PAPERS AND DISCUSSION SUMMARIES ARE PRESENTED FROM A CONFERENCE ON THE BIOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS OF CHILDHOOD BRAIN DAMAGE, HELD AT THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA IN NOVEMBER 1962. A VARIETY OF DISCIPLINES IS REPRESENTED, AND THE FOLLOWING TOPICS ARE CONSIDERED--(1) "THE PROBLEM OF 'BRAIN DAMAGE' IN CHILDREN" BY HERBERT G. BIRCH, (2) "BRAIN DAMAGE AS A CAUSE OF BEHAVIOR DISTURBANCE IN CHILDREN" BY CHARLES KENNEDY, (3) "PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL DAMAGE" BY LEONARD DILLER, (4) "TWO STRATEGIES FOR STUDYING PERCEPTION IN 'BRAIN-DAMAGED' CHILDREN" BY HERBERT G. BIRCH, (5) "BEHAVIORAL MANIFESTATIONS OF CEREBRAL DAMAGE IN CHILDHOOD" BY LEON EISENBERG, (6) "THE EFFECT OF A BRAIN-DAMAGED CHILD ON THE FAMILY" BY HOWARD R. KELMAN, (7) "THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT AND INDIVIDUAL FUNCTIONING" BY STEPHEN A. RICHARDSON, AND (8) "SOME EPIDEMIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF CONGENITAL BRAIN DAMAGE" BY ERNEST M. GRUENBERG. THE ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY CONTAINS 369 TITLES IN SIX CATEGORIES--(1) THE ENTITY AND ITS DESCRIPTION, (2) CLINICAL AND SPECIAL DIAGNOSIS, (3) CHARACTERISTIC MECHANISMS AND NATURAL HISTORY, (4) ETIOLOGY--CLINICAL, EXPERIMENTAL, EPIDEMIOLOGIC, (5) TREATMENT, EDUCATION, AND MANAGEMENT, AND (6) REVIEWS, OVERVIEWS, AND THEORIES. THIS DOCUMENT IS AVAILABLE FROM THE WILLIAMS/WILKINS COMPANY, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, FOR $5.95. (DF)