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Forness, Steven R.; Kavale, Kenneth A.; Davanzo, Pablo A. – Behavioral Disorders, 2002
The original authors of an article proposing a new medical model of special education for children with emotional or behavioral disorders respond to comments by considering: (1) the role of psychiatric diagnosis in special education, (2) the relative efficacy of behavioral versus psychopharmacologic treatment, and (3) the nature of…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Clinical Diagnosis, Drug Therapy

Forness, Steven R. – Behavioral Disorders, 1983
The article describes the development and operation of a psychiatric hospital model school program which provides evaluation and teaching of behaviorally disordered, severely handicapped, and gifted children and adolescents during two months on the basis of six continua, prior to placement in regular or special classrooms. (MC)
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Curriculum, Early Childhood Education