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Student Risk Screening Scale for Internalizing and Externalizing Behaviors: Preliminary Cut Scores to Support Data-Informed Decision Making
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Lane, Kathleen Lynne; Oakes, Wendy Peia; Swogger, Emily D.; Schatschneider, Christopher; Menzies, Holly Mariah; Sanchez, Jeremy – Behavioral Disorders, 2015
We report findings of a convergent validity study examining the internalizing subscale (SRSS-I5) of the newly adapted Student Risk Screening Scale for Internalizing and Externalizing (SRSS-IE12) with the internalizing subscale of the Teacher Report Form (TRF; Achenbach, 1991) conducted in 13 schools across three states with 195 kindergarten…
Descriptors: Screening Tests, Behavior Problems, Cutting Scores, Decision Making
Psychometrics and Measurement Invariance of the Emotional and Behavioral Screener
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Lambert, Matthew C.; Epstein, Michael; Ingram, Stephanie; Simpson, Amy; Bernstein, Seth – Behavioral Disorders, 2014
Many students who exhibit behavioral and emotional problems during adolescence often show less severe problems in school in early grades. Screening for these early indicators can help educational professionals direct support to students who are more likely to benefit from increased support. The screening protocol needs to be psychometrically…
Descriptors: Emotional Problems, Behavior Problems, Adolescents, Severity (of Disability)
Prevalence of Weight Problems among Youth with High-Incidence Disabilities in Residential Care
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Alexandra L. Trout; Matthew C. Lambert; Timothy D. Nelson; Ronald W. Thompson – Behavioral Disorders, 2014
The prevalence of weight problems among youth in general and youth in out-of-home care has been well documented; however, the prevalence of obesity/overweight among youth with high-incidence disabilities in more restrictive settings, such as residential care, has not been assessed. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the prevalence of…
Descriptors: Residential Care, Body Weight, Youth Problems, Disabilities
Reading, Mathematics, and Behavioral Difficulties Interrelate: Evidence from a Cross-Lagged Panel Design and Population-Based Sample of US Upper Elementary Students
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Lin, Yu-Chu; Morgan, Paul L.; Hillemeier, Marianne; Cook, Michael; Maczuga, Steve; Farkas, George – Behavioral Disorders, 2013
We examined three questions. First, do reading difficulties increase children's risk of behavioral difficulties? Second, do behavioral difficulties increase children's risk of reading difficulties? Third, do mathematics difficulties increase children's risk of reading or behavioral difficulties? We investigated these questions using (a) a sample…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Elementary School Students, At Risk Students, Reading Difficulties
Teacher Perceptions of Social Behavior in Behaviorally Disordered and Socially Normal Children and Youth.
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Center, David B.; Wascom, Alan M. – Behavioral Disorders, 1987
Comparison of teacher perceptions of either behaviorally disordered or socially normal students (total N=410 and ages between 8 and 15) indicated teachers perceived more prosocial behavior by normal, female, and older subjects. Teachers perceived an increase in negative social behavior for normal secondary-age students but not for behaviorally…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems
Deviant Behavior in Learning Disabled and Behaviorally Disordered Students as a Function of Level and Placement.
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Sindelar, Paul T.; And Others – Behavioral Disorders, 1985
Resource and special class teachers of learning disabled (LD) and behaviorally disordered elementary and secondary students rated behaviorally disordered Ss as exhibiting more of five patterns of deviant behavior than LD Ss. Secondary Ss exhibited more rule breaking than elementary Ss; and special class Ss, more anxious, fearful behavior than…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Problems, Elementary Secondary Education