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DeGarmo, John – Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2015
"Helping Foster Children in School" explores the challenges that foster children face in schools and offers positive and practical guidance tailored to help the parents, teachers and social workers supporting them. Children in care often perform poorly at school both in terms of their behavior and their academic performance, with many…
Descriptors: Foster Care, Children, Academic Failure, Trauma
Patchin, Justin W., Ed.; Hinduja, Sameer, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
Just as the previous generation was raised in front of televisions, adolescents at the turn of the 21st century are being raised in an internet-enabled world where blogs, social networking, and instant messaging are competing with face-to-face and telephone communication as the dominant means through which personal interaction takes place.…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Electronic Publishing, Violence, Prevention
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Mooney, Paul; Epstein, Michael H.; Ryser, Gail; Pierce, Corey D. – Children & Schools, 2005
Three studies are reported addressing the test-retest reliability and convergent validity of the Behavioral and Emotional Rating Scale-Second Edition (BERS-2): Parent Rating Scale (PRS). In the first study, test-retest reliability was investigated over a one-week period to determine the stability of the BERS-2 PRS over time. Reliability…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Test Validity, Test Reliability, Parents