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Direct linkRockwell, Sylvia – Kappa Delta Pi Record, 2006
Teachers are in uniquely powerful positions to positively impact youths who are at risk for school failure. Youths who overcame serious risk factors often report that a teacher, coach, or other adult provided a mentoring relationship that sustained them. Developing classroom management and academic instruction routines that meet the needs of all…
Descriptors: Methods, Risk, Mentors, Community Support
Wells, Karen C.; Chi, Terry C.; Hinshaw, Stephen P.; Epstein, Jeffery N.; Pfiffner, Linda; Nebel-Schwalm, Marie; Owens, Elizabeth B.; Arnold, L. Eugene; Abikoff, Howard B.; Conners, C. Keith; Elliott, Glen R.; Greenhill, Laurence L.; Hechtman, Lily; Hoza, Betsy; Jensen, Peter S.; March, John; Newcorn, Jeffrey H.; Pelham, William E.; Severe, Joanne B.; Swanson, James; Vitiello, Benedetto; Wigal, Timothy – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2006
The present study examined treatment outcomes for objectively measured parenting behavior in the Multimodal Treatment Study of Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Five hundred seventy-nine ethnically and socioeconomically diverse children with ADHD-combined type (ages 7.0-9.9 years) and their parent(s) were recruited …
Descriptors: Parenting Styles, Attention Deficit Disorders, Hyperactivity, Outcomes of Treatment
Callahan, Rebecca M. – Bilingual Research Journal, 2006
The language in recent education policy equates academic achievement with reading proficiency for English language learners (ELLs). In response to federal and state accountability efforts focused on reading, California high schools began to substitute reading intervention programs for English language development (ELD) curricula and instruction.…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Achievement Tests, Accountability
Bank, Adam L.; Arguelles, Soledad; Rubert, Mark; Eisdorfer, Carl; Czaja, Sara J. – Gerontologist, 2006
Purpose: Dementia caregiving is a rapidly growing public health problem. Logistical problems prevent many caregivers from utilizing available interventions. This article provides a demonstration of the usefulness of technology for conducting telephone-based support groups in ethnically diverse dementia caregivers. Design and Methods: Participants…
Descriptors: Dementia, Social Support Groups, Cultural Differences, Caregivers
McGinnis, Kathleen A.; Schulz, Richard; Stone, Roslyn A.; Klinger, Julie; Mercurio, Rocco – Gerontologist, 2006
Purpose: We assess the effects of racial or ethnic concordance between caregivers and interventionists on caregiver attrition, change in depression, and change in burden in a multisite randomized clinical trial. Design and Methods: Family caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's disease were randomized to intervention or control groups at six sites…
Descriptors: African Americans, Patients, Caregiver Attitudes, Racial Relations
Stevens, Nan L.; Martina, Camille M. S.; Westerhof, Gerben J. – Gerontologist, 2006
Purpose: This study explores the effects of participation in a program designed to enrich friendship and reduce loneliness among women in later life. Several hypotheses based on the need to belong, socioemotional selectivity theory, and the social compensation model were tested. Design and Methods: Study 1 involved two measurement points, one at…
Descriptors: Prediction, Females, Intervention, Control Groups
Littleton, K.; Wood, C.; Chera, P. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2006
Framed by current concerns about boys' attainment in literacy, this paper investigates the potential of talking books software to support the literacy development of male beginning readers. The study primarily considered whether typically developing boys who showed lower levels of attainment in phonological awareness would show a greater degree of…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Reading Skills, Reading Strategies, Males
Haworth, Avril – Language and Education, 2006
Literacy has always been a contested site in primary phase teaching. Internationally, there is a trend towards increased direct government intervention in areas of pedagogy, as well as curriculum. Recently in the UK, national initiatives, designed to raise standards of literacy among the 11-14 age group, have required English teachers to adapt…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Teacher Educators, Persuasive Discourse, Foreign Countries
Didden, Robert; Korzilius, Hubert; van Oorsouw, Wietske; Sturmey, Peter – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 2006
A meta-analytic study on effectiveness of behavioral and psychotherapeutic treatments for challenging behaviors in individuals with mild mental retardation is reported. Eighty articles were examined. For each comparison, several study variables and two effect sizes (percentage of nonoverlapping data--PND and percentage of zero data--PZD) were…
Descriptors: Mild Mental Retardation, Meta Analysis, Psychotherapy, Effect Size
McLean, Mary – Journal of Early Intervention, 2005
Comments on an article by Macy et al. The authors supports the potential use of the Assessment, Evaluation and Programming System for Infants and Children (AEPS:E) as an instrument for determining eligibility with toddler-aged children (18 to 36 months). Much work remains to be done before the AEPS:E should be recommended for use in determining…
Descriptors: Curriculum Based Assessment, Eligibility, Early Childhood Education, Young Children
Patterson, P. Daniel; Probst, Janice C.; Moore, Charity G. – Journal of Rural Health, 2006
Context: To ensure equitable access to prehospital care, as recommended by the Rural and Frontier Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Agenda for the Future, policymakers will need a uniform measure of EMS infrastructure. Purpose and Methods: This paper proposes a county-level indicator of EMS resource availability that takes into consideration…
Descriptors: Medical Services, Demography, Correlation, Health Personnel
The Effects of Listening While Reading and Repeated Reading on the Reading Fluency of Adult Learners
Winn, Beth D.; Skinner, Christopher H.; Oliver, Renee; Hale, Andrea D.; Ziegler, Mary – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2006
Much research has validated procedures to enhance reading fluency in children and adolescents, but more is needed to determine whether such procedures work with adults who have deficits in reading skills. A within-subjects design was used to evaluate and compare the effects of listening while reading (LWR) and repeated readings (RR) on reading…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Adult Learning, Adult Basic Education, Reading Fluency
Pena, Elizabeth D.; Gillam, Ronald B.; Malek, Melynn; Ruiz-Felter, Roxanna; Resendiz, Maria; Fiestas, Christine; Sabel, Tracy – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2006
Two experiments examined reliability and classification accuracy of a narration-based dynamic assessment task. Purpose: The first experiment evaluated whether parallel results were obtained from stories created in response to 2 different wordless picture books. If so, the tasks and measures would be appropriate for assessing pretest and posttest…
Descriptors: Pretests Posttests, Control Groups, Classification, Picture Books
Kubik, Martha Y.; Lytle, Leslie; Fulkerson, Jayne A. – Journal of School Health, 2004
This study assessed the interest of alternative high school staff in intervention research on students' eating and physical activity habits and the feasibility of conducting such research in alternative school settings. A two-phase descriptive design incorporated both quantitative and qualitative methods. In fall/winter 2001-2002, alternative high…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Dietetics, Health Behavior, High School Students
Valore, Thomas G.; Cantrell, Robert P.; Cantrell, Mary Lynn – Reclaiming Children and Youth: The Journal of Strength-based Interventions, 2006
Educational and treatment programs for troubled youth face formidable barriers in building pro-social group climates. When a youth is loyal to deviant peers, positive adult bonds are obstructed. Fritz Redl once observed that therapeutic efforts with such a youth is akin to having a "gang under the couch." Effective ecological interventions employ…
Descriptors: Competence, Social Environment, Behavior Modification, Youth
