Describes the rationale and techniques of a therapy program designed to keep children with behavior and learning problems in regular classrooms for part of the school day. (BRT)

Student and practicing teachers rated severity of classroom misbehaviors ascribed to Black or White attractive or unattractive children. Following student teaching, ratings of Black children's transgressions increased in severity, and ratings of White children's transgressions remained the same. Practicing teachers were affected by student…

This article presents findings concerning the relationship between schools and psychotherapeutic agencies in a suburban community of the northeastern United States. Significant questions concerning the deviant defining institutions in American society, their relation to adolescents, and the social network created by their interdependence are…

The behaviors implicit in many boys' sex roles are oppositional to the behaviors required in the student role. The conflict results in the inability of the boy to assume the student role, and may result in his being identified as having an academic and/or behavioral problem. Teacher suggestions are given. (Author/LPG)

The article presents a brief synthesis of several key conceptual and methodological concerns related to the identification of psychoeducational problems in childhood, along with some ethical perspectives and conclusions regarding the state of the art. (Author)

Examined were consistencies over time of maternal reports, observations of nursery and elementary school behavior, and teacher ratings of problems for 20 hyperactive Ss and 21 controls (2 year followup) and 15 hyperactive Ss and 16 controls (3 year followup). (Author/CL)

This article reviews and clarifies the problems of antisocial student behavior in schools, ranging from talking out of turn to violent attacks upon fellow students or teachers. It focuses on the high school and junior high school, and attempts to identify causes while examining programs and procedures for remediating or preventing such behavior.…

Attempts to determine whether behavior problems were as great a concern in schools-within-a-school as they were perceived to be in regular high schools. Uses student and teacher ratings as criteria for evaluating behavior problems. (Author/RK)

The purpose of this article is to discuss the importance of confrontation techniques and to describe some parameters for their use in counseling. The author discusses the definition of confrontation, purpose of confrontation, empathy in confrontation, timing of confrontation, and teaching the confrontation technique. (Author)

Three questions were investigated: stability of children's sociometric status over periods of 1 to 11 months in a treatment cottage; extent of consensus regarding most liked and disliked child; and relationship of general negative behavior level in the cottage and consensus. There were 17 boys who answered sociometric questions monthly. (Author)

To understand the meaning of a teenager's behavior, it is necessary to have an overall understanding of psychological development. (MM)

A questionnaire survey of secondary schools in Nigeria is reported that examined the following offenses: stealing, dishonesty, sex offenses, disobedience, truancy, assault and insult, drug offenses, "wickedness" (oppression of juniors and destruction of property), and strikes and mass demonstrations. (LBH)

Based on data from the New York Longitudinal Study, childhood behavioral problems were found to be related to both early temperament and parental behavior, in that first-year temperament scores predicted mild (but not more severe) problems. (Author)

Maintains that most discipline problems arise when students are asked to perform beyond their capabilities. Outlines several techniques for teaching social studies to slow learners. Techniques involve students in group reading, simulations, globe and map drills, neighborhood surveys, and art projects. (Author/DB)

Investigates how attitudes toward the mentally ill affect their involvement in the community and what can be done to enhance such involvement. Draws conclusions from research on these issues and makes recommendations for policy based on the findings. (Author)