This book is the result of a project to identify and disseminate examples of good practice in providing for children experiencing social, emotional, and behavioral difficulties in schools. The focus is on whole-school or classroom approaches to mainstreaming with experience from teachers of preschool to secondary grades. A major theme is providing…

Rational Emotive Education--an outgrowth of theories developed by Albert Ellis--is a teaching design of mental health concepts and problem-solving activities designed to help students to approach and cope with their problems through experiential learning, via a structured, thematic sequence of emotive education lessons. (MJB)

This model identifies the learning disabled child. This disturbance often lies underneath disruptive behavior. Counselors need learn to recognize and work with these children. (Author/MFD)

Reports the development and standardization of the teacher version of the Child Behavior Profile. Analyses showed significant differences on the scales between nonreferred boys and boys referred by teachers due to emotional or behavioral problems, supporting the discriminant validity of the teacher profile. (LLL)

This guide brings educational practitioners up to date on how to administer and interpret a wide range of assessment methods for students presenting with emotional and behavioral difficulties. It offers insights and tools for K-12 practitioners and trainees in regular and special education. Delineating a concise conceptual framework, the first…

This report presents an examination of the association between psychological functioning and substance abuse among adolescents aged 12 to 17 using data from the 1994-1996 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA). The survey, conducted annually by Substance Abuse and Mental Services Administration (SAMHSA), provides estimates of the…

Discusses the emotional turmoil experienced by a child of divorce and the role of the teacher in providing the child with stability and understanding. (Author/DB)

After reading a vignette describing a child's emotional problems, parents rated their perceptions of responsibility and acceptable treatments. Mothers, fathers, and teachers were seen as more responsible for younger rather than older children's problems. Older children were considered responsible for their own problems. Teachers were viewed as…

Provides a conceptual framework for child assessment, highlighting the role of behavior rating scales in screening students whose behavioral and emotional difficulties affect their learning and interpersonal relationships and students who pose significant management problems for teachers. The utility of specific uni- and multidimensional scales is…

Examines the many hypotheses formulated about the possible effects that in vitro fertilization as a method of conception may have on the parent-child relationship and the child's psychosocial development. Discusses potential explanations for the various study findings since the 1990s (including methodological issues) and suggestions for future…

Discusses how adoption disruption affects children adopted from overseas. Uses the experiences of seven children who were counseled for adoption disruption to examine how children can be helped to work through the past and prepare for the future. (TJQ)

Found significant cultural and racial differences in 62 of 118 behavioral and emotional problems among 308 Kenyan, Thai, African-American, and Caucasian-American 11- to 15-year-old children. Caucasian-American children were rated high on undercontrolled problems such as disobedience. Embu children in Kenya were rated high on overcontrolled…

Investigates the management approaches employed by nursery teachers to deal with children's behavior problems. Findings show that teachers appear to mainly attend to and deal with conduct problems that cause greater disturbance in the classroom. However, emotional and developmentally related problems were also addressed revealing teachers'…

Proposes a systemic model for handling disruptive behaviors among college students. The model, in which college counselors have a leading role, uses faculty liaisons, a faculty and staff handbook, faculty and staff training, and policy development to address the problem. (Contains 22 references.) (Author/GCP)