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Forness, Steven R. – J Sch Psychol, 1970
Traditional analysis of school learning or behavior problems does not seem to lead to meaningful educational recommendations. A model for assessment is prescribed wherein individual testing might prove more productive and which ultimately presents the school psychologist as a specialist in education and an observer in situ. (Author)
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Behavior Change, Classroom Observation Techniques, Psychological Evaluation
Peer reviewedForness, Steven R.; Knitzer, Jane – School Psychology Review, 1992
Notes that, more so than any other category of special education, children with serious emotional disturbance remain very much underidentified in schools and that both terminology and definition of serious emotional disturbance (SED) under current provisions of Individuals with Disabilities Education Act are at least partly responsible for this…
Descriptors: Classification, Definitions, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education
Forness, Steven R.; Polloway, Edward A. – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1987
California public school children (n=84, aged 3-21) with mild mental retardation who were referred for evaluation of psychiatric, medical, or other disorders were studied to create a profile of children for whom schools may need critical assistance. Associated psychiatric and biomedical problems were evident, while levels of psychosocial…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Diagnosis, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education
