This brief but important paper, for the most part statistical, reviews the current status of one hundred twenty-nine of the one hundred thirty-six children over nine years old who had been diagnosed during the preschool years as having atypical development by the James Jackson Putnam Center. Over fifty-four percent functioned within society, though few of them appeared symptom free, even to the casual observer. About fifty-nine percent of the children seemed to be absorbing enough formal learning to function as adults in society; thirty-six percent were receiving their schooling through normal educational channels with the majority of the remainder in schools for the retarded rather than the disturbed.

Factors affecting outcome were also investigated. The outlook for these children is one of 'moderate optimism', particularly for those 'pure cases' not complicated