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Ellery Zvi Miller – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This study focused on middle school teachers at AB Academy lived experiences of general education teachers who taught students with emotional behavior disorders (EBD) in their inclusion classroom. Due to legislation regarding the students with disabilities being educated in the least restrictive environment (LRE), general education teachers have…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Public School Teachers, Public Schools, Experienced Teachers
Shamara Taylor – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The problem addressed by this study is that in general, teachers perceive students with autism and emotional behavior disorders to be more challenging to teach in a classroom as a result of their inappropriate behaviors. The purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore the perceptions of general and special education teachers on…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Behavior Disorders, Emotional Disturbances
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Ennis, Robin Parks; Katsiyannis, Antonis – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2018
Title II of the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 requires that state and local agencies refrain from the discrimination of individuals with disabilities by providing them with services in the most integrated setting appropriate. Despite this mandate, state and local education agencies across the country engage in practices that could be…
Descriptors: Special Needs Students, Behavior Disorders, Civil Rights Legislation, Disabilities
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Tucker, Anita R.; Combs, Katie Massey; Bettmann, Joanna E.; Chang, Te-Hsin; Graham, Suzanne; Hoag, Matt; Tatum, Callie – Research on Social Work Practice, 2018
Purpose: Due to the ethical concern around involuntary treatment, this study sought to investigate if youth participants in wilderness therapy who were transported to the program experienced different rates of change than those not transported. Methods: Multilevel modeling techniques were used to investigate rates of change for youth between…
Descriptors: Therapy, Transportation, Longitudinal Studies, Change
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La Salle, Tamika; George, Heather Peshak; McCoach, D. Betsy; Polk, Tiffany; Evanovich, Lauren L. – Behavioral Disorders, 2018
The purpose of the current study was to examine perceptions of school climate among students who self-identify as having an emotional and behavioral disorder (EBD) and their counterparts without disabilities on the "Georgia Student Health Survey 2.0." Although research examining the link between perceptions of school climate and student…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Victims, Bullying, Mental Health
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Kuo, Nai-Cheng – Journal of Educational Issues, 2017
The Department of Justice has a responsibility to ensure that all programs serving students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) abide by laws, as do state governments. This study took a close look at a Department of Justice's investigation of the appropriateness of a behavior intervention program (that is, the Georgia Network for…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Compliance (Legal)
Hawkins, Shannon M. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
When conducted correctly, functional behavior assessments (FBAs) can help professionals intervene with problem behavior using function-based interventions. Despite the fact that researchers have shown that effective interventions are based on function, recent investigators have found that most behavioral intervention plans (BIPs) are written…
Descriptors: Functional Behavioral Assessment, Intervention, Disabilities, Autism
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Enrique, Jade A.; Adams, Katharine S.; Brockmeier, Lantry L.; Hilgert, Larry D. – Georgia Educational Researcher, 2013
Disproportionate representation occurs when the percentage of an identified group enrolled in special education varies significantly from that group's overall percentage of the school population (Harry, 1994). Response to Intervention (RTI), a paradigm for educational intervention, is designed to minimize many factors contributing to…
Descriptors: Disproportionate Representation, Response to Intervention, Special Education, At Risk Students
US Senate, 2015
This hearing of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions examines creating positive learning environments for all students beyond seclusion and restraint. Following an opening statement by Honorable Tom Harkin (Chairman, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions) and Honorable Johnny Isakson (U.S. Senator from the State of…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Access to Education, Educational Legislation, Equal Education
Berry, MaryKay Buchko – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Researchers have extensively studied the effects of placement on academic and behavioral interventions for students with disabilities and have found varying results. A correlational research design was used to determine if there was a relationship between the level of special education support (amount of time spent with special education support)…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Disorders, Intervention, Disabilities
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Hawkins, Shannon M.; Heflin, L. Juane – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2011
Teachers working with students with emotional/behavioral disorders (EBD) in elementary schools can be helped to increase use of an important behavioral strategy, behavior-specific praise statements (BSPS). Unfortunately, teachers' behaviors return to baseline levels when researchers leave, and little is known about the use of praise on high school…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Behavior, Positive Reinforcement, Emotional Disturbances
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Fore, Cecil, III; Boon, Richard T.; Martin, Christopher – International Journal of Special Education, 2007
There has been a recent emphasis on improving the academic performance of students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD). Improving the academic performance of students with EBD is especially important in the current accountability era in which there is much emphasis placed on performance of standardized tests. The purpose of this study…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Middle School Students, Behavior Disorders, Emotional Disturbances
Shirley, Doeford G. – Online Submission, 2009
The need for alternative education programs that work is paramount in light of the nation's public education crisis. The problem is that alternative education programs fail to adequately address the issues that At-Risk students bring to, and face in, the alternative and/or the traditional classroom. This study utilized a qualitative and a…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, At Risk Students, Questionnaires, Data Collection
Smith, Marty – 1997
This brief paper describes a Behavioral Intervention Program (BIP) in Georgia in 1995-1997 that provided services at the local level for 88 students with severe and challenging behaviors. Under the program, students with severe behaviors are identified at the local level and referred to the BIP through a request for service process. The local…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Elementary Secondary Education, Negative Reinforcement
Swan, William W.; And Others – 1997
This collection of papers describes the interagency collaboration of Georgia agencies that serve students with emotional and behavior disorders (EBD). The first paper, "Overview and State Perspective" (P. Paulette Bragg and Phillip H. Pickens), describes the problems facing Georgia by placing students with EBD in state hospitals, private…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification
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