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Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities among People Incarcerated in Federal Correctional Facilities in Ontario, Canada: Examining Prevalence, Health and Correctional Characteristics
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Matheson, Flora I.; Dastoori, Parisa; Whittingham, Lisa; Calzavara, Andrew; Keown, Leslie A.; Durbin, Anna; Kouyoumdjian, Fiona G.; Lin, Elizabeth; Volpe, Tiziana; Lunsky, Yona – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2022
Background: There is little research with people who experience intellectual/developmental disabilities and imprisonment. Methods: The study linked health and correctional data to examine prevalence of intellectual/developmental disabilities and health and correctional characteristics among adults experiencing their first federal incarceration…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions
Maladministration in Education: Towards a Typology Based on Public Records in Canada
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Milley, Peter – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2017
Educational administration is a rich domain of scholarship and practice, but one subject rarely discussed is its dark side. This study explored the question: What types of maladministration occur in schooling systems? The goal was to develop findings to inform existing prevention strategies. Focused on the Canadian context, data sources included…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Administration, Administrator Behavior, Classification
The Pit and the Pendulum: The Impact on Teen Smokers of Including a Designated Smoking Area in School Tobacco Control Policy
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Baillie, L. E.; Lovato, C. Y.; Taylor, E.; Rutherford, M. B.; Smith, M. – Health Education Research, 2008
Thirty per cent of school districts in British Columbia do not ban smoking outright on school grounds, and in several instances, smoking is permitted in smoking pits, regardless of school district policy. While there is evidence to suggest that enforcing a tobacco-free environment for students does reduce adolescent smoking rates, the concomitant…
Descriptors: Discipline Problems, Smoking, Foreign Countries, Board of Education Policy
A Jesness Comparison of "High Risk" Jr. High Students with "High Achievers" and with Students Attending a Provincial Training School.
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Martin, Mike; Murphy, Scott – Guidance & Counselling, 1993
Three groups of Canadian secondary school students ("high risk" or "high achievers" junior high students and training school students) completed the Jesness Inventory, developed to study delinquency. The high-risk students' scores were more similar to the training school students' scores than to the high achievers', except on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, At Risk Persons, Behavior Problems, Correctional Institutions
Parenting Efficacy, Perceived Control over Caregiving Failure, and Mothers' Reactions to Preschool Children's Misbehavior.
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Bondy, Eloise M.; Mash, Eric J. – Child Study Journal, 1999
Examined parenting efficacy, perceived control over failure in caregiving, and mothers' likely affective, attributional, and disciplinary reaction to inattentive, hyperactive-impulsive, and oppositional-defiant misbehaviors, as reported by mothers. Found that parenting efficacy and perceived control over failure may be unrelated cognitive…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Discipline, Discipline Problems, Foreign Countries
The Discipline Dilemma.
Styles, Ken; Cavanagh, Gray – Education Canada, 1982
Presents 15 teachers' viewpoints on discipline; parent, teacher, and student thoughts on the causes of discipline problems; a federal discipline policy statement; a list of common discipline problems; eight questions to ask when exploring practical solutions; and approaches to discipline problems. (AH)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Check Lists, Discipline, Discipline Policy
Stress and the Nova Scotia Teacher.
Fergusson, Norman H. – 1984
This study obtained information about the factors which cause stress for 406 teachers in Nova Scotia and determined possible differences by sub-groups. Noteworthy differences were found by size of school, gender, experience, type of school, administrator/non-administrator, and a few by license category. Results indicated that one teacher in four…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Class Size, Discipline Problems, Elementary Secondary Education