A response to a requirement that Iowa public schools provide special education for all handicapped children in grades kindergarten through eight, the booklet provides explanatory material on the incidence, identification, and nature of handicapping conditions as well as program and personnel needs. Conditions covered are those of the hearing handicapped, mentally retarded, orthopedically handicapped and other special health problems, specific learning disabilities, speech handicapped, visually handicapped, and emotionally disturbed. A brief overview of each problem is provided to offer the administrator a general understanding of the educational problem and indications of how solutions may be approached. The roles of guidance counselor, school psychologist, school nurse, remedial reading consultant, and social worker in the education of handicapped children are discussed. (GW)