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Kavale, Kenneth A.; Mostert, Mark P. – Behavioral Disorders, 2004
Sutherland and Singh (2004) focus on the relationship between students' inappropriate behaviors and academic failure, articulating how this relationship may be mediated by learned helplessness in a reciprocally negative reinforcing cycle. In responding to their work, the authors suggest a thread of disciplined inquiry and contextual framework for…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Behavior Disorders, Helplessness, Learning Disabilities

Farmer, Thomas W.; Quinn, Mary Magee; Hussey, William; Holahan, Thomas – Behavioral Disorders, 2001
A systems perspective on the development of disruptive behavioral disorders is presented and discussed with an emphasis on correlated constraints. The concept of correlated constraints suggests that behavior development involves the interconnected contributions of multiple factors working together as a system. Implications are considered in…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification