The monograph includes 11 papers presented at a 1984 conference on severe behavior disorders of children and youth. Papers deal with research, practice, and teacher training issues. The following titles and authors are represented: "Person-Environment Fit: A Unifying Concept for Special Education" (F. Hewett); "The Learning-to-Fail Phenomenon as an Obstacle to Mainstreaming Children with Behavioral Disorders" (R. Gable et al); "Early Intervention for Behaviorally Disordered Children: An Integrative Review" (M. Mastropieri et al); "Psychometric Characteristics of the SBS Student Inventory of Social Behavior Standards/Expectations and the SBS Correlates Checklist" (G. Horton et al); "Characteristics of Extended Programs for Autistic Students" (J. Hutton and B. Grissom); "Developing Counseling Skills in Teachers of Behaviorally Disordered Adolescents" (J. Maag and A. Meinhold); "Materials Selection and Adaptation: Strategies for Combating Curriculum Casualties among the Behaviorally Disordered" (R. Gable et al); "Academic and Intellectual Characteristics of Behaviorally Disordered Children and Youth" (M. Mastropieri et al); "Effects of Human Potential Seminars on the Socially Adaptive Behavior of Incarcerated Juvenile Delinquents" (M. Hamm); "Hair Mineral Content as a Predictor of Childhood Autism" (M. Marlowe and J. Errea); "The Role of Pupil Gender in Teacher Perception of Disturbance among Adolescents" (D. McGee). (CL)