Asperger Syndrome (AS) presents unique challenges to both families and schools. Children diagnosed with Asperger's possess unparalleled characteristics in cognitive functioning and behavioral pattern. These children need extra attention and assistance in schools. School counselors require a strategy to successfully engage and support these…

York Behaviour Management Services, one of 33 programs funded by the Ontario (Canada) Ministry of Community and Social Services, is designed to help deinstitutionalized handicapped persons adapt to the demands of community life. An introduction (presented by D. Griffiths) on the background of behavior modification reviews reasons for some negative…

The paper reviews problems encountered by communities serving urban Blacks with serious emotional and behavioral disorders and discusses approaches used in Southside Chicago. Demographic factors affecting provision of service for Black students are detailed. The Illinois Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities has provided funds…

In 1997, the Board on Children, Youth, and Families launched the Frontiers of Research on Children, Youth, and Families Initiative to highlight recent policy-relevant research on children, youth, and families conducted by young and mid-career researchers. The initiative sought to encourage more sustained interactions between these researchers and…