This case study describes a 7-year-old boy with severe emotional difficulties but also capable of demonstrating highly gifted behavior. The study involved a review of related literature, and participant and non-participant observation as well as teacher and subject interviews. The case is described in terms of family background, previous school…

The Second Step: A Violence Prevention Curriculum was piloted in Primo Elementary School in western Canada due to concerns about student misbehavior. The Second Step Program is a curriculum based approach for Kindergarten through sixth-grade students. The components of the program are broken down into Kindergarten, grades 1-3, and grades 4-6…

The in-school suspension program (ISS) for grades 6-12 in Thomas County, Georgia, is described in this report. The program retains students in school, offers individual help, and provides the opportunity to stay on task. During the suspension period, students are placed in individualized carrels in the suspension center and must complete…

This brief guide is intended to aid instructors and counselors in helping students who are exhibiting emotional problems or suicidal behavior. Specific clues which indicate that a student is in emotional trouble or is potentially suicidal are listed along with actions which should be taken and crucial mistakes which should be avoided. (DC)

A teacher describes her experiences in attempting to reintegrate elementary grade learning and behavior problem students into the mainstream of school activities, and emphasizes the importance of positive attitudes toward exceptional children in the school. (CL)

The first author criticizes the outcome measures used in a previous behavior modification study. The authors of the latter study answer the criticism by discussing the merits and disadvantages of outcome measures used in various behavior therapy studies. (SE)

Compared were the classroom behaviors of 45 first grade children in either low, middle, or high reading ability groups. (DB)

The importance of the interpersonal meanings of adolescent symptomatology, especially as they relate to issues of control in therapy, is explored across a wide variety of treatment approaches; and three cases of children (14- or 16-years-old in a remedial education program are discussed. (Author/SB)

Two improvement strategies designed to modify children's impulsive tempos were developed and transformed into task exercises. Results indicated that enriching redundancy and enlarging variations in cognitive processes enable the impulsive child to assimilate information and therefore deal more effectively with reality. (Author/PC)

The hypothesis that adolescent psychiatric patients would be deficient with respect to normal controls in their interpersonal problem-solving skills was tested by comparing the patient and control groups on seven tasks ref lecting different aspects of problem solving. (Author)

Discussed are some alternative approaches to discipline successfully used by several parents of hearing impaired children. (Author/LS)

Desegregated students showed greater gains in reading achievement at the end of 7 months than segregated students; however these differences may be due to qualitative differences in reading instruction and do disappear after 24 months. Black students I.Q.'s increased under conditions of desegregation while students in the control school lost…

The study sought to reduce physical contact among students in a special education classroom and to reduce inappropriate contact with classroom objects or materials. Four students, aged 7-9, who exhibited disruptive classroom behavior, were the subjects. During small-group mathematics instruction, three rules of discipline were explained to the…

This paper is intended to help leaders of meetings develop a repertoire of responses that they can use to maintain control over meetings when individuals attempt, consciously or unconsciously, to dominate those meetings. The 15 most common forms of disruptive behavior are listed. The next section suggests eight tactics that a meeting leader might…

This module is designed to provide teachers, teacher trainers, and administrators with an introduction to consultation as a service to support students with disabilities and/or challenging behaviors in their home schools. The module provides a rationale for the use of consultation as a part of school programs, a review of research on its current…