The handbook, intended for school social workers and related services personnel in Iowa who work with behavior disordered students, consists of 21 papers organized into four sections. The first section provides an orientation to behavior disorders in two papers: "Behavioral Disorders in Iowa--An Overview" (Carl R. Smith and Jeff Grimes); and "Behavioral Disorders--An Empirical Approach for Social Workers in Schools" (Paula Allen-Meares). The second section focuses on intervention in seven papers: "Systematic Observation of Students for the School Social Worker" (Catherine Nelles Moon); "Task-Centered Treatment with Behaviorally Disordered Students" (Kate McElligatt); "A Social Systems Model for Short-Term Counseling Intervention with Individual Behaviorally Disordered Students" (C. Joan Heifner); "Administrative Intervention--Procedures for Working with Disruptive Students" (John C. Downs and Donald D. Black); "Intervention by Prescription in the Preschool--A Preventive Model" (Cheryl A. McCullagh); "Services to Families of Young Behaviorally Disordered Children" (Charlene Struckman); and "School Social Work Interventions with Families--Problems and Prospects" (Kyle V. McCard). The third section examines group services in six papers: "Group Work in the Schools" (Marvin Bryce and Phil Piechowski); "Teaching Social Skills to Behaviorally Disordered Students" (Steven C. Heer); "Social Clubs for Behaviorally Disordered Students" (Mary Lee Waggoner); "The Effectiveness of Parent Groups" (Robert J. Gallagher); "Making Parent Support Groups Work for Behaviorally Disordered Students" (Alvin J. Flieder); and "Supportive Services to Parents of Autistic Children in Local Communities" (Sarah F. Messmer). The fourth section looks at changing trends in six papers: "Using Coordination to Maximize Services--A Multi-Agency and Case Management Approach" (Ronda Parks Armstrong); "Multi-Agency Planning for Behaviorally Disordered Students" (Richard A. Rosenkrans); "The School Social Work Practitioner as Researcher" (James G. McCullagh); "Practitioner Interventions at the National Level" (Isadora Hare); "Revitalizing School Social Work--Conserving Energy and Expanding Services to Children with Behavioral Disorders" (Barbara E. Jacobsen); and "School Social Work Services--A Look Toward the Future" (I. Lorraine Davis). (DB)