. Dunst and Carol M. TrivetteThe Design of Family Support Programs in High-Risk Communities: Lessons from the Child Survival/ Fair Start Initiative, Robert Halpern and Mary LarnerThe Role of Research in an Innovative Preventive Initiative, Judith S. Musick and Linda Barbera-SteinChallenges in the Design and Evaluation of Parent-Child Intervention Programs, Douglas R. PowellAuthor IndexSubject Index