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Sellman, Edward – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2009
Student voice and pupil empowerment projects are common in many mainstream schools. However, such initiatives are more challenging to implement in provision for students experiencing (social), emotional and behavioural difficulties (SEBD). As a consequence, they are less frequently attempted. This article reports one such attempt at an SEBD…
Descriptors: Special Schools, Student Research, Student Empowerment, Emotional Disturbances
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Evans, David W.; Lewis, Marc D.; Iobst, Emily – Brain and Cognition, 2004
Mounting evidence concerning obsessive-compulsive disorders points to abnormal functioning of the orbitofrontal cortices. First, patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) perform poorly on tasks that rely on response suppression/motor inhibition functions mediated by the orbitofrontal cortex relative to both normal and clinical controls.…
Descriptors: Brain, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Standards, Patients
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Nelson, J. Ron; Martella, Ron; Galand, Benita – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 1998
A four-year study evaluated how establishing, teaching, and reinforcing schoolwide rules and routines and systematically responding to disruptive behavior affected the number of formal office disciplinary referrals in one elementary school. Results revealed that establishing clear standards and having in place a systematic response to disruptive…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Behavior Standards, Delinquency Prevention
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Pearson, Deborah A.; Aman, Michael G. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1994
This study assessed the relationship between parent/teacher ratings of hyperactivity and developmental indices in psychiatric clinic children (ages 5-16). Findings suggest that chronological age should be considered when behavior ratings are used to assess cognitively delayed children for hyperactivity but do not support use of mental age in…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Standards, Child Development
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Sipila, Jorma – Youth and Society, 1985
Presents a model of deviant behavior at three levels: the community, the social network, and the individual. Also presents results of a study, conducted in Finland, of regional differences in deviant adolescent behavior. Reports that although the model proved incompatible with part of the empirical material, it was on the whole viable. (KH)
Descriptors: Adolescent Behavior, Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Standards
Eber, Lucille; Lewis-Palmer, Teri; Pacchiano, Debra – 2002
This report describes the methodology and initial results of an evaluation of the universal (school-wide) Positive Behavioral Intervention and Support (PBIS) initiative in Illinois, including (1) strategies for establishing research-based practices and data-based evaluation systems in implementation schools; (2) methodology and initial findings of…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems