Narcissistic injury is an inevitable part of any child's normal progress toward establishing a sense of personal identity, boundaries, and autonomy. Latency-age children who suffer from narcissistic disorders tend to have failed to deal appropriately with these ordinary stressors and will present with diverse clinical pictures. The author suggests that they may be evaluated according to their progress in negotiating certain specific developmental tasks: (1) identity formation; (2) relinquishment of omnipotence; (3) acquisition of stable internal self-esteem and the attenuation of reliance on external approval; (4) the capacity to tolerate stress and conflict without undue regression; (5) the construction of internal goals and ideals; and (6) the integration of language and cognitive development. Bleiberg indicates how this scheme, which integrates the findings of a large number of psychoanalytic investigators, provides a uniform background for assessment and treatment planning.