These proceedings of a statewide Texas conference focus on the need for cooperation between the leadership in the fields of special and vocational education in order to meet the needs of handicapped students. Featured presentations (1) stress the necessity for this team approach at the top levels of the education-state agency bureaucracy as well as at the teacher level in the schools; (2) cite examples of such successful teamwork in two schools in Texas; (3) explore the issues of personnel development, accountability, communication, cooperation, and refining the delivery system in vocational education; (4) describe a program for vocational preparation of severely disabled persons; (5) explain the necessity for lifelong career education and vocational education for handicapped persons; and (6) reiterate the need for interagency cooperation and focus on employment. Mini-sessions reported cover practical approaches in vocational training of handicapped persons; behavior problems; modification of vocational curriculum and physical facilities for handicapped students; safety; litigation; Learning Opportunities for Teachers (LOFT) in mainstreaming; motivation; job placement; evaluation of handicapped students; maintaining vocational quality while training handicapped students; and attitudes toward minority handicapped students. A self-portrait of a successful handicapped person, given as a luncheon speech, is also included. (KC)