Sixty-three selected convention papers (conference reports) are presented on different aspects of educational needs in special education. Six general papers are followed by 10 papers on mental retardation, in which selected topics include mental retardation and the culturally disadvantaged and physical fitness of mentally retarded boys. Representative topics among the 10 papers on auditory impairment are sequence in teacher education for teachers of the deaf and adult education for the deaf. Two papers are then given on international aspects of special education, one paper on visual impairment, four papers on the gifted, and seven papers on the homebound and hospitalized. Selected topics discussed in the eight papers on learning disabilities are conditions related to specific reading disability and the physician's contribution to interdisciplinary management of children with learning and behavior problems. Concluding the collection are five papers on preschool programs, four papers on teacher education, four papers on behavioral disorders, and two general papers. (CB)