This collection of papers presented at a 1996 conference on children's mental health focuses on school-based services. The eight papers have the following titles and authors: (1) "Facilitating the Social/Emotional Development of Middle School Students: A Model for Improving School-Based Curriculum" (Craig Barringer and Doug Cheney); (2) "School-Based Wraparound: How Implementation and Evaluation Can Lead to System Change" (Lucille Eber and others); (3) "Identification of Students with SED: Correlates of State Child-Count Data" (Donald Oswald and Martha Coutinho); (4) "Comparison of Children and Adolescents with Serious Emotional Disturbance Served in Hospital and School" (Suzanne Markel-Fox and others); (5) "One Year Outcome Findings of the Vanderbilt School-Based Counseling Evaluation Project" (Vicki S. Harris and others); (6) "Interagency Collaboration Efforts with Families with Severe School Refusal Problems" (Fiona Thomson and Mary E. Evans); (7) "Day Treatment for Children with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders: A Program Evaluation" (Jerry Oestmann); and (8) "Designing, Implementing, and Evaluating a School-Based Psychoeducational Group for Children with Behavioral Problems from Families with Substance Abuse Issues" (Martha Morrison Dore and others). (Individual papers contain references.) (DB)