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Christopher T. H. Liang; Sarah A. Rosati; Matthew Fluharty; Rachel Gabrilowitz; Devon Carter; Vivian Mui; Lee Kern; Jennifer Freeman – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2024
Disproportionality persists with regard to the labeling of students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD). A blending of critical race theory and disability studies, or DisCrit, provides a framework to examine disproportionality. In this article, a DisCrit mindset is applied to examine how racism and ableism intersect to disproportionately…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Disorders, At Risk Persons, Minority Groups
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Dowdy, Erin; Furlong, Michael J.; Sharkey, Jill D. – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2013
This study examined the potential utility of adding items that assessed youths' emotional and behavioral disorders to a commonly used surveillance survey. The goal was to evaluate whether the added items could enhance understanding of youths' involvement in high-risk behaviors. A sample of 3,331 adolescents in Grades 8, 10, and 12 from four…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Adolescents, Addictive Behavior, Surveys
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Dembo, Richard; Briones-Robinson, Rhissa; Ungaro, Rocio Aracelis; Gulledge, Laura M.; Karas, Lora M.; Winters, Ken C.; Belenko, Steven; Greenbaum, Paul E. – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2012
Intervention Project. Results identified two classes of youths: Class 1(n=9) - youths with low levels of delinquency, mental health and substance abuse issues; and Class 2(n=37) - youths with high levels of these problems. Comparison of these two classes on their urine analysis test results and parent/guardian reports of traumatic events found…
Descriptors: Test Results, Substance Abuse, Emotional Problems, Behavior Disorders
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Francis, Sarah E.; Ebesutani, Chad; Chorpita, Bruce F. – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2012
This investigation examined how two commonly employed measures of functional impairment (the "Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale" [CAFAS] and the "Global Assessment of Functioning" [GAF] scale) perform with respect to assessing levels of functional impairment and, hence, identifying rates of serious emotional…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Measures (Individuals), Emotional Disturbances, Functional Behavioral Assessment
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Fox, James; Conroy, Maureen – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 1995
Classroom applications and implications of Kantor's field model and the concept of "setting events" for students with behavioral disorders are discussed, with attention to: current methods of assessing the effects of setting events on students' behavioral problems, methods for intervening in setting events, and research issues for assessment and…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques
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Singh, Nirbhay N.; Wechsler, Hollis A.; Curtis, W. John – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2000
The Family Assessment Planning Team Observation Form was used to assess the family friendliness of the admissions treatment team process at an inpatient child and adolescent psychiatric hospital. The overall rating across 35 case presentations was moderately family friendly and showed marginally higher family friendliness than comparable services…
Descriptors: Admissions Counseling, Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Children
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Holden, E. Wayne; Friedman, Robert M.; Santiago, Rolando L. – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2001
This introductory article provides an overview of the national evaluation conducted within the original 22 grantee communities funded from 1993 to 1999. The history and underlying foundations of the evaluation are presented. Specific evaluation questions and components are outlined, and issues that evolved out of the evaluation process are…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Disorders, Children, Emotional Disturbances
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Cluett, Sandra E.; Forness, Steven R.; Ramey, Sharon L.; Ramey, Craig T.; Hsu, Chuanchieh; And Others – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 1998
A study investigated the effect of different diagnostic criteria on the identification of emotional or behavioral disorders in 3694 second-grade children. Results indicated the 13 different diagnostic combinations identified from 1.1% to 27.5% of the sample. Four of these combinations resulted in significant ethnic or gender bias. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Clinical Diagnosis, Disability Identification, Emotional Disturbances
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Hernandez, Mario; Gomez, Angela; Lipien, Lodi; Greenbaum, Paul E.; Armstrong, Kathleen H.; Gonzalez, Patricia – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2001
A study compared practice-level variables between two sites that have been implementing system-of-care (SOC) principles for at least 5 years and two traditional service systems. Overall, SOC sites scored significantly higher than non-SOC sites in the child-centered and family-focused, community-based, and cultural competence domains. (Contains…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Children, Cultural Awareness, Emotional Disturbances
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Bruns, Eric J.; Burchard, John D.; Froelich, Peter; Yoe, James T.; Tighe, Theodore – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 1998
Describes the Vermont Community Adjustment Tracking System (VT-CATS), which utilizes four behavioral instruments to allow intensive, ongoing, and interpretable behavioral assessment of a service system's most challenging children and adolescents. Also explains the adjustment indicator checklists and the ability of VT-CATS to address agencies'…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Agencies, Behavior Development
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Brannan, Ana Maria; Heflinger, Craig Anne; Bickman, Leonard – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 1997
A study of 984 families of children with emotional and behavioral disturbance used the Caregiver Strain Questionnaire to assess the effects of the shift of primary caregiving to the family due to deinstitutionalization. Results indicate the reliability and validity of the questionnaire, which also identified three related but unique dimensions of…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Disorders, Children, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled)
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Cunningham, Phillippe B.; And Others – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 1996
This study examined the cross-ethnic equivalence of several measures commonly used to tap contextual correlates (i.e., parental symptomatology, family relations, peer relations) of serious emotional disturbance in children. Subjects were 117 juvenile offenders with diagnosed substance abuse or dependence disorders and considerable psychiatric…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Children, Cultural Differences