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Emerson, Anne – Pastoral Care in Education, 2022
Current behaviour policies, which focus around reward and deterrent, have only limited long-term effectiveness. They assume that students can exercise self-control and follow rules, when motivated to do so. Students with special educational needs and disabilities typically have many intrinsic challenges to self-regulation, due to executive…
Descriptors: Trauma, Students with Disabilities, Behavior Problems, Executive Function
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Quintana, Rafael – Sociological Methods & Research, 2023
Causal search algorithms have been effectively applied in different fields including biology, genetics, climate science, medicine, and neuroscience. However, there have been scant applications of these methods in social and behavioral sciences. This article provides an illustrative example of how causal search algorithms can shed light on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Causal Models, Algorithms, Social Problems
Barr, Donald A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2018
Many kindergarten teachers have encountered children who enter school lacking the ability to control their behavior, but they may not understand the social and biological processes behind these children's disruptive behavior. The author reviews research into early childhood brain development to explain how trauma and chronic stress can make it…
Descriptors: Trauma, Kindergarten, Interference (Learning), Self Control
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Brunsdon, Victoria E. A.; Happé, Francesca – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2014
Autism spectrum disorders are defined by difficulties across a range of areas: social and communication difficulties and restricted and repetitive behaviours and interests. It has been suggested that this triad of symptoms cannot be explained by a single cause at the genetic, neural or cognitive level. This article reviews the evidence for a…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Cognitive Processes
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Hume, Kara; Boyd, Brian A.; Hamm, Jill V.; Kucharczyk, Suzanne – Remedial and Special Education, 2014
The development of independent behavior is a critical, challenging process for all youth as they pass through the high school environment into adulthood. Although most high school students gain skills related to independence, the independent behaviors of their peers with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) plateau and decline. These skill deficits and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, High School Students
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Templer, Alexandra K.; Titus, Jeffrey B.; Gutmann, David H. – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2013
Cognitive problems are common in children with neurofibromatosis type 1 and they can often complicate treatment. The current literature review examines cognitive functioning in neurofibromatosis type 1, with a specific focus on executive functioning. This includes exploration of how deficits in executive functioning are expressed in children with…
Descriptors: Genetic Disorders, Neurological Impairments, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes
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Warnick, Brittany; Drake, Morgan; Vidrine, Stephanie – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2015
The Delis Rating of Executive Function (D-REF) is a set of rating scales designed to assess executive functions and their constituent sub-processes in children and adolescents between the ages of 5 and 18. More specifically, the D-REF is a supplemental assessment of children and adolescents demonstrating behavioral or cognitive difficulties often…
Descriptors: Test Reviews, Executive Function, Rating Scales, Educational Practices
Hume, Kara; Boyd, Brian A.; Hamm, Jill V.; Kucharczyk, Suzanne – Grantee Submission, 2014
The development of independent behavior is a critical, challenging process for all youth as they pass through the high school environment into adulthood. Although most high school students gain skills related to independence, the independent behaviors of their peers with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) plateau and decline. These skill deficits and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Behavior Modification
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Akbar, Maysa; Loomis, Rebecca; Paul, Rhea – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2013
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disability characterized by deficits in social interaction and communication and by repetitive behaviors and restricted interests. Prior research has revealed executive function (EF) deficits in children with ASD. It has been suggested that these EF impairments are associated with language…
Descriptors: Language Aptitude, Interpersonal Relationship, Autism, Executive Function