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Fabiano, Gregory A.; Naylor, Justin; Pelham, William E., Jr.; Gnagy, Elizabeth M.; Burrows-MacLean, Lisa; Coles, Erika; Chacko, Anil; Wymbs, Brian T.; Walker, Kathryn S.; Wymbs, Frances; Garefino, Allison; Mazzant, Jessica Robb; Sastry, Amber L.; Tresco, Katy E.; Waschbusch, Daniel A.; Massetti, Greta M.; Waxmonsky, James – School Mental Health, 2022
Children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) receive supports and services in general and special education classrooms in schools. The present study aimed to report the contents of individualized education programs (IEPs) for children with ADHD and to compare the behavior of children with ADHD who had IEPs versus those with ADHD…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Individualized Education Programs, Student Behavior, Summer Programs
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Ros-Demarize, Rosmary; Graziano, Paulo A. – Journal of Early Intervention, 2021
The current study examined the feasibility and initial efficacy of the Summer Treatment Program for Pre-kindergarteners (STP-PreK) with 37 preschoolers with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and externalizing behavior problems (EBP). Parents and teachers reported on children's behavior, social/adaptive skills, and self-regulation. Children completed…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Summer Programs, Preschool Children
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Breslend, Nicole Lafko; Shoulberg, Erin K.; Wagner, Caitlin; Murray-Close, Dianna; Holterman, Leigh Ann – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2018
The purpose of the current investigation was to examine if autonomic nervous system reactivity moderated the association between relational victimization and two established outcomes of peer maltreatment, anxious/depressive symptoms and anxious rejection sensitivity. A total of 119 female (M[subscript age] = 12.47, SD[subscript age] = 1.96)…
Descriptors: Correlation, Victims, Stress Variables, Physiology
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Hektner, Joel M.; Brennan, Alison L.; August, Gerald J. – School Mental Health, 2017
In order to prevent iatrogenic effects associated with interventions that aggregate youth with behavior problems and to promote the integration of these youth into normative peer groups, a comprehensive evidence-based prevention program, Early Risers "Skills for Success" (August et al. in Preventing substance abuse: science-based…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Kindergarten, Grade 1, Elementary School Students
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Babinski, Dara E.; Sibley, Margaret H.; Ross, J. Megan; Pelham, William E. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2013
This study evaluated the social behavior of adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in single and mixed gender treatment settings. We collected ratings of social behavior (i.e., prosocial peer interactions, assertiveness, self-management, compliance, physical aggression, relational aggression) during single and mixed…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Adolescents, Social Behavior, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
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Alink, Lenneke R. A.; Cicchetti, Dante; Kim, Jungmeen; Rogosch, Fred A. – Developmental Psychology, 2012
Child maltreatment increases the risk for impaired social functioning and cortisol regulation. However, the longitudinal interplay among these factors is still unclear. This study aimed to shed light on the effect of maltreatment on social functioning and cortisol regulation over time. The sample consisted of 236 children (mean age 7.64 years, SD…
Descriptors: Prosocial Behavior, Child Abuse, Aggression, Structural Equation Models
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Ko, Clara; Lunsky, Yona; Hensel, Jennifer; Dewa, Carolyn S. – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2012
Studies have shown that there is an association between exposure to people with intellectual disability who are aggressive and burnout in the staff who support them. Little is known, however, about the experience of summer camp staff who work with this population. This study examined the relationship between aggression and burnout in 169 staff…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mental Retardation, Teacher Burnout, Summer Programs
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Zakriski, Audrey L.; Wright, Jack C.; Cardoos, Stephanie L. – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2011
This research examined deviant talk during summer residential treatment using peer nominations and extensive field observations. Participants were 239 youth (M age = 12.62, SD = 2.60; 67% male), nested in 26 treatment groups. Deviant talk was present in this setting, showed individual differences, and increased over time, especially for younger…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Antisocial Behavior, Residential Programs, Summer Programs
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Hartley, Anselma G.; Zakriski, Audrey L.; Wright, Jack C. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2011
This study examined how a contextual approach to child assessment can clarify the meaning of informant discrepancies by focusing on children's social experiences and their "if...then" reactions to them. In a sample of 123 children (M[subscript age] = 13.30) referred to a summer program for children with behavior problems, parent-teacher…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Summer Programs, Children, Referral
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Mikami, Amori Yee; Lee, Steve S.; Hinshaw, Stephen P.; Mullin, Benjamin C. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2008
This study investigated the relationship between social information processing (SIP) and both relational and overt, physical aggression in a longitudinally-followed sample of 228 adolescent girls (ages 11-18; 140 with ADHD and 88 comparison girls). During childhood, girls participated in naturalistic summer camps where peer rejection, overt…
Descriptors: Aggression, Females, Rejection (Psychology), Cognitive Processes
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Maag, John W.; Katsiyannis, Antonis – Remedial and Special Education, 2010
The number of children who would be eligible for, and benefit from, early intervention programs has dramatically increased during the past several years. However, those programs would have to meet the U.S. Department of Education's criteria for being evidence based. Some programs that have proven successful would not be eligible but rather be…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Early Intervention, Eligibility, Educational Researchers
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Murray-Close, Dianna; Han, Georges; Cicchetti, Dante; Crick, Nicki R.; Rogosch, Fred A. – Developmental Psychology, 2008
The purpose of the present investigation was to examine the association between circadian rhythms of cortisol and physical and relational aggression. Morning arrival, prelunch, and afternoon predeparture salivary cortisol were assessed among 418 maltreated and nonmaltreated children (52% maltreated; 49% female) attending a summer day camp.…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Aggression, Day Camp Programs, Gender Differences
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Zalecki, Christine A.; Hinshaw, Stephen P. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2004
We employed a multi-informant approach to examine attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) subtype differences, as well as ADHD versus comparison group differences, in overt aggression, relational aggression, and peer regard related to such aggression. Participants included 228 girls (ages 6 to 12 years) diagnosed with either ADHD-Combined…
Descriptors: Females, Hyperactivity, Attention Deficit Disorders, Aggression
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Dirks, Melanie A.; Treat, Teresa A.; Weersing, V. Robin – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2007
Previous studies have identified peer provocation as a challenging class of situations for youth. The work presented here builds on previous methods of assessing peer provocation by (a) increasing the contextual detail of the vignettes; (b) developing a reliable, descriptive coding system of the range of youth responses to physical, verbal, and…
Descriptors: Aggression, Disadvantaged Youth, Context Effect, Responses
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Piatigorsky, Auran; Hinshaw, Stephen P. – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2004
To investigate the role of psychopathic traits in a clinical and comparison sample, we obtained dimensional California Child Q-Set (CCQ) personality profiles for 66 preadolescent boys with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and 56 comparison boys during naturalistic summer programs and correlated each boy's CCQ profile with an…
Descriptors: Peer Acceptance, Summer Programs, Rejection (Psychology), Males
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