The annotated bibliography on the severaly handicapped contains approximately 100 abstracts and associated indexing information for documents selected from the computer file of the Council for Exceptional Children's Information Center and published from 1958 to 1973. It is explained that the abstracts were chosen according to criteria of availability of document of user, current applicability, information value, author reputation, and classical content. Preliminary information explains how to read the abstract (a sample abstract is included for identification of abstract parts), how to use the author and subject indexes, how to order documents through the ERIC Document Reproduction Service (EDRS), and how to order "Exceptional Child Education Abstracts" in which the abstracts were originally published. Also provided are a list of terms searched to compile the bibliography and a list of journals from which articlew were abstracted. References included treat of aspects such as evaluation, institutions, training techniques, behavior modification, and parents. (DB)