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Kostewicz, Douglas E.; Ruhl, Kathy L.; Kubina, Richard M., Jr. – Beyond Behavior, 2008
The behaviors of one population, students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD), often present significant challenges for classroom teachers. Based on these behaviors, educators often characterize students with EBD as aggressive, disruptive, or off task. Such behaviors may occur concomitant with, or as a result of, shortfalls in expressive…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Behavior Disorders, Interpersonal Relationship, Interaction
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Liiva, Colleen A.; Cleave, Patricia L. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2005
This study compared the abilities of children with specific language impairment (SLI; n=10) and typically developing (TD) children (n=13) to access and participate in an ongoing interaction between two unfamiliar peer partners. Results revealed that all children in the study accessed by either making an unprompted initiation toward their peers…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Language Acquisition, Expressive Language, Play
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Smidt, Mandy L.; Cress, Cynthia J. – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2004
The present study assessed mastery behaviors in toddlers with physical impairment during object and social play interaction with their parents. Poor mastery motivation in object play of children with physical impairments has been attributed to difficulty in independently structuring tasks, limited experience in play effectiveness, and frequent…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Persistence, Motivation, Receptive Language