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Beaudoin, Kathleen M.; Schonert-Reichl, Kimberly A. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2006
This investigation addressed the question of how two forms of social cognitive reasoning--epistemic reasoning and adolescent egocentrism--interface with externalizing and internalizing forms of psychopathology during adolescence. Adolescents' epistemic reasoning (i.e., types of belief entitlement, or degree of doubt, held by an individual when…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Thinking Skills, Adolescents, Psychological Patterns
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Kaplan, Sebastian G.; Cornell, Dewey G. – Behavioral Disorders, 2005
We compared threats of violence made by K-12 students in special education (120 cases) or general education (136 cases) in schools that were implementing threat assessment guidelines for managing student threats of violence (Cornell, Sheras, Kaplan, McConville, Posey, Levy-Elkon, et al., 2004; Cornell & Sheras, in press). Students in special…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Suspension, Special Education, Emotional Disturbances
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Gallagher, Peggy A.; Lambert, Richard G. – Exceptional Children, 2006
The associations among classroom quality, classroom percentage of children with special needs, and child outcome measures were tested in low- and high-quality classrooms using hierarchical linear modeling (HLM). No main effect on child outcomes for the classroom concentration of children with special needs was observed. However, an interaction…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Special Needs Students, Classroom Environment, Preschool Education
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Storch, Eric A.; Murphy, Tanya K.; Geffken, Gary R.; Mann, Giselle; Adkins, Jennifer; Merlo, Lisa J.; Duke, Danny; Munson, Melissa; Swaine, Zoe; Goodman, Wayne K. – Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2006
Objective: To provide preliminary estimates of the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) in treating pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) of the pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcus (PANDAS) subtype. Method: Seven children with OCD of the PANDAS subtype (range 9-13 years) were treated…
Descriptors: Cognitive Restructuring, Behavior Modification, Therapy, Pediatrics
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Wigal, Tim; Greenhill, Laurence; Chuang, Shirley; McGough, James; Vitiello, Benedetto; Skrobala, Anne; Swanson, James; Wigal, Sharon; Abikoff, Howard; Kollins, Scott; McCracken, James; Riddle, Mark; Posner, Kelly; Ghuman, Jaswinder; Davies, Mark; Thorp, Ben; Stehli, Annamarie – Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2006
Objective: To report on the safety and tolerability of methylphenidate (MPH) 3- to 5-year-old children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) during 1 year of treatment. Method: Exactly 183 children (3-5 years old) entered a treatment study of MPH, consisting of a 1-week open-label lead-in (n = 183); a 5-week placebo-controlled,…
Descriptors: Safety, Maintenance, Preschool Children, Hyperactivity
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Brown, Fredda; Michaels, Craig A. – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities (RPSD), 2006
As people see a powerful technology and philosophical value system originally developed to promote the self-determination and inclusion of individuals students with severe disabilities applied to and having impact on the broader school population, they wonder what the outcomes will be. In this article, the authors reflect on two issues: (1) the…
Descriptors: Labeling (of Persons), Disabilities, Behavior Problems, Educational Environment
Mackenzie, Nancy – Alberta Education, 2008
Drawing on current research and best practices, this three-part resource, "Supporting Positive Behaviour in Alberta Schools," provides information, strategies, stories from schools and sample tools for systematically teaching, supporting and reinforcing positive behaviour. This integrated system of school-wide, classroom management, and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, School Culture, Student Diversity, Educational Change
Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy, 2008
This paper proposes a strategic federal investment of $3 billion in the relatively small number of social interventions (i.e., programs, practices, strategies) shown in scientifically-rigorous studies to produce sizeable, sustained improvement in the lives of children and youth. Careful analyses show that the benefits of these interventions in…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Social Problems, Substance Abuse, Pregnancy
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Meeker, Steven D.; Edmonson, Stacey; Fisher, Alice – International Journal on School Disaffection, 2008
This study attempts to answer the following research question: What are the factors that prevent students from completing high school? The participants in this study included 228 current and recent students from General Educational Development (GED) programs across the state of Texas. In an effort to gain a clearer picture of circumstances faced…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Focus Groups, Graduation, Pregnancy
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Lee, Kyunghwa – Early Child Development and Care, 2008
In this article, I present a study conducted with 10 Southeastern US early childhood teachers on their views concerning problem behaviour, in general, and the practice of diagnosis and pharmaceutical treatment for Attention/Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), in particular. Themes that emerged from the interview data included: (1) teachers'…
Descriptors: Hyperactivity, Attention Deficit Disorders, Age Differences, Gender Differences
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Dodge, Kenneth A.; Greenberg, Mark T.; Malone, Patrick S. – Child Development, 2008
A dynamic cascade model of development of serious adolescent violence was proposed and tested through prospective inquiry with 754 children (50% male; 43% African American) from 27 schools at 4 geographic sites followed annually from kindergarten through Grade 11 (ages 5-18). Self, parent, teacher, peer, observer, and administrative reports…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Academic Failure, Adolescents, Least Squares Statistics
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Kelly, Aine; Carey, Sean; McCarthy, Siobhan; Coyle, Ciaran – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2007
This paper examines the sources of stress and the effects of managing challenging behaviour on principals of special schools in Ireland, including schools for pupils with an intellectual disability, emotional disturbance, specific learning disability and physical and sensory disability, and children of traveller families. In this study principals…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Special Needs Students, Educational Environment, Special Schools
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Roche, Kathleen M.; Ensminger, Margaret E.; Cherlin, Andrew J. – Journal of Family Issues, 2007
Drawing from social disorganization theory, this study examined how perceived neighborhood conditions modified associations between parenting and delinquency, depressive symptoms, and school problem behavior among more than 800 African American and Latino 10- to 14-year-olds participating in Welfare, Children, and Families: A Three-City Study.…
Descriptors: African Americans, Urban Areas, Child Rearing, Neighborhoods
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Kamphaus, Randy W.; Thorpe, Jennifer S.; Winsor, Anne Pierce; Kroncke, Anna P.; Dowdy, Erin T.; VanDeventer, Meghan C. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2007
A principal components analysis of the Teacher Rating Scale-Child (TRS-C) of the Behavior Assessment System for Children was conducted with a cross-sectional cohort of 659 children in Grades 1 to 5. A predictive validity study was then conducted with a 2-year longitudinal sample of 206 children. The results suggested that scores from the resulting…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4
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Smokowski, Paul R.; Bacallao, Martica L. – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2007
This investigation examined acculturation risk factors and cultural assets, internalizing behavioral problems, and self-esteem in 323 Latino adolescents living in North Carolina. Multiple regression analyses revealed two risk factors--perceived discrimination and parent-adolescent conflict--as highly significant predictors of adolescent…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Adolescents, Acculturation, Conflict
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