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Chinese Mothers' Cultural Models of Children's Shyness: Ethnotheories and Socialization Strategies in the Context of Social Change
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Liu, Jia Li; Harkness, Sara; Super, Charles M. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2020
Research by Xinyin Chen and others has documented that in past decades, shyness in Chinese children was associated with leadership, peer-acceptance, and academic achievement. In contemporary China, shyness predicts maladaptive youth outcomes. Although social, political, and economic transitions are presumed to be responsible for this shift, little…
Descriptors: Shyness, Child Development, Academic Achievement, Peer Acceptance
Social and Emotional Learning for Children with Learning Disability: Implications for Inclusion
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Cavioni, Valeria; Grazzani, Ilaria; Ornaghi, Veronica – International Journal of Emotional Education, 2017
This paper discusses the key role of social and emotional learning programmes for children with Learning Disability (LD). The first part of the paper discusses the difficulties students with learning disability may encounter in their education, such as issues related to peer group acceptance, friendship and social isolation, low self-efficacy and…
Descriptors: Children, Learning Disabilities, Inclusion, Socialization
Parental Influence on Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: I. Relationships between Parent Behaviors and Child Peer Status
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Mikami, Amori Yee; Jack, Allison; Emeh, Christina C.; Stephens, Haley F. – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2010
We examined associations between children's peer relationships and (a) their parents' social competence as well as (b) their parents' behaviors during the children's peer interactions. Participants were families of 124 children ages 6-10 (68% male), 62 with ADHD and 62 age- and sex-matched comparison youth. Children's peer relationships were…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Peer Relationship, Parents
No One Wants to Play with Me.
Macklem, Gayle L. – Academic Therapy, 1987
A school-based short-term intervention used successfully with impulsive, aggressive, shy, oversensitive, attention-disordered, and language- and learning-disabled elementary school students features exercises and activities such as generating ideas, rehearsing behaviors, and adapting behaviors to help students learn to "enter" play groups and join…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Disabilities, Elementary Education, Generalization
Tourette Syndrome and Stigma: A Place from Which Parents Advocate. Special Project in Sociology/Anthropology.
Jeffery, Kelly – 1994
This paper presents a historical background and definition of Tourette Syndrome (TS), a review of the literature, and a view of the TS person as stigmatized in society. Social processes are examined through the eyes of the TS individual, and the impact of education on the TS person is examined. TS is viewed as the presence of motor or vocal tics,…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Child Advocacy, Definitions, Elementary Secondary Education
Assessment and Training of Isolated Children's Social Skills.
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Hymel, Shelley; Asher, Steven R. – 1977
The purposes of this study were to learn about: (1) ways of identifying children not accepted by their peers, (2) the behavioral correlates of peer acceptance, and (3) strategies of teaching social skills to isolated children. Sociometric assessment, behavioral observations, and teacher and peer interviews were obtained in eight 3rd-, 4th-, and…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods