The purpose of this study was to determine whether at-risk behaviors (e.g., substance abuse, gun ownership, sexual activity, and gang membership) are associated with violence attribution errors, as measured by Daley and Onwuegbuzie's (1995) Violence Attribution Survey, among 82 incarcerated male juvenile delinquents. Analysis revealed that the…

This study examined the effectiveness, integrity, and acceptability of Conjoint Behavioral Consultation (CBC) with families and teachers of Hispanic children at risk for development of behavior problems. CBC is a four-step problem-solving approach (problem identification, problem analysis, treatment implementation, and treatment evaluation) that…

Effective prevention programs are based on the idea that an early response to a problem leads to better outcomes for students and teachers. This work of strategy and practical tactics is designed to give teachers ways to counter behavioral problems with practices that that have proven effective in all school settings. Teachers, researchers, and…

This paper presents a relevant literary review and then develops a behavior-management program within schools encompassing social-skills training for all children. Both the literary review and this program can be used to educate administrators, educators, parents, and students about behaviors and warning signs associated with violent children. The…

How people treat each other in their daily interactions seems to be profoundly important and even central to the definition of a "civilized" society. This nationwide survey examined what Americans are thinking about courtesy, manners, rudeness, and respect. Data were gathered through a random sample telephone survey of 2,013 adults…

This paper reports on the National Study of Delinquency Prevention in Schools, the first national study of problem behavior containing information from multiple sources -- principals, teachers, and students. Nationwide, 7% of schools or an estimated 6,451 schools reported to law enforcement personnel at least one incident of physical attack or…

The functioning of parent "C" groups (basically preventive in purpose) is described. Such groups are ones wherein parents discuss their interactions with children with each other and with a leader in an effort to make their own behavior more effective. Suggestions for administering such groups and for training counselors to lead them are given.…

Five groups of approximately 50 children, grades 2 through 6, from each of five schools (four in low socioeconomic mostly black areas), originally referred for 1 or 2 years' support in a behaviorally oriented resource room, were followed up after regular class placement for 2 or 3 years. (MC)

Fifty behavior problems were rated according to their seriousness by 100 teachers of grades three through six assigned to elementary schools of Western New York. (Author/JM)

Digest of papers of the Forty-Seventh Annual Meeting American Orthopsychiatry Association (San Francisco, California, March 23-26, 1970). (RD)

In an ABA research design, out-of-seat behavior of 22 first graders was effectively controlled by using common classroom rewards. (Author)

The results presented here suggest that the teachers do change their behavior significantly due in part to children performing better than prior to treatment. Despite the change in teacher behavior, levels of attending to appropriate behavior were low enough to warrant intervention with the teacher. (Author)

In contingency contracting, the student contracts to do something he wants to do contingent upon the successful completion of what the teacher wants him to do. (Author)