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Frey, Andy J.; Small, Jason W.; Seeley, John R.; Walker, Hill M.; Feil, Edward G.; Lee, Jon; Lissman, Dana Cohen; Crosby, Shantel; Forness, Steven R. – Exceptional Children, 2022
Disruptive behavior disorders in childhood are increasingly pervasive and associated with numerous, negative long-term outcomes. The current study examined whether adding a brief, home-visitation intervention to an existing, multi-component (child and teacher) intervention, would improve social-emotional and behavioral outcomes for young children…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Behavior Disorders, Home Visits, Intervention
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Seeley, John R.; Small, Jason W.; Feil, Edward G.; Frey, Andy J.; Walker, Hill M.; Golly, Annemieke; Forness, Steven R. – School Mental Health, 2018
Preschoolers with elevated anxiety symptoms are at high risk not only of developing more severe mental health disorders in later life but are also apt to respond more poorly to intervention if they present with comorbid disruptive behavior. Because early signs of anxiety disorders may not be recognized as such in preschool settings, many children…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Anxiety Disorders, Comorbidity, Behavior Problems
Seeley, John R.; Small, Jason W.; Feil, Edward G.; Frey, Andy J.; Walker, Hill M.; Golly, Annemieke; Forness, Steven R. – Grantee Submission, 2017
Preschoolers with elevated anxiety symptoms are at high risk not only of developing more severe mental health disorders in later life but are also apt to respond more poorly to intervention if they present with comorbid disruptive behavior. Because early signs of anxiety disorders may not be recognized as such in preschool settings, many children…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Anxiety Disorders, Comorbidity, Outcomes of Treatment
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Forness, Steven R.; Kavale, Kenneth A.; Davanzo, Pablo A. – Behavioral Disorders, 2002
The original authors of an article proposing a new medical model of special education for children with emotional or behavioral disorders respond to comments by considering: (1) the role of psychiatric diagnosis in special education, (2) the relative efficacy of behavioral versus psychopharmacologic treatment, and (3) the nature of…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Clinical Diagnosis, Drug Therapy
Forness, Steven R.; Sweeney, Dwight P.; Wagner, Steven R. – Reaching Today's Youth: The Community Circle of Caring Journal, 1998
Claims that learning strategies and social skills training are likely to be important for most students with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, both in regular and special education classrooms. Emphasizes the importance of combining treatment strategies. (MKA)
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Modification, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
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Forness, Steven R. – Exceptionality, 2001
This article reviews 24 meta-analyses concerned with special education interventions and draws tentative conclusions about the relative power of interventions as determined by magnitude of mean effect size for each. Highest effect sizes were obtained for use of mnemonic strategies, reading comprehension strategies, behavior modification, and…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Disabilities, Effect Size, Elementary Secondary Education