Provision of needed services to handicapped preschoolers in rural areas presents major challenges, primarily because of the lack of trained personnel. Federally-funded Project Hi Tech trained teaching staff of two preschools, one of them located almost 200 and the other over 300 miles from Utah State University, by using two-way audio-video telecommunications supported by more common forms of communication including telephone and electronic mail. The microwave signal transmission system utilized the existing state network with the addition of 23 gigahertz microwave radios at the two preschool sites. Other equipment included uni-directional and mobile microphones, broadcast-quality and home video cameras, standard television receivers, the Special Net data-base, and speaker phones. Training techniques utilized coincidental and microsession teaching, the "Let's Be Social" curriculum for handicapped children, and a planning procedure for determining training content. Data indicated that interactive, televised classroom sessions did provide consultants with sufficient information to formulate individual training plans for rural teachers and that rural teachers could follow the plans. The resultant procedures were effective in helping children acquire skills. Few difficulties were incurred due to hardware malfunction; only 4 of 58 scheduled training sessions had to be cancelled due to equipment failure. (NEC)