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New York State Commission on Quality of Care for the Mentally Disabled, Albany. – 1987
This report examines issues concerned with the use of aversive behavior modification techniques in actual treatment practices at one intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded. The review of these practices reveals how, once the philosophy of using aversives takes hold at a program (to deal with seemingly intractable behaviors), its…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Ethics
Gagnon, Joe, Ed. – National Center on Education, Disability and Juvenile Justice, 2004
This issue of "EDJJ Notes" contains the following articles: (1) "In the News: The Policy of Prosecuting Juvenile Offenders as Adults: A Summary of Key Issues" (Jeffrey M. Poirier); (2) "Youth Transition from a Secure Care Facility" (Megan McGlynn); and (3) "Research to Practice: Self-Management" (Part II of…
Descriptors: Juvenile Courts, Law Enforcement, Crime, Juvenile Justice
Dodge, Kenneth A.; Dishion, Thomas J.; Lansford, Jennifer E. – Society for Research in Child Development, 2006
The problem is well known to every parent of a teenager, every high school teacher, every clinical practitioner, and every social policy maker: vulnerable adolescents risk becoming more deviant through association with deviant peers and peer groups. Deviant peer influences are among the most potent factors in the development of antisocial…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Adolescents, Peer Groups, Program Effectiveness