The Families as Allies Conference was held to promote collaborative working relationships between professionals and parents of seriously emotionally handicapped children and adolescents, at the case level as well as the service delivery system level. This working conference was designed to involve equal numbers of parents and professionals, including policy-making, administrative, and service delivery professionals from public systems and private service providers. Representatives from the following 13 states were invited to participate: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. Included are transcriptions of speeches and panel presentations, a biographical sketch of each speaker, participant worksheets, and conference evaluation responses. Susan DeConcini gave a keynote address titled "Respect: The Key to Successful Parent-Professional Collaboration." Panel presentations dealt with obstacles to parent-professional collaboration and overcoming those barriers by viewing parents as allies of the professionals. Action plans composed of goals, strategies, and obstacles are included for each of the 12 participating states. (JDD)