This proceedings includes 62 papers on rural special education. Papers present promising practices for rural special education, current research, program descriptions, discussions of theory, and topics of timely concern. The papers are organized in order of presentation, and are categorized in a topical index under the following subjects: administration, at-risk students, collaborative models, early childhood, gifted, multicultural concerns, parents and families, professional development (including preservice and inservice education), technology (and distance education), transition, and other concerns (including low incidence populations and special agencies). An index of over 130 presenters and their affiliations is included. (SV)