Characterizes instructional practices that prevent discipline problems by encouraging learning and appropriate behavior from behavior analytic perspective. Notes that basic assumption of this perspective is that effective teaching strategies also serve managerial functions through development of stimulus control and management of behavioral…

Education programs in institutions for young offenders often focus on the medical or deficit model of treatment. Youth are diagnosed, and then traditional content and methodology is administered in settings determined by structure and policy, and not the needs of the students. Suggests reclaiming the rich history of proactive prison education.…

Tells the story of a disruptive student who refuses to follow directions from the teacher and finds various ways of undermining classroom activities. Suggests that the student nevertheless sees his own work as "excellent" and believes his policy of "daring to be different" is really paying off. (TB)

Examined college students' (n=118) attributions about suicide. Male athletes who suicided were judged more emotionally well adjusted than males who suicided because of relationship failure and all females. Athletes of both sexes who suicided were judged more competent and less distressed than individuals who suicided because of failed…

Examines three controversial issues surrounding differentiation between socially maladjusted and seriously emotionally disturbed students: (1) whether treatment methods should differ for two groups; (2) whether socially maladjusted are truly handicapped; and (3) the education of the socially maladjusted. Calls for a continuum of services for the…

Discusses ways that elementary school counselors can help children with attention deficit disorders. Defines attention deficit disorders with and without hyperactivity and describing characteristics of the disorders. Discusses role of elementary school counselor in areas of teacher education, identification of the disorder, as school liaison, as…

Explains attachment theory and posits that, if proper bonding and subsequent attachment, usually between mother and child, does not occur, the child develops mistrust and deep-seated rage. Presents evidence of the problem of attachment disorders, lists symptoms of unattached children, examines treatment of attachment disorders, and discusses…

Examined teacher judgment for determining eligibility for special education services among students referred as learning disabled. Data from 236 students indicated that reliance on teacher's ability to judge whether or not student is learning disabled would nearly double number of students identified as learning disabled and result in far more…

Discusses the educational problems common to the 7,080 foreigners enrolled in Polish colleges/universities in technical education (45 percent), medical education (30 percent), and unspecified university courses (15 percent). Problems include low attainment; inadequate preparation; poor social relations between teachers, community, and foreign…

Administered Mooney Problem Check List and Rosenberg's Self-Esteem Scale to 201 adolescents. Girls reported significantly more problems (interpersonal relationships, personal adjustment, health, and family issues) and lower levels of self-esteem than did boys. Found no significant difference between sexes in areas of educational and vocational…

Provides review of current literature to support position that academic dishonesty is student development problem best addressed from student development perspective. Examines academic dishonesty as contemporary problem in higher education; explores contentions about what causes academic dishonesty; addresses student development perspective; and…

Notes that, despite development of individual, group, and school bullying intervention efforts, role of family dynamics in bullying and its amelioration is less clearly developed. Briefly discusses what is known of the family themes and patterns in bullying. Describes bullies and their families, victims and their families, counseling with families…

Describes postvention as dealing with traumatic aftereffects in survivors of traumas. Defines role of school in providing such postvention services as consultation, crisis intervention, community linkage, assessment and counseling, education, liaison with media, and follow-up. Provides outline of this type of prevention with illustrations from…

Provides overview of existing literature on psychoeducational adjustment of immigrant children from English-speaking countries in Caribbean and Central America. Addresses issues of education, language differences, sociocultural adjustment, and in the case of Central American immigrant children, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Discusses role of…

Focuses on Reality Rub Interview, one type of Life Space Interview (LSI), effective intervention strategy for use during crisis work with troubled students. Presents actual Reality Rub Interview, used with students who have "social blindness, social myopia, and tunnel vision" and who, when upset, misinterpret words and behaviors of…