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Jorgensen, E. Sue – 1978
Peer tutoring with 12 students in an elementary multi-categorical resource room was initiated as a method of changing interaction from verbal aggression and hostility to overt helpfulness and support for one another. A mini-training session for the six older students instructed them in goals, methods, reinforcement, and modeling. Tutors received…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Handicapped Children, Interpersonal Competence
Fachin, Katharina – Phi Delta Kappan, 1996
Recounts a second-grade teacher's efforts to help a rough-and-tumble boy diagnosed with ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder). After comprehensive behavioral and academic programs (including token rewards, peer tutoring, resource room activities, an inclass aide) failed to stabilize Tommy's behavior, Ritalin was (successfully) prescribed…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Problems, Case Studies, Classroom Techniques
