Introduced with guides to usage and abbreviations, the directory includes listings of facilities which have been reported as closed or merged, private and state schools for the emotionally disturbed, psychiatric and guidance clinics, facilities for orthopedic and neurological handicaps, facilities for special health problems, residential and day institutions for the retarded, schools for the blind, deaf, and speech handicapped, and speech and hearing clinics. Additional facilities are listed by specific needs; associations, societies, and foundations for specific exceptionalities are enumerated; and announcements, regional maps, and lists of federal and state agencies and personnel are provided. Each listing is accompanied by a brief description. (JM)