This paper discusses the use of a Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) in the context of a Youth Justice Residential school setting in New Zealand (NZ). The school does not currently have a method of screening for educational purposes and, more specifically, key competencies. The use of the SDQ as a tool to support the educational…

This study provides a description of the academic functioning levels and performance gains of adolescents (n = 423) attending a residential school over a seven year period using secondary data. Students ranged in age from 12 to 18 and represented a wide range of cultural and linguistic backgrounds. The vast majority of the sample were males (68%).…

Compared emotionally disturbed adolescents (N=64) who were divided into experimental and control groups and exposed to a subliminal stimulus. Experimental subjects exposed to the phrase "Mommy and I are one" showed greater academic achievement and adaptive functioning at the end of the six-week treatment. (JAC)

The relationship between locus of control orientation and academic achievement has recently been questioned. To investigate the relationship between measures of locus of control, intelligence, and academic achievement, 58 normal and 50 delinquent 15-year-old adolescents were administered the Peabody Vocabulary Test, Nowicki-Strickland Locus of…

Concept definition and activity description constituted the major focus of implementation proceedings of this outdoor education program designed for a residential school serving secondary students with emotional and drug related problems. Major program objectives were the development of greater academic growth and more positive self-concept for…

The effects of an instrumental enrichment program--designed to modify the cognitive structures of educable mentally retarded, disadvantaged, and other low-functioning adolescents--were studied with 114 Ss in both residential and day-care settings in Israel. (Author/DLS)