The collection of 12 papers from the 1979 First Annual Nebraska Symposium focuses on the problem of educating the secondary school aged disturbed student. Entries include the following titles and authors: "Issues in Diagnosis and Programming for Socio-Emotionally Impaired Early Adolescents" (W. Morse); "Adolescent Behavior--The Normal and the Not So Normal" (R. Gibson); "Variables Affecting Deviant Behavior in Culturally Diverse Adolescents" (P. Chinn); "Creative Potential of Atypical Development" (D. Eyde); "Continuity/Discontinuity in the Life-Space of the Behaviorally Disordered" (A. Fink); "Psychotherapy with the Behaviorally Disturbed Young Adolescent" (S. Sherrets); "Programming for Emotionally Disturbed Deaf-Blind Youth" (L. Lee); "Emotional Disturbances in the Mentally Retarded" (F. Menolascino, D. Eyde); "Curriculum Adjustments in the Area of Vocational Preparation for Emotonally Disturbed Youth" (B. D'Alonzo); "Programming for the Emotionally Disturbed Youth with Communication Disorders" (D. Vetter); "Curriculum for the Gifted Child Who Is Emotionally Disturbed--An Intervention Approach" (J. Grossi); and "Career/Vocational Education for the Handicapped" (M. Maitre). (SB)