The booklet presents Oregon's guidelines regarding the most appropriate/least restrictive placement of hearing impaired students. Guidelines address the following topics (sample subtopics in parentheses): identification (school screening, failure criteria, followup); referral; assessment (criteria, records, parent rights, group and individual tests); staffing (composition and function of committee); placement (parental involvement, direct placement of transfer student, tuition placement, residential or regional program placement); review staffings; service standards (delivery method alternatives, program standards, support services, staff standards); instructional materials for the deaf; special education equipment for the deaf; facilities; transportation; and preschool programs (early identification, diagnostic evaluation and referral, selection and fitting of amplification, and personnel preparation). (CL)