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Preliminary Psychometrics of the Participatory Evaluation and Expert Review for Classrooms Serving Students with Emotional/Behavioral Disabilities (PEER-EBD)
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Tsai, Shu-Fei; Cheney, Douglas; Walker, Bridget – Behavioral Disorders, 2013
The quality of classrooms serving students with emotional and behavioral disabilities (EBD) is a continuing concern because of its influence on students' educational outcomes. Program evaluation of classrooms for students with EBD has been a recommended practice for many years since Grosenick, George, and George (1987) conducted their…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Disorders, Program Evaluation, Psychometrics
Social Skills Training for Children and Youth with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders: Validity Considerations and Future Directions
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Gresham, Frank M.; Cook, Clayton R.; Crews, S. Dean; Kern, Lee – Behavioral Disorders, 2004
This article provides an analysis of the current knowledge base of social skills training (SST) with students with, or at risk for, Emotional and Behavioral Disorders (EBD). This knowledge base is evaluated with respect to issues regarding construct, internal, external, and social validity of the SST literature. Research syntheses investigating…
Descriptors: Intervention, Interpersonal Relationship, Interaction, Behavior Patterns
A Look at Current Validity Issues of School-Wide Behavior Support
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Kern, Lee; Manz, Patricia – Behavioral Disorders, 2004
School-wide behavior support has experienced recent interest among educators. This approach has been embraced because of its potential for decreasing school violence and improving school climate. In this paper we examine issues related to construct, internal, external, and social validity of school-wide support as it has been conceptualized in…
Descriptors: Violence, Educational Environment, Research Design, Construct Validity