Peer support arrangements are an evidence-based practice for increasing interactions between students with severe disabilities and their peers in general education classrooms, but it is unclear how interactions vary across instructional formats or generalize outside the classroom. In this single-case design study, we tested the efficacy of peer…

Children's social and emotional competence abilities have been linked to successful social interactions and academic performance. This study examined the teacher and observer ratings of social and emotional competence for 89 young (3- to 5-year-old), African American children from economically stressed urban environments. There was a specific…

A TRANSCRIPTION WAS MADE OF A GROUP DISCUSSION CONDUCTED TO DEVELOP A SCALE FOR MAKING QUANTIFIED RATINGS OF THE INTERACTIONS OF STUDENT TEACHERS AND PUPILS AS OBSERVED FROM A FILM OF A 15-MINUTE LESSON PRESENTED BY THE STUDENT TEACHER. THE INTERACTIONS WERE TO BE JUDGED ON THE BASIS OF THE AMIDON-FLANDERS INTERACTION ANALYSIS SCALE, AND A NEW…

The paper describes the "Early Social Communication Scales" designed to assess social and communication skills typically acquired in the first 30 months of life. Stressed is the role of the tester as an interactive partner for the infant. Reliability data suggesting reliability over time with the same partner are presented. (Author/DB)

The process by which expectations influence social interaction can be investigated, according to the authors. Hence, the Behavioral Expectations Scale (BES) was developed. Preliminary data indicate the BES may be useful in further investigation of the role of expectation in influencing the behavior toward those labeled "mentally ill."…

Results obtained with three methods of measuring three functional roles in initially leaderless small groups were factor analyzed. Results are discussed in terms of role differentiation and on implications of generalizing results obtained through one measurement procedure to those obtained with other procedures. (Author)

In a comparison of two systems used for evaluating the skills of medical students in relating to patients, the one utilizing interaction analysis yielded more reliable ratings and seems to have potential as an instructional method. The other system used traditional types of judgments registered on a 10-point continuum. Both systems were used with…

ASPECTS OF SUPERVISOR-TEACHER INTERACTION WERE EVALUATED THROUGH AN ANALYSIS OF QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSES FROM 164 TEACHERS AND 45 PUBLIC SCHOOL SUPERVISORS ATTENDING SUMMER SCHOOL AT TEMPLE UNIVERSITY. FINDINGS INDICATE--(1) BOTH TEACHERS AND SUPERVISORS REGARD INDIRECT SUPERVISOR BEHAVIOR AS MORE PRODUCTIVE THAN DIRECT, (2) TEACHERS VIEW…

A DETAILED LISTING IS GIVEN OF THE REVISIONS THAT WERE MADE TO THE AMIDON-FLANDERS INTERACTION ANALYSIS SCALE WHILE THE FILM ANALYSIS OF INTERACTION RECORD (FAIR) SCALE WAS BEING DEVELOPED. COMMENTS ARE GIVEN FOR GUIDANCE IN THE USE OF SOME OF THE RATINGS ALONG WITH SOME GROUND RULES AND GUIDELINES FOR MAKING A FILM RATING. RELATED REPORTS ARE AA…

A procedure is described for recording dyadic social interactions between family members. The procedure is presented within the context of general considerations for recording behavior, and the specific rationale underlying the present technique is given. Functional definitions for several behavior categories are included and an example of how the…

The feasibility of using an observational rating schedule to elicit information about parent-child interaction was studied. The Parent-Child Interaction Rating Procedure (P-CIRP), focusing specifically on parent-child interaction with a structured teaching task, was developed for this purpose. The interaction setting is teaching the child simple…

Three types of correlations were used to examine interrelationships of scales for therapist empathy, warmth, genuineness, self-disclosure, and immediacy. Immediacy and self-disclosure were not significantly related to empathy and warmth for high-facilitative therapists. Results suggest use of all facilitative scales is best justified when ongoing…

This paper presents a scale to evaluate the social interactions between students with severe disabilities and nondisabled students in integrated settings. The Educational Assessment of Social Interaction (EASI) was developed to be used with relatively little training but still be sensitive to the following major dimensions of interactions: (1)…

The purpose of this study was to determine the degree to which inter-rater agreement in classroom observation of teachers is affected by using a system where each scale point is defined by a descriptor particularly created for the quality being rated. Thirty-three subjects enrolled in two Teacher Performance Assessment Instruments training…