ABSTRACT
This section of this volume describes direct service interventions for chil dren with current emotional and behavioral pathology. All of these exem plary intervention programs share an intention of directly affecting the current and future symptomatology of indicated populations (Gordon, 1983; Tolan & Guerra, 1994a). Direct interventions are the focus of the majority of service resources, funding, and child clinician efforts in our society, at this time (Kazdin, 1987; Tuma, 1989). Thus, a very important question is, what characteristics are common to exemplary direct service programs? Identifying such characteristics can help us understand essential qualities for apt service delivery, and can increase the efficiency of program development.
