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"It's Small Steps, but That Leads to Bigger Changes": Evaluation of a Nurture Group Intervention
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Vincent, Kerry – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2017
This article presents the results of a small-scale research project that aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a part-time nurture group recently established in one primary school. Qualitative interviews were used to gather staff, pupil and parental perceptions about the nurture group. These focused not only on what difference the nurture group…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, Group Activities, Intervention
General Education Teachers' Goals and Expectations for Their Included Students with Mild and Severe Disabilities
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Cameron, David Lansing; Cook, Bryan G. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2013
The purpose of this study was to examine general education teachers' goals and expectations for their included students with mild and severe disabilities. Participants were seven inclusive classroom teachers who were interviewed about their goals and expectations regarding one of their included students with a mild disability and one of their…
Descriptors: Mild Disabilities, Severe Disabilities, General Education, Teacher Expectations of Students
Behavioral, Social, and Emotional Assessment of Children and Adolescents. Fourth Edition
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Whitcomb, Sara A.; Merrell, Kenneth W. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2013
Generally recognized as the standard work in its field, "Behavioral, Social, and Emotional Assessment of Children and Adolescents" provides a comprehensive foundation and guide for conducting conceptually sound, culturally responsive, and ecologically oriented assessments of student social and emotional behavior. It is aimed at graduate…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Behavior Development, Child Development
Behavioral Contrasts in Twinships: Stability and Patterns of Differences in Childhood.
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Matheny, Adam P., Jr.; And Others – Child Development, 1981
Mothers were interviewed periodically over the first six years of their same-sex twins' lives and were asked to contrast them on specific behaviors. Intrapair contrasts were moderately stable across age spans for as long as 18 through 36 months. Genotypic similarity was apparently associated with intrapair similarity in emotionality and…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Child Development, Emotional Development, Interpersonal Competence
Relationships Between Neonatal Characteristics and Mother-Infant Interaction.
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Osofsky, Joy D.; Danzger, Barbara – 1973
A total of 51 mothers and their newborn infants were studied in order to evaluate the relationship between neonatal style and the early mother-infant relationship. The procedure included an infant assessment with the Brazelton Neonatal Assessment Scale, a mother-infant interaction observation during feeding, and an interview concerning maternal…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Behavior Patterns, Correlation, Infants
Considering Alternate Methods of Measurement on the Adaptive Behavior Scale.
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Taylor, Ronald L.; Ivimey, John K. – Psychology in the Schools, 1982
Advanced special education students rated 23 of the domains of the Adaptive Behavior Scale (ABS). Results indicated that the most important considerations for determining method of measurement for ABS were: time necessary to obtain behavioral sample and severity of behavior. Suggests the domains of ABS be rearranged and redefined. (RC)
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Behavior Patterns, College Students, Data Analysis