The PACE I.D. Center, a Title III, Elementary and Secondary Act, project of the South San Francisco Unified School District, has demonstrated the effectiveness of early intervention techniques focused on the young child and his total environment; school, home, and community. The Dissemination process and a suggested model for implementing the…

Containing 27 references on hyperactivity selected from "Exceptional Child Education Abstracts", the bibliography cites research reports, conference papers, journal articles, texts, and program guides. Each entry provides bibliographical data, availability information, indexing and retrieval descriptors, and abstracts of the documents. The…

The paper relates the development of childhood behavior problems to a developmental theory of the acquisition of psycho-social skills in children. The influence of Eric Erikson (1950) on the ideas expressed is acknowledged. It is stated that each of the major types of behavior problems (withdrawal, impulsivity, dependence) results from a major…

Reviewed on a layman's level was research on psychopharmacology with the emotionally and behaviorally disturbed. General conclusions drawn from the man y studies were that the effect of drugs on intellectual functioning had not been determined and that there was little evidence to indicate that the learning process was consistently and reliably…

The self-defeating behavior (SDB) theory was applied to veterans who had problems in job training, vocational placement, and academic settings. A group-therapy structure meeting eight times during a four-week period was the basic approach of the SDB seminar. (Author)

The author argues that a simplistic insistence on equality through mainstreaming (as mandated in P L 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act) violates the rights and needs of some behaviorally disturbed children to be different. (Author)

Behavior disorders from genetic, biochemical, neurological, or environmental causes are ultimately the responsibility of the parents. However, teachers, principals, and superintendents are in a position to begin resolution of the problems related to behavior. (JMF)

The effects of a school consultation program were reviewed through an analysis of referral patterns of teachers over a seven-year period. The provision of consultation services was found to result in a pattern of decreasing referrals on the part of teachers over time. (Author)

To the extent that suicidal persons are met with consistent respect, concern, acceptance, and a desire to help in understanding their feelings and behavior, the risk of self-destructive action will be diminished. (Author)

A sample of 73 divorced single parents were asked to rate the severity of a variety of child-centered problems. The problems of greatest concern involved discipline, behavior problems resulting from the separation and following the ex-spouse's visit, and the lack of an available male model. (Author)

A case study of an 11-year-old boy with behavior problems illustrates the use of goal analysis in developing attainable objectives. (CL)

Vocation-rehabilitation client and significant-other (SO) family-member pairs were interviewed separately to determine factors and perceptions contributing to discussion of disability-related problems and conflict arising from these problems. Clients reported more discussion of problems and more mutual agreement than their SOs. (Author)

Teacher ratings on the Behavior Problem Checklist of adolescents who were clinically diagnosed as schizophrenic (psychotic) and those who had an adjustment reaction of adolescence (nonpsychotic) were compared. The schizophrenics tended to be rated as more deviant on both the flag items and Inadequacy-Immaturity dimensions of the checklist. (Author)