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Short, Maureen N.; Bullock, Lyndal M. – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2013
The proficiency with which teachers of students with emotional and behavioural disorders (EBD) plan for, provide instructional activities, and address the challenging behaviour of their students is influenced by the nature of their preservice teacher preparation. The purpose of this study was to examine educators' perceptions of the…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Disorders, Disabilities, Police
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Pang, Wai Chung; Zhang, Kaili Chen – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2011
This study examines the effect of a reading intervention aimed at improving the comprehension performance of three students with hyperactive behaviours in Hong Kong. Comprehension tasks, adopted from local exercise books based on Hong Kong Certificate Education Examination Paper I, were used to appraise three participants' reading performance, and…
Descriptors: Intervention, Reading Achievement, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students
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Young-Pelton, Cheryl A.; Bushman, Samantha L. – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2015
Effectiveness of a video self-modelling (VSM) intervention was examined with primary schoolchildren who attended a full-time special education programme for pupils with social emotional and behavioural difficulties and who exhibited inappropriate behaviour during small-group reading instruction. A randomised multiple-probe baseline design was used…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Observational Learning, Imitation, Modeling (Psychology)
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Mac Cobb, Siobhan; Fitzgerald, Brian; Lanigan-O'Keeffe, Carolyn – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2014
This article reports on Phase 1 of a pilot programme on self-management of behaviour with challenging class groups of students as part of the evidence-informed practice of the National Behaviour Support Service. The Alert Program is a structured active learning programme using an engine analogy. The person's engine runs on high, low or just right…
Descriptors: Self Control, Self Management, Behavior Modification, Student Behavior
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Mak, Candice; Zhang, Kaili Chen – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2013
Preschoolers with autism face a number of challenges in integrating into different community activities owing to behavioural, communication and emotional concerns. Since the year 2009, the Hong Kong Heep Hong Society has developed a training programme for enhancing community participation among individuals with autism. The current project reports…
Descriptors: Autism, Preschool Children, Teacher Attitudes, Qualitative Research
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Berger, Ronen – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2008
Therapy is usually described as an indoor activity, centering on verbal dialogue between therapist and client(s). Based on a qualitative study conducted with a group of children with learning difficulties, this article presents a way in which therapy can take place creatively in nature, which serves not only as a therapeutic setting but also as a…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Experiential Learning, Therapy, Children