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Myunghee Ahn, Christine; Ebesutani, Chad – Psychology in the Schools, 2015
Korean middle school students are experiencing high rates of behavioral and emotional problems, suggesting a need for comprehensive screening instruments with strong psychometric properties in school settings. The present study investigated the utility of the Behavior Assessment System for Children-2 Self-Report of Personality, Adolescent Form…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Behavior Problems, Emotional Problems
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Skinner, Christopher H.; McCleary, Daniel F.; Skolits, Gary L.; Poncy, Brian C.; Cates, Gary L. – Psychology in the Schools, 2013
The success of Response-to-Intervention (RTI) and similar models of service delivery is dependent on educators being able to apply effective and efficient remedial procedures. In the process of implementing problem-solving RTI models, school psychologists have an opportunity to contribute to and enhance the quality of our remedial-procedure…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Models, Problem Solving, School Psychologists
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Pas, Elise T.; Bradshaw, Catherine P.; Mitchell, Mary M. – Psychology in the Schools, 2011
Office discipline referral (ODR) data are increasingly used to monitor student behavior problems and the impact of interventions, but there has been limited research examining their validity. The current study examined the concordance of ODRs with teacher ratings of student behavior using data on 8,645 children in 335 classrooms at 21 elementary…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Student Behavior, Discipline, Academic Achievement
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Volpe, Robert J.; Heick, Patrick F.; Guerasko-Moore, David – Psychology in the Schools, 2005
Students are increasingly being prescribed stimulant medication to treat the symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Although several authors have advocated specific procedures for monitoring the effects of this medication in school settings, recent evidence suggests that these procedures are not being used adequately. In this…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Stimulants, Hyperactivity, Attention Deficit Disorders
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Richards, Stephen B.; Taylor, Ronald L.; Ramasamy, Rangasamy – Psychology in the Schools, 1997
Using the split-middle methods of trend estimation, evaluates the accuracy of interpretation of single subject data by comparing raters' visual analysis of behavior change with statistical determination of behavior change. Results indicate visual analysis accuracy was less than chance. Rater and student characteristics largely did not affect the…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Interpretation, Inferences, Research Problems
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Diperna, James Clyde; Volpe, Robert J. – Psychology in the Schools, 2005
The Social Skills Rating System (SSRS; F.M. Gresham & S.N. Elliott, 1990) is a norm-referenced measure of students' social and problem behaviors. Since its release, much of the published reliability and validity evidence for the SSRS has focused primarily on the Teacher Report Form. The purpose of this study was to explore reliability and…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Social Behavior, Validity, Interpersonal Competence
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McKevitt, Brian C.; Elliott, Stephen N. – Psychology in the Schools, 2005
Data were gathered from videotaped recordings of two preschool children engaged in unstructured free play over 12 days each. Observers coded behavior from the videotapes and completed a behavior rating scale for each child after every two observation sessions. Teachers also completed two behavior rating scales per child. Results indicated that at…
Descriptors: Social Behavior, Observation, Validity, Play
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Merrell, Kenneth W.; Blade, Richard L.; Lund, Jacqueline; Kempf, Kari K. G. – Psychology in the Schools, 2003
This brief report details a study of the construct validity of the Internalizing Symptoms Scale for Children (ISSC) in comparison with the Child Self-Report Form of the Behavioral Assessment System for Children (BASC). Using self-reports of 121 students ages 8-12 from general education classes, who were administered both measures, correlational…
Descriptors: Organizations (Groups), Measures (Individuals), Student Adjustment, Emotional Problems
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Cicchetti, Domenic V.; Kaufman, Alan S.; Sparrow, Sara S. – Psychology in the Schools, 2004
Our purpose in this report is to evaluate scientifically that body of literature relating the effects of prenatal and postnatal exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) upon neurobehavioral, health-related, and cognitive deficits in neonates, developing infants, children, and adults. The data derive from seven cohorts: six cohorts of mothers…
Descriptors: Neonates, Validity, Psychomotor Skills, Prenatal Influences