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Download full textBullis, Michael – Teaching Research, 1990
The newsletter describes two projects of the Teaching Research Infant and Child Center (Oregon) which are developing assessment systems for use with severely emotionally disturbed (SED) adolescents. The first project focuses on job-related social behavior while the second project addresses social behavior in community settings. An introductory…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Emotional Disturbances, Interpersonal Competence, Job Skills
Bell, Catherine S., Ed.; Battjes, Robert, Ed. – 1987
Papers from the meeting "Prevention Research: Deterring Drug Abuse Among Children and Adolescents" which focused on social skills and social inoculation approaches and also included a contrasting cognitive-developmental approach are presented in this document. These papers are included: (1) "Overview of Drug Abuse Prevention Research," (Catherine…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Cognitive Development, Drug Abuse
Spectrum, 1984
Four issues of the 1983/84 newsletter from a preparatory school for learning disabled (LD) students address issues on the education of LD students. Included are examinations of the following topics: therapeutic interventions and educational strategies, cognitive development in LD and non-LD adolescents, computers used to strengthen metacognitive…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Counseling Techniques, Group Therapy, Interpersonal Competence
Laughlin, J. Stanley – Administrator's Update, 1984
The literature on administrative style is reviewed. Attention is directed to four basic concepts of administrative style: (1) the structured, classical, traditional model; (2) the participatory or employee-involved operation; (3) a more behavioral scientific style; and (4) the situational or environmental style. These ideas are more fully…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, College Administration, Higher Education
Murphy, James, Ed.; Hobbs, Barbara – News Digest, 1987
This edition of the newsletter of the National Information Center for Handicapped Children and Youth introduces methods used to change children's behavior and help them acquire the skills needed to work with others, have friendships, achieve independence, and enjoy normal social relationships. Brief articles have the following titles: "Social…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Communication Skills, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
John F. Kennedy Center: Research Progress, 1988
The report summarizes recent and ongoing research on processes involved in the development of antisocial behavior disorders in children and adolescents. Studies address both the applied problem of preventing aggressive behavior and the overall relation of cognition to social behavior. A social information processing model of social competence is…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Disorders
Rutherford, Robert B., Jr., Ed. – 1982
Nine author-contributed papers from a 1981 conference on severe behavior disorders are presented. In the keynote paper, H. Walker reviews research evidence on acting out children and describes remediation strategies in the school setting. Eight papers follow: "Services to the Seriously Behaviorally Disordered/Emotionally Disturbed Students in…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Disorders, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances
Vincent, Philip – Development Communication Report, 1981
Communications for Social Development, a regional training program designed by UNICEF to teach field extension agents in developing countries about interpersonal and group communications, is described in the lead article in this issue of Development Communication Report. The strategy employed in the development of this program involves a simple…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Extension Agents, Extension Education, Folk Culture
Harrison, Linda – AECA Research in Practice Series, 2003., 2003
Attachment describes the unique human ability to form lasting relationships with others, and to maintain these relationships over time and distance. Research into attachment has shown that children have the potential to form many attachment relationships, and that each relationship can contribute to the child's growing sense of self. This booklet…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Caregiver Child Relationship, Developmental Stages, Interpersonal Competence
Niemi, Hannele – 1987
This monograph reports on an empirical survey of 394 secondary school students investigating their desire to seek the meaning of their own lives. The theoretical framework upon which the study was based is that of Viktor E. Frankl's hypotheses that a human being wants to seek the meaning in his own life. The questionnaire consisted of tests…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Human Dignity, Individual Needs, Interpersonal Competence
News Digest, 1986
Two newsletters focus on alternatives for community living and approaches to teaching social skills to children and youth with disabilities. The first issue provides information on some family support services and community-based living arrangements that are currently available for children with severe and profound handicaps or chronic illnesses.…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Communication Skills, Community Programs
Boileau, Don M. – NASSP Curriculum Report, 1984
Noting that while high school students have received instruction in reading and writing, few have received any instruction in speaking and listening skills, this document advocates a greater recognition of the need for a more realistic balance of instruction in the four communication areas than has traditionally been the case. Sections of the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Needs, English Instruction, High Schools
Evertts, Jeanne, Ed. – 1979
This journal for school social work practitioners attempts to provide new perspectives on practice issues, to share innovative approaches to problem solving, and to present new and applicable methods of intervention. This issue includes articles on: (1) an in-school program for adolescent parents; (2) group process and black adolescent identity…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attendance, Black Youth, Elementary Secondary Education
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1980
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 21 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) interpersonal communication patterns in whole families, (2) interpersonal conflict and cognitive complexity, (3) adult conceptualization of interpersonal…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Behavior Patterns, Communication Research, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Research Notes, 2000
This document consists of the two 2000 issues of a semiannual newsletter that provides current information and research on leadership and administrative issues in early childhood education. The Fall 2000 issue discusses the use of research to promote sound policy and practice in early care and education, focusing on the implications of research in…
Descriptors: Administrators, Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education, Fringe Benefits
