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Armstrong, Thomas – Learning, 1996
This paper discusses the overuse of medications to deal with attention deficit disorder (ADD) in the classroom, offering suggestions related to teaching strategies, classroom environment, school environment, and home environment to help keep students' attention without resorting to medication. A chart shows the difference between ADD and other…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Classroom Environment
Peer reviewedPlace, Maurice; Hulsmeier, Jessica; Davis, Sue; Taylor, Elizabeth – Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 2002
A study involving 17 children (ages 12-15) who had established school refusal found the children's individual protective factors were weakened (particularly around peers), and parents' own difficulties not only reduced the family as a source of protection but exerted an actual drain upon already reduced coping resources. (Contains references.) (CR)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attendance, Behavior Disorders, Bullying
Direct linkReschly, Amy L.; Christenson, Sandra L. – Remedial and Special Education, 2006
This study examined the engagement of students with learning disabilities and emotional disturbance and the relation of this engagement to school completion. Participants were parent-identified students with learning disabilities (LD) and emotional or behavioral disorders (EBD) and comparison groups of average-achieving peers and students without…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Mild Disabilities, Grade Repetition, Emotional Disturbances
Timmer, Susan G.; Urquiza, Anthony J.; Herschell, Amy D.; McGrath, Jean M.; Zebell, Nancy M.; Porter, Alissa L.; Vargas, Eric C. – Child Welfare, 2006
One of the more serious problems faced by child welfare services involves the management of children with serious behavioral and mental health problems. Aggressive and defiant foster children are more likely to have multiple foster care placements, require extraordinary social services resources, and have poor short- and long-term mental health…
Descriptors: Social Services, Mental Health, Child Abuse, Foster Care
Goodwin, Renee D.; Fergusson, David M.; Horwood, L. John – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2004
Background: The aim of the study was to examine the association between anxious/withdrawn behaviours at age 8 and the development of internalising disorders in adolescence and young adulthood (ages 16-21). Methods: Data were gathered over the course of a 21-year longitudinal study of a birth cohort of over 1,000 New-Zealand-born young people. Over…
Descriptors: Anxiety Disorders, Adolescents, Withdrawal (Psychology), Depression (Psychology)
Ferdinand, Robert F.; Visser, Jeroen Heijmens; Hoogerheide, Kirsten N.; van der Ende, Jan; Kasius, Marianne C.; Koot, Hans M.; Verhulst, Frank C. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2004
Objective: To compare the predictive validity of the clinical-diagnostic and the empirical-quantitative approach to assessment of childhood psychopathology, and to investigate the usefulness of combining both approaches. Method: A referred sample (N = 96), aged 6 to 12 years at initial assessment, was followed up across--on average--a period of…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Behavior Disorders, Predictive Validity
Bacon, Ellen; Jackson, Fran; Young, Kathryn – Multiple Voices for Ethnically Diverse Exceptional Learners, 2005
The authors examined the perspectives of African American boys on topics related to culturally responsive teaching, cultural discontinuity, and differential treatment. Participants in focus group interviews were 19 elementary and middle school students identified as having emotional and behavioral disorders or chronic behavior problems.…
Descriptors: African American Students, Behavior Problems, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students
Dillon, Robert – Principal Leadership, 2006
The pressure to keep kids in class and learning is always present for principals and assistant principals, but students who are removed for inappropriate behavior on a regular or chronic basis are a particular challenge. Such students move through the traditional consequences and quickly exhaust alternative and creative ideas to return them to the…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Grade 6, Classroom Environment, Principals
Freeze, Rick – Journal of the International Association of Special Education, 2006
A rationale for a novel approach to remedial reading for struggling readers, including students labeled with intellectual disabilities, learning disabilities, attention deficit and behavior disorders, below average language development, and those described as reluctant or resistant readers is presented. It is suggested that struggling readers find…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Remedial Reading, Mental Retardation, Learning Disabilities
Andersson, Helle Wessel – Child Care in Practice, 2004
The present study addresses the question of equality of access, as it relates to waiting time for specialised mental health treatment for children and adolescents. The aim was to investigate whether demographic, clinical factors and service-related factors were associated with waiting time. Data was based on a documentation system in which all…
Descriptors: Health Services, Place of Residence, Mental Health Programs, Mental Health
Who Decides Where Jerry Goes to School?: Family and Educator Conflict in Special Education Placement
Steffen, John J.; Marshall, Joanne M. – Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 2006
This case highlights family and educator conflict about special education placement using the case of Jerry, a student with behavior disorders. Aspiring administrators are invited to consider Jerry's needs, the desires of his family, the concerns of local and alternative school faculty, the safety of students and staff, and the provisions of the…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Behavior Disorders, Special Education, Case Studies
Kearney, Alison; Kane, Ruth – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2006
New Zealand, like many countries, is beginning the journey towards a more inclusive education system. This paper examines inclusive education in New Zealand, and in particular policy related to inclusive education. New Zealand has the chance to make inclusion a reality, but as Skrtic (1991) points out this will require a different way of thinking…
Descriptors: Inclusive Schools, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Mainstreaming
Gonzalez, Jorge E.; Ryser, Gail R.; Epstein, Michael H.; Shwery, Craig S. – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2006
This study examined the extent to which the Behavioral and Emotional Rating Scale: Parent Rating Scale (BERS: PRS) constitutes a reliable measure for assessing strengths of Hispanic children and youth. Major conceptual and theoretical issues with respect to cross-cultural assessment are presented. Further, emotional and behavioral disorders are…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Test Validity, Test Reliability, Hispanic American Students
Billingsley, Bonnie S.; Fall, Anna-Maria; Williams, Thomas O., Jr. – Behavioral Disorders, 2006
This national study of 859 teachers of students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) provides a profile of their characteristics and preparedness to teach and compares these teachers with 3,687 other special educators. Teachers of students with EBD were disproportionately male, were more diverse, and had significantly fewer years of…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Behavior Disorders, Emotional Disturbances, Teacher Characteristics
Williams, Susan K.; Scahill, Lawrence; Vitiello, Benedetto; Aman, Michael G.; Arnold, L. Eugene; McDougle, Christopher J.; McCracken, James T.; Tierney, Elaine; Ritz, Louise; Posey, David J.; Swiezy, Naomi B.; Hollway, Jill; Cronin, Pegeen; Ghuman, Jaswinder; Wheeler, Courtney; Cicchetti, Domenic; Sparrow, Sara – Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2006
Objective: To evaluate the impact of risperidone on adaptive behavior in children with autistic disorder who have serious behavior problems and to examine different methods of scoring the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales to measure change. Method: Forty-eight children (5 years to 16 years, 5 months) who showed behavioral improvement during acute…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Behavior Problems, Socialization, Autism
