Lists types of student conflict in California schools. Published by: California School Boards Association, 800 9th Street, Suite 201, Sacramento, California 95814. (DW)

Children with behavior problems were taught to model a fictional turtle who withdrew into his shell to control his anger. (LS)

A substantial body of data and a number of reviews of the literature on risk encouraged this attempt to construct a theoretically consistent approach to research on risk. Much of the research can be seen as attempting to estimate the probability that development will be compromised for groups of infants born under different circumstances. Linear…

Purposes of this study were to assess: (1) the manner in which parents modify their choice of discipline when dealing with continuing child noncompliance; (2) the relation of family risk for delinquent behavior to parental intensity of discipline with adolescents and their younger siblings; and (3) parental ratings of intensity of discipline in…

This case study investigated the manner in which junior kindergarten children learn to adapt to the role of student. Participant observation in a junior kindergarten class during the first 3 weeks of school was used to probe 22 children's perceptions of their first experiences as students. Particular attention was given to the way in which…

The effect of a combined teacher-parent behavior management program on inappropriate behaviors in the school and in the homes of five preschool handicapped children is evaluated. The teacher/trainer collaborated with the parents to select a target behavior (finger chewing, cup throwing, screaming, spitting, hand licking) for each child. Training…

This brief guide notes the effectiveness of self-management strategies in increasing students' responsibility for their own learning and behavior, heightening student motivation and self-esteem, and reducing demands on the teacher's time. A strategy is outlined to help students increase their on-task behavior, by having students chart, correct,…

Members of the House of Representatives from 92 districts in 32 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia (21 percent) responded to a questionnaire soliciting information about the drug abuse situation in their congressional districts. Results from the questionnaire showed that over 96 percent of the respondents characterized drug abuse in…

Presented is a clinically derived framework for thinking about young children that deals primarily with one child at a time and with adults who are important to the child. The focus of the discussion is on ways in which an individual 4-year-old appears, behaves, and gets along or has trouble in a group of peers. It is suggested that teachers have…

Rational Emotive Education (REE), derived from Rational Emotive Therapy (RET), is a humanistic approach for helping children cope more objectively and effectively with the stress of modern living and personal problems. To investigate the efficacy of teaching REE, 38 acting-out and 42 socially withdrawn adolescents were randomly assigned to one of…

Although role or perspective taking has been considered important for the development of mature social thought and behavior, and training for perspective taking has been used to remediate deficient behavior, few studies with either normal or disturbed populations have examined naturally occurring behaviors expected to correlate with…

The paper describes the development and use of the Behavior Evaluation Scale (BES), an instrument designed to rate behavior problems for diagnosis, assist in developing individualized education programs (IEPs), document progress resulting from intervention, and collect data for research purposes. The uses of the BES in screening, diagnosis, IEP…

A description is given of the Classroom Management Decision Point Series, a training tool that provides an opportunity for teachers to practice making decisions concerning incidents in elementary and secondary classrooms. This tool may be used in workshop groups or placed in a media center for students to complete the decision making response…

The study compared performance of very low birthweight (VLBW) children at 5 years of age who were enrolled in regular preschool and kindergarten classes with matched classmate controls on cognitive measures and teacher rated classroom behavior. Outcome measures included the Slosson Intelligence Test, Developmental Test of Visual Motor Integration,…

The development of the Personality Inventory for Children (PIC) began with the core concept that maternal reports would provide data for child guidance evaluation and the consequent belief that maternal responses to a 600-item administration booklet could yield scales useful in determining child and family status. Two areas of weakness were found:…