Reports the clinical validity of the Process for Assessment of Effective Student Functioning. A clinical team studied 300 representative second and fifth graders. Found the Process was valid for predicting independent clinical judgments of the status of these children, and located potentially handicapped children better than teacher referral.…

Locus of control subjects' incorrect responses by frustrating or nonfrustrating confederates were punished by electric shock. Data indicated increased aggression after frustration by externals and less aggression by internals. Results indicate aggression is cognitively regulated by a personality-related belief in uncontrollability; the less the…

Clinical families emitted higher rates of aggressive behavior than normals, and mother only emmitted higher rates than intact. However, mother-only normals had lower rates than intact clinical families. The intact versus mother-only factor appears to be less important in understanding aggression than do the specific interactional patterns of…

Anorexics were compared to female depressed controls to measure boundary impairment. Anorexics scored higher on inner-outer and conceptual boundary disturbance and produced significantly more responses that emphasized the solidity of object boundaries. Boundary scores were unrelated to degree of weight loss and global symptom severity. (Author)

A one-year follow-up of 48 preschool children of West Indian-dorn parents was carried out to examine in greater detail the pattern of behavior problems occurring in these children, and family and social characteristics of their home environments that might be associated with the presence of behavior problems. (Author/MP)

The author suggests that metaphorical physical examples can sometimes help children understand psychological situations, particularly those concerned with limits, more effectively and with less embarrassment than a direct discussion of behavior. One example he gives relates pliability or brittleness in an object to the limit of a person's…

An interdisciplinary training program for the instruction of residents in child psychiatry and graduate students in special education is described with focus on the needs of children with academic and behavioral problems. (DB)

Follow-up community placement data were collected for 186 behavior problem educable mentally retarded students (ages 5 to 23) at 6, 12, and 18 months after discharge. Greatest stability throughout the follow-up period was observed for students initially placed in their natural homes. (Author/PHR)

Describes one program for diverting troubled children from the juvenile justice system. Reports on a social work education and agency collaboration to conduct an evaluation of participants' satisfaction with the program. (RMH)

Cases are presented to illustrate the effects of these dysfunctional attitudes and therapeutic approaches toward them. Cognitive, behavioral, and dynamically oriented interventions are presented which have been effective when a child's difficulties result from his acting in accordance with the family's attitude toward learning. (Author)

This paper reports the findings of a survey of 49 local education authorities (LEAs) in England on the expectations of the LEAs as to how initial teacher training programs should introduce teachers to the skills required for coping with disruptive behavior. (Author/FG)

This ten classroom-hour instructional model for alcohol education focuses on cognitive information, affective instruction, and selected field activities to assist students in establishing physiological and psychological relationships in alcohol areas. This integration is organized to clarify values and instill responsible alcohol-related behaviors…

A diagnostic prescriptive approach using the overhead projector in visual perception and perceptual motor activities is described for 11 deaf multiply handicapped behavior disordered students (9 to 12 years old). (CL)

The Portland Problem Behavior Checklist (PPBC) is defined for aiding school personnel in identifying problem behaviors of students. Test reliability and validity data are reported. The PPBC offers a quick format useful for clinical referrals, assessment, and initial evaluation. (Author)

Methadone clients scored higher than controls on measures reflecting boredom, desire for change and attraction to physically thrilling activities. Correlations of these measures with length of most recent dependency before treatment, time on program, and time since initial dependency suggest peculiarities of methadone clients antedated involvement…