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Direct linkHornby, Garry; Witte, Chrystal – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2008
A follow-up study was conducted on ex-students of a residential special school for children with emotional and behavioural difficulties in New Zealand. Previous research on post-school outcomes for students with emotional and behavioural difficulties has found low levels on quality of life indicators such as education, employment and community…
Descriptors: Employment, Residential Schools, Emotional Disturbances, Qualifications
Harriss, Louise; Barlow, Jane; Moli, Paul – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2008
Specialist residential schools have been proposed as a coherent treatment approach for children with severe emotional and behavioural difficulties. This research aimed to explore the perspectives of a range of stakeholders regarding the benefits and disadvantages of attendance at a residential school for children with severe emotional and…
Descriptors: Residential Schools, Behavior Disorders, Special Schools, Special Needs Students
Ryan, Joseph B.; Reid, Robert; Ellis, Cynthia – Remedial and Special Education, 2008
The use of psychotropic interventions to manage the inappropriate behaviors displayed by students with emotional and behavior disorders has become more common over the past several decades. The efficacious use of these medications requires monitoring students for desired behavioral outcomes as well as potential side effects. Educators are in an…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Proximity, Day Schools, Behavior Disorders
Download full textKeown, Robin – Kairaranga, 2007
In this article the author narrates how family involvement and residential special school caused significant positive behaviour in Anna, a girl with Down Syndrome. The author is a constant visitor at Salisbury School, a residential special school for girls where Anna has been enrolled. The author witnessed the changes in Anna's behaviour due to a…
Descriptors: Special Schools, Teacher Aides, Student Attitudes, Psychologists
Peer reviewedMcIntire, Jonathan C. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1985
The history of residental programs for the blind is reviewed, and the impact of the deinstitutionalization thrust on those schools is examined. The author asserts that residential schools must re-orient themselves to serving multiply handicapped students. (CL)
Descriptors: Blindness, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), History, Multiple Disabilities
Virginia State Dept. of Education, Richmond. Proprietary School Service. – 1986
This guide lists facilities that have been issued certificates by the Virginia Board of Education to serve handicapped individuals. The 56 facilities listed include both day programs and residential programs and include services to all age groups from birth through adulthood. Each listing includes facility name and address, administrator and…
Descriptors: Day Programs, Disabilities, Educational Facilities, Private Schools
Weatherly, Myra – G/C/T, 1981
Briefly described is the program of the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, a residential program for gifted high school juniors and seniors which opened in 1980. Noted are the admission process, annual cost, course offerings, the work program, and attitudes of faculty and students. (DB)
Descriptors: Education, Gifted, High Schools, Mathematics
Hapeman, Lawrence – Education of the Visually Handicapped, 1977
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation
Peer reviewedLloyd, Gwynedd; Padfield, Pauline – British Journal of Special Education, 1996
A Scottish study of 615 pupils in 49 alternative day and residential schools found that over a two-year period, only 21 were successfully returned to the mainstream. Reasons for this finding include resistance of mainstream schools to reintegration; lack of financial support; family attitudes; sex differences in student placement; and the presence…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Influences
Peer reviewedHill, Carrie; And Others – Journal of Secondary Gifted Education, 1995
Interviews with 16 gifted high school juniors explored their self-concepts and their expectations in entering a rigorous, residential academic program, the Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics, and Humanities. Expectations and self-concepts were found to be primarily "academic,""social," or "balanced." Sex differences were also examined.…
Descriptors: Expectation, Gifted, High School Students, High Schools
Boulton, John; Mirsky, Laura – Reclaiming Children and Youth: The Journal of Strength-based Interventions, 2006
Restorative practices focus on repairing the harm to relationships rather than piling on more punishment for violations. Originally popularized in formal conferences between a victim and offender in the justice system, restorative practices have been extended to educational and treatment settings. This article describes how the adversarial climate…
Descriptors: Organizational Change, Special Schools, Males, Foreign Countries
Naiman, Doris W.; Mashikian, Hagop S. – 1973
The handbook is intended to aid residential schools for deaf children in establishing comprehensive staff development programs. Stressed is the importance of involving all staff members including administrators, teachers, and dormitory counselors in the provision of an integrated 24-hour-a-day learning environment. The handbook is said to be…
Descriptors: Deafness, Exceptional Child Education, Guidelines, Hearing Impairments
Stanley, Julian C. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1987
Proposes that states promote the preparation of mathematically and scientifically talented high school students through the establishment of special residential high schools. (MD)
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Advanced Students, Mathematics Instruction, Residential Schools
Peer reviewedSilverstein, Robert – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1985
An analysis of legal and factual bases for designing an appropriate program for sensorily impaired children, consistent with P.L. 94-142, The Education For All Handicapped Children Act, asserts that state schools for the deaf and blind must continue to exist. (CL)
Descriptors: Blindness, Court Litigation, Deafness, Legal Problems
Zneimer, Leonard – Phi Delta Kappan, 1974
Points out the benefits of the private residential school in special education. (JF)
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Handicapped Children, Mental Retardation, Private Schools
