A descriptive study was conducted on male, mentally retarded offenders referred to a state hospital for a psychological evaluation. Results suggest that such individuals represent a specialized group of offenders primarily distinguished by their mild retardation and crimes against persons. (Author)

Presents and evaluates a comprehensive client management system for suicide and crisis intervention services, consisting of five service designations: self-injury, crisis, active support, general support, and single contact. Self-injury clients received more contacts and more time in direct service. (Author)

Cautions and considerations for developing and implementing instructional models for students with learning and behavioral problems are examined in view of the need for keeping students as close to the least restrictive alternative as possible. (Author)

Two-year follow-up data for an ostensibly normal sample of children (23 males and 25 females in grades 3 through 5) who had been previously characterized on a number of behavior problem dimensions by their teachers and peers were analyzed. (Author/SBH)

Two classroom conditions (classroom demand and classroom attention) were systematically manipulated to explore their effects on performance under analogue assessments for a girl (age 7) with severe intellectual disabilities who exhibited aggressive behavior. Results demonstrated higher levels of aggression during demand analogue conditions when…

Examines the relationships of sexual, physical and emotional abuse to emotional and behavioral problems among incarcerated girls and boys. Analyses indicated that girls were more likely than boys to internalize their problems. The only abuse variable that was positively and significantly associated with emotional problems was emotional abuse.…

The Problem-Oriented Screening Instrument for Teenagers (POSIT) screens for multiple problems among adolescents at risk for substance use. A shortened version of the POSIT was developed, using factor analysis, and correlational and reliability analyses. The POSIT-SF shows potential for a reliable and cost-efficient screen for youth with substance…

New York City Administration for Children's Services agencies were surveyed about problematic sexualized behaviors (PSB) of children within the child welfare system. Results revealed that almost all agencies reported PSB within their foster boarding home and residential treatment centers. A majority of agencies perceived PSB to be a significant…

Article describes the inception, development, and implementation of the Family Builders model. This model addresses children's problematic behaviors and promotes their social and academic competencies through a deliberate process of stimulating and nurturing school-based collaborations between families and schools. (Contains 14 references.)

Rural/urban differences were studied in self-reported stress, coping, and behavioral problems in adolescents. Levels of stress and ways of coping were similar between the two groups. However, urban males reported more conflict and externalizing behaviors than females and rural males. Results suggest that adolescents may utilize many coping…

This article reports results of a national survey of 349 school principals regarding the frequency and trends of student aggression. It describes reactive and proactive subtypes of youth aggression and identifies trends in reactive and proactive youth aggression. Approaches to student aggression appropriate to either the reactive or proactive…

The extent to which behavioral, emotional, and cognitive problems reflected common factors, occurred in conjunction with other problems, or were single problems was studied in 11,516 Dutch secondary school students. Results suggest the existence of adolescent subgroups with divergent comorbidity patterns. Implications of these patterns are…

A study of a 35-year-old woman with severe mental retardation and Tourette syndrome examined the efficacy of haloperidol in the treatment of Tourette syndrome. Results indicate that the haloperidol treatment produced significant reduction of all tic topographies. Improvement was also seen in tic severity, hyperactivity, and compulsive behaviors.…

This paper proposes a model whereby children's behavior problems, parental stress, and parenting behavior are related. It reports evidence that child behavior problems lead to parental stress but finds other model aspects have not been tested in the developmental disability field. Also considered are practical implications integrating research of…