Presented are proceedings from the 1975 conference on research needs related to the development of personnel to serve the handicapped (sponsored by the Bureau of Education for the Handicapped). Conference papers and remarks are provided for four areas of research needs: pupil outcomes in education for the handicapped (a paper by R.E. Shores), personnel selection ( a paper by J.J. Eisenbach), personnel training (remarks by H. McKenzie), and personnel utilization (a paper by L. Burrello). Among the top priority research needs identified by conference participants are development of procedures for determining educational expectations and objectives, systems for observing teacher-pupil interaction and teacher behaviors, and study of alternative systems for inservice training. (CL)