The booklet is designed to provide professional and lay personnel with guidelines for designing and developing programs and services for gifted and talented students in Connecticut. Author contributed chapters address programing, identification, and evaluation. Entries include the following titles and authors "What Makes Giftedness? Reexamining a Definition" by J. Renzulli; "Designing, Developing and Implementing a Program for the Gifted and Talented" by W. Vassar; "Developing Defensible Programs for the Gifted and Talented" by J. Renzulli and L. Smith; "Another Perspective on Identification Using the Baldwin Identification Matrix" by A. Baldwin; "Two Approaches to Identification of Gifted Students" by J. Renzulli and L. Smith; "Identification of Creative Talent Potential among the Handicapped" by E. Talada; "Conduct Evaluation Activities: What Measures Success?" by M. Humphrey; "Instructional Management Systems: A Model for Organizing and Developing Inservice Training Workshops (Applications for Trainers of Teachers of the Gifted and Talented)" by J. Renzulli; and "The State of Connecticut Clearinghouse for Gifted and Talented: An Overview" by J. Blanning. (SBH)