The monograph contains 24 papers, originally presented at a 1987 conference, on research and practice in the area of behavioral disorders of children and adolescents. Papers have the following titles and authors: "Psychiatric Diagnosis: A Further Test of the Special Education Eligibility Hypothesis" (Ellen McGinnis and Steven Forness); "Identification and Assessment of Behavioral Disorders: A State Perspective" (Gregory Williams and Norris Haring); "Classroom Conversion Kit: A Teacher's Guide to Teaching Social Competency" (Richard Neel); "Behaviorally Disordered, Learning Disabled, and Nonhandicapped Students' Social Status in Mainstream Classes" (Edward Sabornie et al.); "Treatment of Childhood and Adolescent Depression: Review and Recommendations" (John Maag); "Comprehensive Suicide Prevention" (Dennis Simon); "Differential Effects of Training in Two Classes of Social Initiations on the Positive Responses and Extended Interactions of Preschool-aged Autistic Children and Their Nonhandicapped Peers" (Sally Savelle and James Fox); "Facilitating Communicative Competence as a Basis for Developing Conventional Behaviors in Students with Autism and Severe Behavioral Disorders" (Anne Bauer et al.); "Handicapped Youth and Young Adults in Prison: Forgotten Clients in Search of Assistance" (Osa Coffey); "Selected Research Issues in the Education of Adolescents with Behavioral Disorders" (Michael Epstein and Douglas Cullinan); "Social Networks of Behaviorally Disordered Adolescents and Their Nonhandicapped Peers: A Preliminary Investigation" (Charles Barone et al.);"Factors in Intervention Choice" (Frank Wood); "Highlighting Analysis in Applied Behavior Analysis: Designing and Analyzing Single Subject Research" (Richard Shores); "The Promise and Pitfalls of an Ecological Perspective on Children's Behavioral Disorders" (Robert Gable et al.); "The Effects of Three Behavioral Interventions on the Disruptive Behavior of Behaviorally Disordered Students" (Mitchell Yell); "Stress and the Special Educator" (Charles Dedrick and Donna Raschke); "After 12 Years of Training Teachers, I Think I've Found a Way to Teach Teachers of the Emotionally Handicapped to Deal with Verbal Aggression" (Judy Olson). (DB)