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Bullock, Lyndal M.; Wilson, Michael J. – Pointer, 1986
The authors discuss the nature, use, and application of behavioral rating scales for students with behavior disorders. An annotated list of eight behavioral rating scales is included. (CL)
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Behavior Rating Scales
Hoover, John J.; Collier, Catherine – Academic Therapy, 1985
When culturally different children are referred for suspected emotional/behavioral disorders, their native cultural customs and beliefs must be considered. Examples of withdrawn, defensive, disorganized, and aggressive behaviors are cited. (CL)
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Patterns, Cultural Differences, Disability Identification
Tibbetts, Terry J.; And Others – 1986
The manual examines issues in determining eligibility criteria for students with serious emotional disturbance (SED). Educational and clinical definitions of SED are compared, components of the educational definiton are examined, and the issue of differentiating behavioral disorders from serious emotional disturbance is considered. The assessment…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Patterns, Definitions, Elementary Secondary Education
Lytton, Hugh – 1987
The paper reviews research on parental effects on the child, child effects on the parent, and reciprocal effects for the child's characteristics in general and for conduct disorder in particular. Evidence is cited which suggests validity of both the adult-to-child and child-to-adult effects model. Addressing the question of where the preponderant…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Patterns, Child Rearing

Wood, Frank H. – Education and Treatment of Children, 1994
Using excerpts from structured interviews conducted by teachers, this paper discusses three thought and behavior patterns commonly used by students with behavior disorders to justify behavior teachers consider inappropriate: (1) denial, (2) projection, and (3) rationalization. Suggestions are made about how to respond to these defensive behavior…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Patterns

Unruh, David; Anderson, Marge – Intervention in School and Clinic, 1992
This article explains Family of Origin Education, a cognitive approach to helping students change maladaptive behaviors through understanding the historical and environmental contexts of such behaviors. Three phases of the approach, including staff preparation, student training (an eight-step process), and application to nonadaptive behavior, are…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems
Gable, Robert A.; Quinn, Mary Magee; Rutherford, Robert B., Jr.; Howell, Kenneth W.; Hoffman, Catherine C. – 1999
This guide examines the rationale for and the process of conducting a functional behavioral assessment as required under the 1997 amendments to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The guide looks at ways schools and Individualized Education Program (IEP) teams can translate this new public policy into classroom practice by means of a…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Patterns, Diagnostic Teaching, Disabilities
Ohio Coalition for the Education of Children with Disabilities, Marion. – 2002
This guide discusses using Functional Behavioral Assessment (FBA) to find out why a student is behaving inappropriately and to enable the provision of appropriate positive behavior intervention. It stresses that a FBA goes beyond looking at antecedent behavior and consequence to review everything in the entire environment of the student.…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification
Roe, Diana – AECA Research in Practice Series, 1998
This issue of the Australian Early Childhood Association Research in Practice Series focuses on attention difficulties in young children and is directed to parents, child caregivers, and others interested in the care and education of young children. The booklet describes behaviors and characteristics common in children with attention difficulties,…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification
Seraydarian, Elizabeth – 1991
This practicum examined the maintenance in eight emotionally disturbed children (ages 7-13) of three appropriate classroom behaviors taught during a 10-week inpatient psychiatric hospitalization. In the hospital school setting the focus was on: (1) appropriate interactions with teachers; (2) appropriate interactions with peers; and (3) appropriate…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Rating Scales
Lambert, Nadine M. – 1987
An interactional model explaining predisposition to hyperactivity asserts that being identified, diagnosed, and treated as hyperactive is a function of biological factors, early health and temperament, family characteristics, and the quality of the home environment. A longitudinal study involving 367 subjects, aged 17-18, tested the interactional…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Patterns
Breen, Michael J., Ed.; Fiedler, Craig R., Ed. – 1996
This text presents 13 chapters on the assessment of students with emotional and/or behavioral disorders for the purpose of making educational placement and programming decisions consistent with federal and state diagnostic guidelines. Chapters are grouped into four sections focusing on: basic considerations for assessment of youth in this…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Anxiety, Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Disorders
Long, Nicholas J.; Morse, William C. – 1996
This collection of over 60 readings on the education of students with emotional disturbances is organized into nine chapters. In each chapter, the articles are bound together by the humanistic ties of psychoeducation, which involves a concern for both the inner life and the external behavior. The book aims to make school time effective enough to…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Patterns, Crisis Intervention