The Cooperative Parent Infant Institute sponsored by the Iowa Department of Public Instruction and the Iowa School for the Deaf has served 85 preschool age hearing impaired children since 1978 by providing (1) a parent education program, (2) supplementary diagnostic evaluations, and (3) a family centered recreation program. (Author)

The purpose of this guide is to give individuals, community groups, and other organizations a checklist of important points that must be considered in day care program planning if quality services are to be established for children and families. The guide provides information concerning the preliminary steps needed to establish a day care program;…