The future of research and practice in behavioral disorders: Psychopharmacology and its school implications

Research and practice in special education have only begun to incorporate i nterventions from other disciplines. Child and adolescent psychopharmacolog y recently has begun to assert itself as a primary intervention in treatmen t of children with disruptive behavioral disorders, such as attention defic it hyperactivity disorder Recent findings in this area will be reviewed alo ng with a brief review of medications used for children with mood or schizo phrenic disorders. The article concludes with a discussion of collaborative practice with physicians and families in multimodal treatment of children with emotional and behavioral disorders. The authors argue that effective s pecial education practice demands such collaboration.