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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
School Psychologists and the Assessment of Childhood Internalizing Disorders: Perceived Knowledge, Role Preferences and Training Needs
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Miller, David N.; Jome, Larae M. – School Psychology International, 2008
This study examined the perceptions of a national sample of school psychologists in the United States regarding their knowledge, preferred roles and training needs in the assessment of nine prominent childhood internalizing disorders. Knowledge about all disorders was rated by respondents as being at least fairly important. In particular,…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, School Psychologists, Eating Disorders, Children
Difficulties Associated with the Diagnosis of Emotional Disturbance.
Welch, Frances C. – 1984
School psychologists have traditionally experienced difficulty in assessing children referred for special services. In order to determine if the diagnosis of emotional disturbance in South Carolina schools follows the guidelines provided by the South Carolina Department of Education publication "Procedures for the Survey, Screening,…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances, Evaluation Methods
Correlation Study between WISC-III Scores and TOVA Performance.
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Chae, Paul Kyuman – Psychology in the Schools, 1999
The Test of Variable Attention (TOVA), widely used in the assessment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, was studied along with the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children III (WISC-III). Explores whether the TOVA is a measure of psychomotor speed function rather than sustained attention. Results indicated that there was no correlation…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Disorders, Behavioral Science Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Standardization of the Functional Assessment and Intervention Program (FAIP) with Children Who Have Externalizing Behaviors
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Hartwig, Laurie; Heathfield, Lora Tuesday; Jenson, William R. – School Psychology Quarterly, 2004
The purpose of this study was to develop standardization data for the Functional Assessment Intervention Program (FAIP; University of Utah, Utah State University, & Utah State Office of Education, 1999), a computerized, functional behavioral assessment expert system. Reliability, validity, and utility analyses were conducted with students serving…
Descriptors: School Psychologists, Behavior Disorders, Standards, Test Reliability
Assessment Practices of School Psychologists When Identifying Children for SED Classes.
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Strelnieks, Maija; Wessel, Joan – 1993
This study investigated the procedures used by psychologists in a large midwestern urban area for the initial diagnosis and placement of elementary children with severe emotional disturbance (SED) in educational programs in light of the widespread criticism of the use of projective tests due to the questionable reliability of the tests and…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Rating Scales, Clinical Diagnosis, Decision Making
Behavior Disorder Assessment: Conceptual, Definitional, and Practical Considerations.
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Gresham, Frank M. – School Psychology Review, 1985
School psychologists have experienced difficulties in assessing students' behavior disorders, because of lack of training and problems associated with the traditional medical model of abnormal behavior. An alternative assessment model is described in terms of its five principles: problem solving; functional analysis; multiple operationalism;…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Rating Scales, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education