Designed as a reference to help school administrators provide programs and services for exceptional children in Ohio, the handbook contains general information on the following: state laws for special education, role and function of the professional staff, registration of educational materials for the visually handicapped, the federal program for purchase of textbooks and materials for the visually handicapped, policies and reporting procedures on research and demonstration projects, admission procedures for the Ohio Schools for the Blind and for the Deaf, procedures for pre-approval of units, the Special Education Instructional Materials Center, preparation of professional personnel in the education of handicapped children (Public Law 85-926, as amended), and federal assistance for the education of handicapped children under Title VI-A, Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Public Law 89-10, as amended. Program standards and procedures are specified for individual instructional services, transportation of handicapped children, boarding homes for physically handicapped children, legal dismissal from school, and for units for the following exceptional children and services: deaf, hard of hearing, crippled, visually handicapped, neurologically handicapped, emotionally handicapped, educable mentally handicapped, speech and hearing therapy, child-study services. (JD)