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Age-Related Changes in Behavioural and Emotional Problems in Smith-Magenis Syndrome Measured with the Developmental Behavior Checklist
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Nag, Heidi Elisabeth; Naerland, Terje – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2021
Smith-Magenis syndrome (SMS) is a genetic syndrome most often caused by a deletion on chromosome 17 or more rarely by a mutation in the retinoic acid-induced 1 gene. The aim of this study was to investigate the Developmental Behavior Checklist (DBC) profile of persons with SMS and the associations between behavioural and emotional problems, age,…
Descriptors: Genetic Disorders, Behavior Problems, Emotional Problems, Age Differences
Being Safe from What and Safe for Whom? A Critical Discussion of the Conceptual Metaphor of 'Safe Space'
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Flensner, Karin K.; Von der Lippe, Marie – Intercultural Education, 2019
Safe space, used in educational settings as a metaphor, stresses the importance of the classroom being a learning environment characterised by respect and safety. Based on examples from Swedish and Norwegian classroom research, this article problematises and discusses the complexity in the discourse on safe space by asking the critical questions:…
Descriptors: School Safety, Figurative Language, Classroom Environment, Prosocial Behavior
Bullying at School: What We Know and What We Can Do.
Olweus, Dan – 1995
This book describes survey data and an intervention program conducted in Sweden and Norway as part of a government-led nationwide campaign against bullying. The survey data support some conventional wisdom about bullying, but also destroy many longheld myths about bullies and victims. The goals of the intervention program were to: (1) reduce or…
Descriptors: Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Change, Behavior Modification