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Goodstein, Michael – Journal of the International Association of Pupil Personnel Workers, 1980
In United States culture, educational achievement is perceived to be of the highest importance. Children believed to be bright who consistently perform poorly in school become sources of grave concern. Research studies at Illinois Institute of Technology involving differential diagnosis and treatment of underachievement have proven to be the most…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Counseling Techniques, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education
Hochbaum, Godfrey M. – Health Education (Washington D.C.), 1978
Behavior change is the overriding, if not the only, goal in health education. Implications of this fact for the nature and method for educational diagnosis, curriculums, educational strategy, and evaluation are discussed. (Author/MJB)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Educational Diagnosis, Educational Philosophy
Desrosiers, Karen; Royer, Egide – Etudes et Recherches, 1995
This document presents a brief synthesis of recent literature on attention deficit difficulties with hyperactivity, particularly literature concerning classroom interventions. It describes diagnostic criteria for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, its incidence, behavioral characteristics of students who exhibit attention difficulties and…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Modification, Behavior Patterns, Classroom Techniques
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Shaughnessy, Michael F.; Scott, Patricia Carol – 1985
This paper addresses issues regarding the hyperactive child, the impulsive child, and the low frustration tolerance child. It points out the subjectivity involved in identifying children as hyperactive, and outlines various forms of hyperactivity: the child who is in constant movement, the child who manages control in school but exhibits whirlwind…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Child Rearing, Conceptual Tempo
Kuther, Tara L. – 1994
This paper reviews the literature on positive and negative aspects of diagnostic classification of children, or labeling. It reviews the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, which mandated that special education must be available to all children with disabilities. Definitional issues in diagnostic labeling of students with learning…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Classification, Definitions, Educational Diagnosis
Richard, Gail J. – 1997
This book is intended as an eclectic review and overview of what is known about autism, emphasizing clinical, rather than theoretical, aspects of the syndrome. Eleven chapters address the following topics: (1) definition of autism (myths, definitions, and facts about autism); (2) diagnosis of autism (medical versus educational diagnosis); (3)…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Classroom Techniques
Breen, Michael J., Ed.; Fiedler, Craig R., Ed. – 1996
This text presents 13 chapters on the assessment of students with emotional and/or behavioral disorders for the purpose of making educational placement and programming decisions consistent with federal and state diagnostic guidelines. Chapters are grouped into four sections focusing on: basic considerations for assessment of youth in this…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Anxiety, Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Disorders