Nine author-contributed papers from a 1981 conference on severe behavior disorders are presented. In the keynote paper, H. Walker reviews research evidence on acting out children and describes remediation strategies in the school setting. Eight papers follow: "Services to the Seriously Behaviorally Disordered/Emotionally Disturbed Students in Rural Communities" (F. Wood and R. Lininger); "Supervision of Teachers of Students with Behavioral Problems in the School Setting: Special Considerations" (L. Essex); "Learning Characteristics of Children and Adolescents with Various Psychiatric Diagnoses" (T. Barnes and S. Forness); "Social Skills Training for Withdrawn Children" (M. Haring); "Providing Integrated School Experiences for Severely Handicapped Students" (S. Stainback and W. Stainback); "The Employment Readiness of the Autistic Compared with the Severely Handicapped" (A. Hilton); "The Use of Nonverbal Piagetian Tasks to Assess the Cognitive Development of Autistic Children" (D. Lancy and G. Goldstein); and "Analysis of the Response Contingent Time-Out Literature with Behaviorally Disordered Students in Classroom Settings" (R. Rutherford, Jr. and C. Nelson). (CL)