This collection consists of 11 conference papers on issues pertaining to education of talented and gifted children; 6 are from "general interest" sessions and 5 are from "special interest" sessions. The general interest papers are primarily theoretical in focus. Titles include: Julian C. Stanley's "Finding Intellectually Talented Youths and Helping Them Educationally," a historical survey of the gifted child movement culminating in a description of the author's study of mathematically precocious youth; Gwen Curran's "Creativity through Dance"; Alexinia Baldwin's "Realities, Reconciliation, Resolutions for the Gifted Child from Different Cultures"; Dorothy Sisk's "Leadership as It Relates to Gifted Education"; June Maker's "Integrating Content and Process in the Teaching of Gifted Students"; and Michael Posner's "What Is It to Be an Expert" (a study correlating expertise with semantic memory). The special interest papers focus on more practical topics. These include: Jeri Deckard's "Succeeding with Your School: Advocacy for Gifted Children," a brief guide to parental involvement; Robert Sylwester's "Brain Research and the Education of TAG Students"; Jayasri Ghosh's report on "Citizen Creativity through a Community-Based Gifted Program" (Tacoma, Washington); Joan Hladky's descriptive report on "Education of Talented and Gifted Elementary, Junior High, and High School Students in a Small School District" (Pleasant Hill, Oregon); and Mildred Robeck's guide to "Identification and Intervention in Early Childhood." (TE)