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Emotional Psychological and Related Problems among Truant Youths: An Exploratory Latent Class Analysis
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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
My Pencils Have Names
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Block, Phillip – Reclaiming Children and Youth, 2011
As personal computers have evolved steadily into handhelds and teachers continue the march toward lining the walls of the classroom with flat screen work stations, many assume that the old-timey "number 2" lead yellow pencil is probably on the high road to extinction. Yet most classrooms still flow with them like miniature telephone poles fresh…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Conventional Instruction, School Safety, Student Behavior
The Use of Humour in Classroom Interventions with Students with Social, Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties
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Fovet, Frederic – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2009
This study investigates the use made of humour by teachers during classroom interventions with adolescent students with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties (SEBD). Literature mentions the use of humour as a key tool in successful classroom interventions with students with SEBD and yet there is little quantified research on this topic.…
Descriptors: Inclusive Schools, Disabilities, Classroom Techniques, Humor
An Ecological Approach to Evaluating a Special Education Program.
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DeSouza, Eros Ramos; Sivewright, David – Adolescence, 1993
Used static and dynamic features of classroom environment to describe impact of special education program on 84 behaviorally disturbed adolescent males. Although program apparently met its objectives (increases in appropriate behaviors and decreases in inappropriate behaviors), ecobehavioral data suggest that students were mostly involved in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders, Classroom Environment
Do Behaviorally Disordered Adolescents Help and Share?
Miller, Darcy E. – 1988
This study examined the types of prosocial behavior exhibited by behaviorally disordered and nonhandicapped adolescents. Seventeen behaviorally disordered adolescents were observed in resource room programs and 20 nonhandicapped adolescents were observed in art classes to determine the frequency of their helping, sharing, cooperating, comforting,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Classroom Environment, Comparative Analysis
Understanding the Social Ecology of Classrooms for Adolescents with Behavioral Disorders: A Preliminary Study of Differences in Perceived Environments.
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Leone, Peter E.; And Others – Behavioral Disorders, 1990
This study found that behaviorally disordered adolescents (n=183) in six special schools perceived lower order and organization and higher teacher control than did normal students in traditional classes. Student satisfaction with school was related to greater levels of perceived involvement, affiliation, and teacher support for the special…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Class Organization, Classroom Environment