The 17 papers were originally presented at a 1977 series of workshops for personnel serving the deaf-blind and severely handicapped and are organized into the following workshop topics: programing and program development, the senses, cognition, communication, and behavior managment. The papers have the following titles and authors: "Education for the Severely Handicapped - What is It?" (O. Peak); "Program Outreach, Services for Deaf-Blind Children in Rural Areas" (J. Dominguez); "The Design of Instructional Programs for Severely Multihandicapped Students" (J. Writer); "Assessment and Remediation of Multihandicapped Children" (M. Wood); "Application of Audiological Principles to the Deaf-Blind Child" (R. Roeser); "Visual Development" (M. Efron); "Workshop in Vision Stimulation and Training" (K. Shane); "Sensory Stimulation, Sensory Integration Theory" (G. Stone); "Sensory Stimulation, Sensory Integration - Techniques and Equipment" (M. Dodd); "Sensorimotor Cognitive Assessment and Curriculum for the Multihandicapped Child" (N. Fieber); "Prelanguage Development - Communication Training for the Deaf-Blind" (R. Condon); "Communication Development" (S. Soltman); "Nonvocal Communication" (K. Dorsey); "Approaches to Nonoral Communication" (N. Harlan and F. Carlson); "A Discussion of Behavior Modification Procedures as Applied to the Severely and Profoundly Handicapped" (D. Duncan); "Behavior Management of the Severely Profoundly Handicapped Child" (J. Harris); and "Behavior Analysis" (H. DeShong). (PHR)