This product of the Leadership Training Institute/Vocational and Special Education contains a series of policy papers focusing on the impact of the Individualized Education Program (IEP) provision upon vocational education programming for handicapped youth. Nine papers are included: (1) Legislative Issues and Perspectives: IEPs for Handicapped Learners in Vocational Education, discussing key provisions of Public Law 94-142, Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and 1976 Vocational Education Amendments; (2) State Planning and IEP, outlining effective strategies for systematic state-level interagency planning; (3) Needs Assessment and IEP, focusing on policy related trends in needs assessment; (4) Consumer and Advocacy Involvement in IEP, outlining strategies and concepts regarding the involvement of parents, advocates, and consumers; (5) Interagency Cooperation and IEP, citing issues and strategies related to interagency planning; (6) Inservice Staff Development and IEP, addressing provision of special education preparation for career/vocational educators and career/vocational competencies among special educators; (7) Program Improvement and IEP, discussing program improvement as defined in the 1976 Vocational Education Amendments and addressed in P.L. 94-142; (8) Program Evaluation and IEP, examining state-level program evaluation efforts; and (9) The IEP: Implications, Conflicts, and Challenges for Vocational Education. An epilogue summarizes the papers' contents. (YLB)