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Kay, Marilyn – Academic Therapy, 1986
Passivity in learning disabled children is identified as either inborn or as "learned helplessness," and the role of the teacher in overcoming passivity is noted. Teachers can help students understand themselves, become active agents in learning, and use self monitoring devices. (CL)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Helplessness, Learning Disabilities, Self Evaluation (Individuals)
Bornstein, Marc H., Ed. – 2002
Concerned with different types of parents and the forces that shape parenting, this volume, the first of five volumes on parenting, deals specifically with parent-child relationships throughout the lifespan and the parenting of children of different physical, behavioral, and intellectual needs. The volume consists of the following 14 chapters: (1)…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adopted Children, Aggression, Child Rearing
Strain, Phillip S. – Exceptional Education Quarterly: Peer Relations of Exceptional Children and Youth, 1981
Research on the use of peer modeling (filmed and live) and peer social initiations with withdrawn exceptional children is considered. Advantages of the social initiation approach include application with children with a limited behavioral repertoire, no requirement for adult intervention, and the opportunity to use handicapped peers as trainers.…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Interpersonal Competence
Conner, Thomas – Academic Therapy, 1987
Teachers can encourage the quiet child (who may have oral communication apprehension) by providing verbal feedback and encouragement, rearranging the classroom to increase positive verbal interaction, and directly asking students questions. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Communication Apprehension, Elementary Education, Speech Communication, Student Characteristics
Giammatteo, Michael C.; Giammatteo, Dolores M. – 1980
This booklet explains the meaning and sources of stress, presents a model differentiating among several approaches to dealing with stress, and offers advice and self-help exercises to aid in alleviating the causes of stress. Each chapter topic is a component of the stress alleviation model: stress awareness, tolerance, stress reduction, and stress…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Administrators
Medick, Jean M. – 1979
This guide involves a synthesis of three inservice models (Glasser's Reality Therapy, Gordon's Teacher Effectiveness Training, and Focus) with the author's knowledge of and experiences with teaching to develop an effective classroom strategy for helping students. This guide concentrates on strategies for dealing with three problem behaviors:…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Problems, Case Studies, Child Responsibility
Zwiers, Michael L.; Morrissette, Patrick J. – 1999
Interviews comprise the majority of professionals' interactions with children. In order to conduct effective interviews, professionals must possess effective communication skills, as well as knowledge of growth and development issues, data collection, and analysis. Though this is an important area of study, there has yet to be a book that…
Descriptors: Adults, Aggression, Child Abuse, Child Custody
