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Social Skills Assessment and Intervention for Children and Youth
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Gresham, Frank M. – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2016
Children and youth with deficits in social competence present substantial challenges for schools, teachers, parents and peers. These challenges cut across disciplinary, instructional and interpersonal domains and they frequently create chaotic home, school and classroom environments. Schools are charged with teaching an increasingly diverse…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Student Evaluation, Children, Youth
Proactive, Early Screening to Detect Behaviorally At-Risk Students: Issues, Approaches, Emerging Innovations, and Professional Practices
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Severson, Herbert H.; Walker, Hill M.; Hope-Doolittle, Jennifer; Kratochwill, Thomas R.; Gresham, Frank M. – Journal of School Psychology, 2007
This article provides a review of current practices and tools used in the proactive screening of behaviorally at-risk students within the context of schooling. While there are many obstacles to the early detection of vulnerable students, some recent developments have helped make educators more receptive to early identification and prevention…
Descriptors: High Risk Students, Identification, School Psychologists, Screening Tests
Social Skills Assessment Technology for LD Students.
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Gresham, Frank M.; Elliott, Stephen N. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1989
The article examines advances and remaining psychometric problems in social skills assessment technology for students with learning disabilities. Assessment is related to a proposed definition of learning disabilities by the Interagency Committee on Learning Disabilities which identifies social skills deficits as a primary learning disability. (DB)
Descriptors: Definitions, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Interpersonal Competence
Assessment of Social Skills in Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders.
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Gresham, Frank M. – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2001
This article discusses the process of assessing social skills with students who have emotional and/or behavioral disorders. It describes a three-stage problem-solving model of problem identification, problem analysis, and treatment evaluation. Specific social skills assessment strategies are described and linked to a classification system of…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Classification, Emotional Disturbances, Evaluation Methods
Social Skills Deficits as a Primary Learning Disability.
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Gresham, Frank M.; Elliott, Stephen N. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1989
The proposed modified definition of learning disability by the Interagency Committee on Learning Disabilities, which includes social skills deficits as a specific learning disability, is presented and analyzed from primary, secondary, and social learning theory causative hypotheses. Development of an adequate assessment technology is urged.…
Descriptors: Definitions, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Interpersonal Competence
The Role of Assessment in Qualifying Students as Eligible for Special Education: What Is and What's Supposed To Be.
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MacMillan, Donald L.; Gresham, Frank M.; Bocian, Kathleen M.; Siperstein, Gary N. – Focus on Exceptional Children, 1997
Discusses qualifying students with high-incidence disabilities as eligible for special education. Examines relationships between authoritative definitions of disabilities, federal and state regulations, assessments conducted that are designed to measure the criteria in the regulations, and the use of assessment data in assigning children to…
Descriptors: Classification, Clinical Diagnosis, Definitions, Disabilities
Establishing the Technical Adequacy of Functional Behavioral Assessment: Conceptual and Measurement Challenges.
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Gresham, Frank M. – Behavioral Disorders, 2003
This article discusses evidence for functional behavioral assessment (FBA) procedures in terms of the meaning and interpretation of different forms of reliability and validity in FBA. It concludes that additional research needs to be conducted with various target behaviors across different settings to support the continued use of FBA. (Contains…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Functional Behavioral Assessment
Competing Paradigms in Learning Disabilities Classification by Schools and the Variations in the Meaning of Discrepant Achievement.
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Bocian, Kathleen M.; Beebe, Margaret E.; MacMillan, Donald L.; Gresham, Frank M. – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1999
A study explored classroom reading assessments, IQ and achievement scores, and placement decision of 26 students referred to Student Study Teams for intervention and determination of special-education eligibility. Congruence was moderate between placement decisions and discrepancy-based determination of learning disabilities and between placement…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Disability Identification, Elementary Education, Eligibility
Social Skills: Principles, Procedures and Practices.
Gresham, Frank M. – 1982
Definitions of social skills and conceptualizations of social skill deficiencies are presented, along with an overview of social skills assessment, articles on the assessment of social skills with handicapped and nonhandicapped children, and a variety of social skills assessment instruments. Discussed are the following five methods of assessing…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Behavior Rating Scales, Diagnostic Teaching, Disabilities