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Drege, Patricia; Beare, Paul L. – B. C. Journal of Special Education, 1991
Implementation of a token economy system with a time-out backup consequence in a highly structured self-contained elementary classroom for children with emotional and behavior disorders demonstrated a strong functional relationship between the intervention system and improvement in the students' behavior. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders, Elementary Education, Emotional Disturbances
Jennings, Matthew – Writing Teacher, 1996
A teacher describes a writing program in his self-contained seventh-grade class for students with emotional disturbances or neurological impairments. Principles such as the importance of positive teacher expectations and plenty of writing time are stressed, and use of word processing, effective class organization, a classroom magazine, and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Educational Principles, Emotional Disturbances, Junior High Schools
Cambone, Joseph – 1990
The paper is a description of how one teacher structured a classroom for five seriously disturbed violent boys (ages 5.5 to 8 years) at a private residential and day school for emotionally disturbed students. Anecdotes are reported as well as the teacher's reflections. Changes in the teacher's original planned class structure while maintaining the…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Techniques
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Curci, Richard A.; Gottlieb, Jay – Exceptionality: A Research Journal, 1990
Forty-six noncategorically identified intermediate-level handicapped students were assigned to functionally grouped self-contained classes and were observed. Although special education teachers did not know unofficial labels applied to students (emotional disturbances or learning disabilities), they instructed emotionally disturbed children with…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Intermediate Grades, Labeling (of Persons), Learning Disabilities
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Schniedewind, Nancy; Salend, Spencer J. – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1987
Suggestions for implementing cooperative learning strategies with mildly handicapped students in mainstreamed, resource room, and self-contained classroom settings are given. Guidelines are presented for: selecting a format for cooperative learning; establishing working guidelines; forming groups; arranging the classroom; developing cooperative…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Emotional Disturbances, Group Activities, Heterogeneous Grouping
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Keyes, Glenda K. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 1994
The Time on Computer program rewards students with emotional disabilities in grades 4-5 by allowing them to use the classroom computer and printer contingent on appropriate behavior. The program was merged with a classroom "Ladder System" which encourages self-management via privileges and restrictions. The program effects behavior improvement…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Contingency Management
Taulbee, Dianne R.; And Others – 1986
This curriculum guide presents principles for teaching emotionally impaired (EI) secondary students in the Jackson County Intermediate School District in Michigan. The first chapter examines management of programs for this population, developing and maintaining relationships, professional development, understanding emotional disturbance, classroom…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Classroom Techniques, Eligibility, Emotional Disturbances
Miles, Bruce H. – 1993
This compilation of materials from the Rum River (Minnesota) region special education programs includes the following items: (1) an outline of performance-based supervision and employee review techniques for special education supervisors and administrators; (2) a brief description of the Rum River North and South day treatment programs (for…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Behavior Disorders, Cooperative Programs, Disabilities
Graham, Marilyn Troth – 1991
A survey of curriculum and instructional practices in high school classrooms (N=151) in 82 school districts serving seriously emotionally disturbed (SED) and emotionally disturbed/learning disabled students in Virginia was conducted for the purpose of identifying the roles, responsibilities, and teaching skills for which SED teachers need to be…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Computers, Curriculum Development, Emotional Disturbances
Ysseldyke, James E.; And Others – 1987
This study investigated time allocated to instruction as a function of the specific type of mild handicap and as a function of setting and subject matter content. Subjects were 122 elementary students categorized as learning-disabled, emotionally/behaviorally disturbed, educable mentally retarded, and nonhandicapped. Subjects were in mainstreamed,…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Classification, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education
Johns, Beverley H.; And Others – 1996
This monograph is intended to help in the creation of effective programs for adolescents with emotional/behavioral disorders (E/BD). Discussion covers techniques for dealing with students placed in special education programs within public school settings and those placed in specialized settings (e.g., day treatment centers). After an introductory…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Demonstration Programs, Educational Practices
Vogelmann-Peper, Marcella – 1990
This practicum was designed to establish behavioral and assessment criteria for dealing with seriously emotionally disturbed elementary students enrolled in self-contained emotionally handicapped (EH) units. A primary goal was to provide out-of-field EH teachers with an objective tool for continuously assessing students' individual behavioral and…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education
Ysseldyke, James E.; And Others – 1987
Observations were conducted to document the active academic responding and academic engagement rates of 122 elementary students (30 learning-disabled, 32 emotionally/behaviorally disturbed, 30 mildly mentally retarded, and 30 self-contained programs. Data were recorded in 10-second intervals for each student over an entire school day. During a…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Emotional Disturbances
Ysseldyke, James E.; And Others – 1987
This project examined the extent to which varying instructional grouping arrangements are used for different categories of mildly handicapped students in various instructional settings and the extent to which any differences translated to differences in student responses. Observational data were recorded all day in 10-second intervals for 122…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Emotional Disturbances
Ysseldyke, James E.; And Others – 1987
Observational data were collected on the instructional tasks used by 122 elementary students (30 learning-disabled, 32 emotionally/behaviorally disturbed, 30 educable mentally retarded, and 30 nonhandicapped). No differences between handicapped and nonhandicapped students were revealed in an analysis of time using each of eight specific tasks…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education