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Tong, Andrew Ming Hei; Zhang, Kaili Chen – International Journal of Special Education, 2014
To examine the key factors that lead to effective implementation of school-wide behavior interventions, this study examined the extent to which school-wide behavior interventions were implemented in four Hong Kong schools. The study also explored Hong Kong teachers' beliefs about behavioral and social skill programs for secondary students with…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Interpersonal Competence, Beliefs, Intervention
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Forlin, Chris; Cooper, Paul – British Journal of Special Education, 2013
Social, emotional, and behavioural disorders of children, within the context of a whole-school approach to inclusion as adopted by Hong Kong, can be challenging for teachers and parents. Based on a comprehensive review of the literature and feedback from a range of experts and parent groups in Hong Kong, specific scales were developed to measure…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Measures (Individuals), Teacher Surveys, Parent Surveys
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Luk, S. L.; And Others – Psychology in the Schools, 1988
Elementary school teachers (N=222) in Hong Kong completed Conners Teacher's Rating Scale (CTRS) for total of 874 students. Two months later, teachers decided whether students had behavioral or emotional problems requiring referral, considering 55 students as requiring referral. Referred students had significantly higher CTRS scores compared to…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers
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Chan, David W. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2002
A study involving 215 Chinese junior secondary school students in Hong Kong found divergent thinking had a notable influence on specific psychological symptoms. Students' concerns with interpersonal relationships, as well as ability recognition, and concerns for being different emerged as the most important adjustment problems predicting specific…
Descriptors: Divergent Thinking, Emotional Adjustment, Emotional Problems, Foreign Countries
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Heung, Vivian – Preventing School Failure, 2006
The author presents an overview of special education services for students with special needs in Hong Kong. In addition, the author discusses placement policies for ethnic minority students.
Descriptors: Special Education, Special Needs Students, Foreign Countries, Ethnic Groups
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Chan, David W. – Roeper Review, 2006
The relationships among adjustment problems, self-efficacy, and psychological distress were investigated in a sample of 207 Chinese gifted students in Hong Kong. A mediation-effect model specifying that adjustment problems had an effect on psychological distress mediated by self-efficacy was hypothesized and tested using structural equation…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Structural Equation Models, Self Efficacy, Foreign Countries
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Chan, David W. – High Ability Studies, 2003
A study involving 639 Chinese gifted students (grades 4-12) found that intense emotional involvement, perfectionism, unchallenging schoolwork, multipotentiality, and parental expectations were relatively common adjustment problems. Poor interpersonal relationships were not. Results also indicated that conventional intelligence increased…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Adjustment, Emotional Problems, Foreign Countries