In this Programs, Materials, and Techniques column we will examine university-based child development centers and child study clinics. Many times these centers serve as training centers for prospective professionals (teachers, school psychologists, and other support personnel), demonstration centers for comprehensive multidisciplinary diagnostic centers, community resources for schools, parents, and teachers, and applied research settings between the theories of books to the real work of the school. The Fernald Center, housed in the psychology department of UCLA, places a heavy emphasis on applied research, whereas the Center for Reading and Learning at DePaul University is a multifunctional clinic that provides comprehensive, diagnostic, and treatment plans for children with learning behavioral problems. In addition, this center has a major component of serving as a training site for future learning disabilities and reading teachers. James Madison University's Child Development Clinic, which uses an interdisciplinary model, offers remedial and counseling services to a wide variety of handicapped children and youth and provides faculty from various departments an opportunity to practice in their respective fields. The diagnostic classroom at Lehigh University's laboratory school provides intensive diagnostic and remedial services to children with diagnostic profiles that have not responded well to previous educational efforts. The Huelsman Education Clinic serves as a practicum facility for courses in remedial and clinical reading, parent training, school psychology, and applied behavioral analysis. Special appreciation is expressed to guest editor Dr. Booney Vance, associate professor of school psychology, Kent State University —D.A.S.