This proceedings contains 58 papers on rural special education. Papers present the newest and most innovative promising practices for rural special education, current research, contemporary discussions of theory or theory development, and topics of timely concern. The papers are organized in order of presentation, and are categorized in a topical index under the following subjects: administration, at risk, collaboration and inclusion, early childhood, gifted education, low incidence populations, multicultural education, Native American concerns and community relations, parents and families, preservice and inservice education of rural special education teachers, publishing of professional papers, technology, and transitional school-to-work programs and practices. An appendix provides information on seven presentations available on videotape. (SV)