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Berzin, Stephanie Cosner; O'Brien, Kimberly H. McManama; Frey, Andy; Kelly, Michael S.; Alvarez, Michelle E.; Shaffer, Gary L. – Journal of School Health, 2011
Background: While school-based mental health professionals obviously must provide mental health services to students directly, the literature is increasingly identifying an empowerment role for these professionals, whereby they support teachers as primary service providers. The purpose of this study was to identify subtypes of school social…
Descriptors: Health Services, Health Needs, Mental Health Workers, Mental Health Programs
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Faas, Larry A.; And Others – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1990
Adults (N=86) with learning disabilities completed the Personality Pattern Inventory, an employment history, and an interview. Verbal intelligence quotient was found to be the best predictor of employment success or lack of success. The incidence of reactor, persister, and workaholic personality types differed between subjects and a population of…
Descriptors: Adults, Employment, Incidence, Intelligence Quotient
Benedict, Mary I.; And Others – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1990
The existence of maltreatment reports for 500 children with multiple disabilities was examined. The profiles of demographic and family characteristics associated with child maltreatment reporting were consistent with the literature, but child functional and developmental characteristics were not confirmed as risk factors. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Abuse, Demography, Family Characteristics
MacMillan, Donald L. – 1991
This booklet addresses the difficulties of comparing and drawing meaning from dropout data prepared by different agencies, and examines the characteristics of students--and of schools--that place students at risk for leaving school prematurely. The booklet describes prevention programs and presents evidence on their effectiveness. It reviews…
Descriptors: Data Interpretation, Disabilities, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Rate
Smull, Michael W.; Bunsen, Teresa D. – 1988
This paper presents a model for projecting the need for special education teachers which incorporates key elements of a market-based supply/demand model. The model provides equations to predict the supply of both certified and uncertified special education teachers. It involves the following supply factors: current certified employed teacher…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Economics, Elementary Secondary Education, Incidence
Parshall, Lucian – 1990
This study describes the Michigan special education work force (as of 1988-89) with regard to six issues, one primary and five supplemental, having to do with the need for and supply of special educators and attempts to predict future personnel needs. The primary issue concerns the factors that will affect the teacher supply and demand in the near…
Descriptors: Administrators, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Mobility