Describes social and emotional problems of learning-disabled students and presents research that substantiates interactional role of the family in these problems. Reviews some of major personal and social issues facing learning-disabled students and suggests ways that school counselors and mental health workers can work with families of these…

Examined student observations of bullied peers and reactions of school professionals to situations involving bullying and victimization. Findings from 207 secondary school students revealed that high school students saw the problem of victimization by bullies as significant and widespread. Most students (69 percent) who observed victimization of…

Replicated earlier studies on bullying using younger students. Findings from 178 fourth through eighth graders revealed that nearly 90% reported victimization by bullies. Bullying was seen as largely verbal phenomenon, with teasing as most common behavior reported. Although specific rates of bullying and reported trauma were higher among middle…

Investigated behavior problems of children using a survey administered to middle and high school students, teachers, and counselors. Teachers and counselors indicated concern that students seemed to feel detached and alienated, and expressed most concern about lack of interest, defiance, disobedience, and inattention. Students, however, identified…

Attempts to clarify the complex relationship between the identification of at-risk students and the ways educators try to retain them in school. Examines student problems from three different perspectives: the idiosyncratic, the sociocultural, and the institutional. Common student problems of learning, inappropriate behavior, depression, and…