This discussion of special education and mental health services for minority severely emotionally disturbed children identifies several issues in service delivery and impediments to service delivery. The identified issues are divided into the following categories: program development, the coordination of services, and service delivery systems; funding; research; education and training; and policy development and advocacy. Each of these issue areas is described, and strategies are proposed. The report also contains several appendixes: (1) a paper by Mareasa Isaacs titled "An Overview of the Provision of Mental Health Services to Severely Emotionally Disturbed Children and Their Families"; (2) selected federal legislation and case law related to the education of minority children who are severely emotionally disturbed; (3) a description of the federal early intervention program under Public Law 99-457; (4) an analysis and overview of Public Law 99-457 by Barbara J. Smith; (5) the text of the Education of the Handicapped Act; and (6) an 18-item bibliography. (JDD)