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Lane, Kathleen L.; Carter, Erik W.; Pierson, Melinda R.; Glaeser, Barbara C. – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2006
In this article, we examine similarities and differences in the academic, social, and behavioral skills of high school students with emotional disturbances (ED) and learning disabilities (LD). Two groups of high school students with ED (n = 45) and LD (n = 49) were compared on nine measures in academic, behavioral, and social domains using…
Descriptors: High School Students, Adolescents, Learning Disabilities, Group Membership
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Tustin, R. Don; And Others – Australia and New Zealand Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 1991
Analysis of data from the Behaviour Disorder Scale for 405 adults and adolescents with intellectual disability revealed that subjects exhibited a mean of 14 problem behaviors per person. Factor analysis identified two general syndromes (a conduct syndrome and an emotional syndrome), raising the possibility of dealing with sets of problem behaviors…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Patterns
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Williams, Dorothy L.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1992
The Conners Rating Scale was used to identify psychoeducational, neuropsychological, and sociobehavioral variables in attempting to define subtypes within a population of 95 children (mean age 10.6 years) with learning disabilities (LD) or documented brain damage. Results supported the sociobehavioral component in LD subtyping and parallels…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Classification, Elementary Secondary Education
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Semmel, Melvyn I.; Gao, Xiaohong – Journal of Special Education, 1992
This study found that 27 Chinese teachers' perceptions of 196 elementary students nominated as learning disabled or educable mentally retarded (based on identifying characteristics used in the United States) were significantly less favorable than ratings of students nominated as average or gifted. Discriminant analysis yielded 72.19 percent…
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Behavior Problems, Behavior Rating Scales, Classification
ERIC Clearinghouse on Handicapped and Gifted Children, Reston, VA. – 1987
Summarized are two reports of a federally funded project on the use of artificial intelligence in special education. The first report, "Artificial Intelligence Applications in Special Education: How Feasible?," by Alan Hofmeister and Joseph Ferrara, provides information on the development and evaluation of a series of prototype systems…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Behavior Problems, Classification, Computer Assisted Instruction