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Identification of Handicapped Children and Youth: A State Agency Perspective on Behavioral Disorders

State education agencies are currently faced with numerous challenges in meeting their leadership responsibilities. This paper provides an example of how one such agency has attempted to provide leadership in defining those handicapped students who are behaviorally disordered. Emphasized is the literature base from which initial direction was taken, data-gathering activities initiated by the SEA, and subsequent policy decisions made.