Discipline in the urban middle school is a rehabilitative process requiring accurate adult perception of the kinds of behavior problems which interfere with student achievement. (Author)

This paper reports the results of a field study on five proximal social psychological variables derived from Farber's theory of suicide: Hope in the Future Time Perspective; Demands for Interpersonal Giving; the Availability of Succorance; Demands for the Exercising of Competence; and the degree of Toleration of Suicide. (Author)

The contributions of several core variables to the white suicide rates in 24 Florida counties were examined. A prediction equation including age, crime rate, insanity, and alcoholism was found that accounted for 79 percent of the variation in the suicide rates across counties. (Author)

In this paper, the history and objectives of the Council on Suicide Prevention are discussed, together with a brief summary of a survey of Toronto Social Service agencies having contact with suicidal persons. (Author)

A research checklist was submitted to 2664 regular classroom teachers in kindergarten through grade 12 in 13 Florida school districts to determine their individual perceptions of the behavioral status of their students. (IM)

The relationship between type of educational institution and the prescription of medication to elementary school children with behavioral problems was examined via questionnaire data obtained from school psychologists, administrators, and mental health personnel in rural New York, and this data was then compared against urban data compiled by…

Effects of three intervention procedures were compared in increasing academic achievement and level of appropriate behavior for children with relatively low rates of appropriate behavior. A significant experimental/control group difference, favoring experimentals, was found for reading and math achievement and level of appropriate behavior.…

Given the circumstances, the mating system, the attitudes of women, household organizations, and the mens' marginal position in the occupational hierarchy, the street corner behavior demonstrated by lower class West Indian males is a response to a system that demands nothing more from them. (Author/AM)

Project Merge is an undergraduate, preservice education program at Bowling Green University providing training and experience leading to dual or triple certification in elementary education plus educable mental retardation and/or learning disabilities behavior disorders. (MB)

Available from: American Association for the Education of the Severely/Profoundly Handicapped, 1600 West Armory Way, Seattle, Washington 98119.

Described is an ecological assessment technique which combines an ecological philosophy with a teacher centered method of data collection for assessing and intervening with the learning disabled or behaviorally disordered child and his environment. (DB)

Studied the effects of a peer helper program for elementary school students. While attitudes and self-concepts of fifth-graders trained as facilitators did not change significantly, peer facilitators were effective in helping second and third graders improve their classroom behaviors and school attitudes. (ABB)

Five group counseling techniques utilizing "earliest recollections" (ERs)--discussing, visualizing, role-playing, reporting, and logging ERs--are useful in helping gifted students identify underlying attitudes and feelings which precipitate behavior problems and work through these attitudes and feelings before they interfere with their…

Comparison of teacher perceptions of either behaviorally disordered or socially normal students (total N=410 and ages between 8 and 15) indicated teachers perceived more prosocial behavior by normal, female, and older subjects. Teachers perceived an increase in negative social behavior for normal secondary-age students but not for behaviorally…

Findings from a study of 18 Alzheimer's patients in a day hospital program and their caregivers in family support groups indicated that such therapeutic programs may slow behavior deterioration in patients and promote enhanced coping in caregivers. Other findings suggest an improvement in caregivers' coping. (Author/ABB)