This study evaluated the effects of a parent training program on the interactive skills of parents of children with autism in the People's Republic of China. Twenty-seven families of children with autism in a northeastern city of China were randomly assigned to either the training or the control group. Parents received a total of 20 h of training…

Since the early 1990s, attention has been focused on the importance of self-determination in the education of students with disabilities. The purpose of this study was to further our understanding of the construct of self-determination by examining the relationship between the "Arc's Self-Determination Scale" and the "American…

Objective: To evaluate the epidemiology of attention problems using parent, teacher, and youth informants among a nationally representative Turkish sample. Method: The children and adolescents, 4 to 18 years old, were selected from a random household survey. Attention problems derived from the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) (N = 4,488), Teacher…

Involvement of students and adult employees into the decisions that affect their education and employment can improve their transition into supported employment. One means for increasing involvement into these decisions is to gain their input into performance evaluations and support needs. The "Job Observation and Behavior Scale: Opportunity for…

The paper describes the development of a quantifiable problem behavior scale which was field tested with mentally retarded institutionalized persons. Fourteen staff members rated Ss on 42 problem behaviors which were weighted according to degree of disruptiveness. Summing of the item scores is explained to produce a total score which can be used…

THIS REPORT IS ONE OF A SERIES DESCRIBING NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE AREA OF RESEARCH METHODOLOGY. IT DEALS WITH LATIN SQUARES AS A CONTROL FOR PROGRESSIVE AND ADJACENCY EFFECTS IN EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS. THE HISTORY OF LATIN SQUARES IS ALSO REVIEWED, AND SEVERAL ALGORITHMS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF LATIN AND GRECO-LATIN SQUARES ARE PROPOSED. THE REPORT…

Describes a unique performance appraisal method known as "behaviorally anchored rating scales" (BARS) which is especially useful for managers of instructional developers. Steps and procedures used to collaboratively construct BARS for a particular position are discussed, and factors to consider when planning any appraisal system are…

Parent and teacher ratings of 140 middle school children were collected, using the Revised Behavior Problem Checklist (RBPC). Pearson correlation coefficients revealed generally low variability among the correlations between teacher ratings and parent ratings. (Author/CL)

The author describes the use of AIM (Achievement Identification Measure), a parent report, to identify gifted students' underachievement characteristics. AIM examines five dimensions: competition, responsibility, self-control, achievement communication, and respect. (CL)

A training exercise is presented to help teachers become familiar with key concepts in the Scales for Rating Behavioral Characteristics of Superior Students. Activities suggested include matching concepts with items from the scales and categorizing children's behaviors according to the scales. (CL)

The G index of agreement, introduced by Holley and Guilford for correlating persons over n2-point variables is generalized for multi-point variables, allowing one person to be rated along a r-point scale and the other person to be rated along a c-point scale, by means of a weighting procedure. (Author)

A device to organize more objectively the behavior of students.'' (Editor)

It was tentatively concluded that a therapist's orientation as measured on the "analytic experiential" dimension is independent of his A/B disposition, and that it is inappropriate to think of A therapists as socially independent nonconforming and of B therapists as socially dependent conforming. (Author/CJ)

The effectiveness of phenothiazine treatment in delaying hospitalization for those schizophrenic patients hospitalized during the course of their clinic treatment was examined. (CD)