The paper addresses New Jersey and federal regulations and legislation regarding discipline for handicapped students. Policies regarding such minor disciplinary action as detention, work assignment, in-school suspension, or temporary assignment to a time-out room are considered. The role of the Individualized Education Programs in determining…

A discipline code developed by the staff at the National Center for the Study of Corporal Punishment and Alternatives in the schools is outlined. Development of the code was preceded by a survey of teachers and administrators on their perceptions of pressing discipline issues. The issues selected from the survey were resubmitted to the teachers…

Researchers have pointed out that the effects of generic stressors such as poverty may be mediated through other stressors in the microsystem of parent-child relationships or personal characteristics of family members. Specific, potential mediating stressors were sought in this study involving 191 low income Moslem families who had immigrated from…

This report evaluates the Seattle Public School District's 1983-84 re-entry program for suspended and expelled students in terms of seven expected student behavioral outcomes and Outreach/Intake Services Unit objectives. The program's purpose is to assist these students in improving the attitudes and/or behaviors which lead to disciplinary action.…

The purpose of the study was to investigate whether there was a consistent relationship between various deviant personality patterns and the status of the home from which the child came. Subjects were 300 adolescents from a population of 834 Caucasian teenagers, aged 12 to 18, not mentally deficient or retarded, from across the U.S., who were…

This paper presents a parent training program developed as an alternative, non-residential treatment approach for families of delinquent youths. When a child is referred to the clinic for behavior problems such as aggressiveness, disobedience, theft, and truancy, the program includes the parents in the total treatment. The major goal is to teach…

Crises intervention and prevention techniques developed by the Echo Glen Children's Center school in Washington are listed here, along with a description of climate improvement and problem-solving methods developed by the school's staff. The students in this special residential school are emotionally disturbed or socially maladjusted delinquent…

This paper is a collection of data from several studies about the use of Systematic Relaxation and Biofeedback Training by school psychiatrists to help children develop greater self control and also to alleviate behavioral problems resulting from stress related disorders. In addition, classroom use of both techniques is suggested, explored, and…

This paper outlines the characteristics of an effective in-school suspension program designed to be a viable alternative to traditional out-of-school suspension for student misbehavior. The author emphasizes that an in-school suspension program must rest on a solid philosophical foundation which allows for defining and dealing with the root…

Ten articles focus on the education of behaviorally disordered/emotionally disturbed children from the points of view of a parent, a legal advocate, an educational therapist, a teacher, an administrator of a regular school, and an administrator of a special school. Also considered are institutional collaboration, teacher training, and support…

The final report of the Regional Intervention Program (RIP) for Preschoolers and Parents, Expansion Project, describes activities of the project's third year. The project provided direct services to 363 handicapped children (aged 0 through 8 years) as well as preservice and inservice training to almost 10,000 regular or special educators. Major…

Studies of delinquency have recently shifted their emphasis from social structures that motivate delinquent acts to those that define an act as delinquent. This shift suggests that preventing behavior from being labeled delinquent could prevent the occurrence of additional or more serious delinquency. A study of Chicago communities demonstrated…

There are four general approaches to treatment for the symptomatic child. In individual child psychotherapy, the child is seen alone and play therapy is often utilized to help the child become aware of his feelings and express them more appropriately. In conjoint parent-child psychotherapy and counseling, the child is seen together with one…

The relationship between the degree of marital adjustment and the emotional adjustment of the children within the family is widely accepted as is the corollary belief that the marital relationship determines the child's adjustment. A sample of 69 married couples with children was used to examine the interrelationships among several measures of…

A model program was developed and implemented for a Middle School population of 129 gifted and talented students in a suburban Philadelphia School System. Administrators, parents, students, regular, and special teachers were involved. The model included a tutorial program for gifted underachievers, a special counseling program for gifted students…