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Proceedings of the Conference on Juvenile Repeat Offenders (College Park, MD, December 8, 1983).
Gowen, Rebecca P., Ed. – 1984
These proceedings were published to interpret and disseminate research findings to operational personnel working with juvenile repeat offenders; to share information among researchers and practitioners regarding prevention, intervention, and treatment program models and strategies for juvenile repeat offenders; to explore the impact of juvenile…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Delinquency, Delinquency Prevention, Delinquent Rehabilitation
Effects of Social Metacognitive Training for Enhancing Overt Behavior in Learning Disabled and Low Achieving Delinquents.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Larson, Katherine A.; Gerber, Michael M. – Exceptional Children, 1987
Learning disabled (n=34) and low-achieving (n=34) incarcerated delinquents (16-19 years) were assigned to social metacognitive training, attention control, or test-only control groups. Those given metacognitive training improved in rehabilitation achievement and other areas of social adjustment, with a greater proportion of the learning disabled…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Behavior Change, Correctional Institutions, Delinquency
The Impact of an Intensive Multisensory Reading Program on a Population of Learning-Disabled Delinquents.
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Simpson, Stephen B.; And Others – Annals of Dyslexia, 1992
Delinquents (n=116) with reading disabilities were given daily multisensory (Orton/Gillingham approach) remedial reading instruction or regular reading instruction. One year after release, the treatment group had made significantly greater growth in reading and had a significantly lower rate of recidivism. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Delinquency, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Instructional Effectiveness