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A Whole School Approach to Building Relationships, Promoting Positive Behaviour and Reducing Teacher Stress in a Secondary School
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Ruttledge, Richard – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2022
This exploratory study considered the impact of a whole school programme to enhance relationships, promote positive behaviour, and reduce teacher stress in a secondary school. The programme was facilitated by the school's educational psychologist (EP) drawing on psychological theory and practice across a range of paradigms (ecosystemic, cognitive,…
Descriptors: Student School Relationship, Student Behavior, Stress Management, Secondary Schools
A Mixed-Methods Evaluation of the Longer-Term Implementation and Utility of a Teacher Classroom Management Training Programme in Irish Primary Schools
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Leckey, Yvonne; Hyland, Lynda; Hickey, Gráinne; Lodge, Anne; Kelly, Paul; Bywater, Tracey; Comiskey, Catherine; Donnelly, Michael; McGilloway, Sinéad – Irish Educational Studies, 2016
Inappropriate, aggressive and disruptive behaviour in the classroom can be detrimental to child and teacher well-being. This study involved a longer-term evaluation of the "Incredible Years Teacher [Classroom Management]" programme (IYTP) undertaken mainly within disadvantaged schools in south-west Ireland. The IYTP is designed to…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Classroom Techniques, Faculty Development, Elementary School Teachers
School Matters: How Context Influences the Identification of Different Types of Special Educational Needs
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McCoy, Selina; Banks, Joanne; Shevlin, Michael – Irish Educational Studies, 2012
Despite dramatic changes in Irish special education policy during the last decade, there is little understanding of the factors influencing how special educational needs (SEN) are identified and whether identification varies across different school contexts. International research has tended to focus on how individual child characteristics…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Educational Needs, Disadvantaged Schools, Teacher Characteristics
A Parenting Intervention for Childhood Behavioral Problems: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Disadvantaged Community-Based Settings
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McGilloway, Sinead; Mhaille, Grainne Ni; Bywater, Tracey; Furlong, Mairead; Leckey, Yvonne; Kelly, Paul; Comiskey, Catherine; Donnelly, Michael – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2012
Objective: A community-based randomized controlled trial (RCT) was conducted in urban areas characterized by high levels of disadvantage to test the effectiveness of the Incredible Years BASIC parent training program (IYBP) for children with behavioral problems. Potential moderators of intervention effects on child behavioral outcomes were also…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Intervention, Disadvantaged, Child Rearing
The Predictors of the Intention to Leave School Early among a Representative Sample of Irish Second-Level Students
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Freeney, Yseult; O'Connell, Michael – British Educational Research Journal, 2012
Early school-leaving exerts substantial costs on the individual and society. The literature indicates that quitting school early is predicted by an enmeshed group of indicators including academic and behavioural difficulties in school, deprived economic background and disengagement with the educational process. The attitudes and background of a…
Descriptors: Legislators, Academic Achievement, Intention, Predictor Variables
Constructing an Integrated Model of the Nature of Challenging Behaviour: A Starting Point for Intervention
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Lyons, Claire W.; O'Connor, Fiona – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2006
Although the issue of challenging behaviour receives a great deal of attention in educational literature, the exact nature of this behaviour is open to debate. Challenging behaviour can be defined objectively by listing or describing behaviours that are considered disruptive and undesirable. On the other hand, challenging behaviour can be seen as…
Descriptors: Intervention, Models, Foreign Countries, Student Behavior