The booklet examines findings from the Vermont Child Development Project (VCPD) concerning the identification of and intervention with preschool children at risk for behavior disorders. It is explained that the VCPD includes epidemiological surveys, high risk family studies, intervention studies, and a follow-along survey. Provided is an example…

The thesis presented in this paper is that elementary counselors can become the most important behavioral change agents in the school. The following discussion will support this proposition. First, certain aspects of behavior modification will be discussed. Second, trends in elementary school counseling will be reviewed and finally, a synthesis…

The article briefly surveys evidence concerning the nature and extent of children's behavior problems in Northern Ireland, and the measures being taken to meet them. (Author/DLS)

The acceptability of behavioral treatment interventions is very important. Problem severity, treatment approach, time needed for treatment implementation, treatment integrity, effectiveness of treatment, and understanding are factors influencing acceptability. A model for conceptualizing the impact of acceptability on treatment compliance,…

Thirty learning disabled (LD) elementary students participated in weekly group counseling sessions for 10 weeks. When compared to a control group, results (based on teacher ratings and other measures) indicated that the intervention was beneficial in improving acting out and distractibility behaviors and one area of self-concept. (Author/JW)

Points out that poor readers may exhibit behavioral, cognitive, and emotional problems. Offers a problem-solving framework for intervention in poor readers' nonacademic problems, and describes several possible types of intervention. (ARH)

Functionally Approached Body (FAB) Strategies offer a clinical approach to help parents of young children with behavioral and sensory processing strategies. This article introduces the FAB Strategies, clinical strategies developed by the author for understanding and addressing young children's behavioral and sensory processing challenges. The FAB…

This brief paper summarizes findings from research on effective school practices that reduce violence and frequency of behavior problems. It finds that research on schools supports a comprehensive three-level approach to prevention as the most efficient and cost-effective way to reduce violence. Such an approach involves first, a schoolwide…

This study examined the effects of an acupressure intervention with two adolescents previously diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). An inventory based on standard criteria for diagnosing ADHD was completed by each student, their parents, case workers, and teachers both before and after the intervention. The intervention…

Authors hypothesized that many teachers have classroom behavior management skills in their repertoires but lack techniques for using them as systematically as possible; conventional postgraduate courses are a vehicle for introducing experienced teachers to these skills. (Editor)

Hyperkinetic children are usually helped by a coordinated program of medication, parent and child counseling, and teacher consultation. Medication usually facilitates everything else that is done for the child. Therefore, referral to and cooperation with the prescribing physician deserves special attention. (Author)

This study, an approach to controlling "acting out" behaviors of handicapped children in elementary schools, compares the effectiveness of an operant strategy and a cognitive strategy in modifying the behavior of a seven-year-old hyperactive boy. (Author/PN)

An intervention program to modify behaviors of a mentally retarded female which interfered with her work production was developed through the systematic collection of performance data on a daily basis. Data thus collected illustrated the student's progress and aided the choice of treatment. (SK)

A program of self-instructional research is presented which incorporates the perspective that developmental theories may be used to understand and design interventions to remediate dysfunctional behavior in children. This is followed by recent applications of this program to the issue of impulsivity. (Author/GK)