This book provides a picture of comprehensive children's services from a global, theoretical perspective, as well as a more practical guide to the potential roles for participating service providers and the structuring of such programs. Following an introduction, the volume is organized into 14 chapters: (1) "Moving from Cooperation to Collaboration for Improved Service Delivery for Children" (K. Whitaker and R. King); (2) "Coordinating Services for Children and Families: The Organizational Perspective" (B. Intriligator); (3) "Constructing a Multicultural Framework for Coordinated Children's Services" (B. Fennimore); (4) "The Organization of Family-School Interactions: A Prelude to School-linked Services" (C. Smrekar); (5) "Professional Attitudes, Judgment, and Confidentiality: Tensions in School-linked Services" (M. Manley-Casimir and M. Hall); (6) "Financial and Economic Policy Issues in Coordinated Children's Services" (J. Ward); (7) "A Look Back to the Futures of Children: Developing a Shared Vision of Early Intervention" (R. Brinker); (8) "Educators Respond to New Jersey's 'One-Stop Shopping' Program" (R. Knowlton and E. Tetelman); (9) "Administrative Issues in Coordinated Children's Services: A Chicago Case Study" (M. Smylie, R. Crowson, and V. Chou); (10) "Children's Services and Urban Teacher Education: Beginning the Conversation" (M. Bay, S. King, and V. Chou); (11) "The Principal's Role in Comprehensive Student Services for Empowerment of Students and Families" (C. Capper); (12) "A Social Work Perspective on Comprehensive Children's Services" (S. Goren and L. Afable); (13) "A Primary Health Care Perspective on Comprehensive Children's Services" (S. Girouard and J. Igoe); and (14) "Evaluation of Coordinated Children's Services: A Collaborative, Participatory Approach" (R. Levin and J. Greene). (LL)