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Can an Understanding of Personal Barriers to Coaching Be Transposed to Provide an Understanding of Personal Barriers to Learning for English Boys in a Post-16 Education Context?
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Kudliskis, Voldis – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2022
The purpose of this exploratory study was to examine whether some personal inner and outer barriers found in coaching are reflected as personal inner and outer barriers to learning for boys in a post-16 education setting. The study predominantly sits within the interpretivist paradigm. This was an action research focus group case study that…
Descriptors: Barriers, Coaching (Performance), Males, Postsecondary Education
Autistic Adults' Subjective Experiences of Hoarding and Self-Injurious Behaviors
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Goldfarb, Yael; Zafrani, Osnat; Hedley, Darren; Yaari, Maya; Gal, Eynat – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2021
Restrictive and Repetitive Behaviors and Interests represent a core feature of autism since the earliest conceptualization of the condition. Related behaviors, such as hoarding and self-injurious behaviors, are under-researched in adulthood, resulting in limited knowledge about their various manifestation through the life span. This study expands…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Adults, Experience
An Exploration around Peer Support for Secondary Pupils in Scotland with Experience of Self-Harm
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Shepherd, Victoria – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2020
Literature highlights friends as a main support for young people who self-harm, yet limited research explores specific supports offered by friends, or any help required to provide successful support. This research aimed to determine how friends support young people who self-harm; what friends could further do; and additional help needed to be a…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Secondary School Students, Foreign Countries, Self Destructive Behavior
Innovating the Check-In, Check-Out Intervention: A Process for Creating Adaptations
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Bundock, Kaitlin; Hawken, Leanne S.; Kladis, Kristin; Breen, Kimberli – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2020
Check-in, check-out (CICO), an intervention implemented with students at risk for behavioral disorders, addresses minor misbehaviors by providing students with a structured means of receiving positive adult attention. CICO reduces problem behaviors and improves appropriate behaviors of students with and without behavioral disorders. Research…
Descriptors: Intervention, Student Behavior, Behavior Disorders, At Risk Students
The Level of the Aggressive Behavior of Mentally Disabled Students at Ajloun Governorate from the Teachers' Point of View
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Wahsheh, Nayef Ali – International Journal of Special Education, 2019
The purpose of this study is to determine the level of aggressive behavior of the mentally disabled students at Ajloun Governorate from the teachers' point of views. The sample consisted of all (94) mentally disabled students of simple and intermediate level who were enrolled in the special education centers at the first semester of the academic…
Descriptors: Aggression, Student Behavior, Intellectual Disability, Teacher Attitudes
Mothers' Perspectives on Challenging Behaviours in Their Children with Fragile X Syndrome
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Muller, Kristen; Brady, Nancy C.; Warren, Steven F.; Fleming, Kandace K. – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2019
Background: Individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities are more likely to engage in problem behaviours than peers with typical development. The purpose of this study was to provide descriptive and qualitative information about problem behaviours in children with fragile X syndrome (FXS) and how families respond to these…
Descriptors: Mother Attitudes, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Behavior Problems