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Deshler, Donald D. – Exceptionality, 1996
To illustrate the impact of research on the performance and quality of life of individuals with disabilities, this article highlights three research areas supported by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): (1) at-risk infant programs; (2) learning strategy interventions for adolescents with learning disabilities; and (3)…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Disabilities

Burgess, Kim B.; Ladd, Gary W. – Child Development, 1999
Compared aggressive, withdrawn, and aggressive/withdrawn children to normative and matched control groups on teacher and peer relationship attributes, loneliness, and social satisfaction from kindergarten through grade 2. Found that withdrawn behavior was neither highly stable nor predictive of relational difficulties. Aggression was fairly stable…
Descriptors: Aggression, At Risk Persons, Behavior Problems, Child Behavior

Ladd, Gary W.; Birch, Sondra H.; Buhs, Eric S. – Child Development, 1999
Two studies examined a "child x environment" model of early school adjustment. Findings indicated that entry factors directly and indirectly influenced behavior, participation, and achievement in kindergarten. Initial behavioral orientation influenced the type of relationships formed with peers and teachers. Stressful aspects of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, At Risk Persons, Child Behavior, Children

Eccles, Jacquelynne S.; Barber, Bonnie L. – Journal of Adolescent Research, 1999
Examined benefits/risks of participation in five types of extracurricular activities (prosocial, team sports, school involvement, performing arts, academic clubs). Data for 1,259 adolescents were drawn from the Michigan Study of Adolescent Life Transitions. Found that prosocial involvement was linked to positive educational trajectories and low…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, At Risk Persons

Youniss, James; McLellan, Jeffrey A.; Su, Yang; Yates, Miranda – Journal of Adolescent Research, 1999
Identified predictors of normative, unconventional, and deviant identity orientations among youth in a nationally representative sample of 13,000 high school seniors. Found that frequency of community service substantially increased predictability of identity orientation above background characteristics and part-time work involvement. Most…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Context Effect

Pridmore, Pat; Yates, Chris – Comparative Education Review, 2005
This article examines the potential for open, distance, and flexible learning (ODFL) to mitigate the impact of HIV and AIDS on young people. Based on experience from a field study in Mozambique and South Africa, the authors show how ODFL can support and extend the work of existing infrastructures supporting vulnerable youth. As neighboring…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Open Education, Communicable Diseases
Hoff, David J. – Education Week, 2005
Kansas, Montana, and New York are the states currently under orders from their highest courts to fix their school finance systems. In Kansas, House and Senate leaders have agreed to a plan that would increase per-pupil funding for at-risk, bilingual, and special education students. It would also create a $20 million program to help districts…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Elementary Secondary Education, Court Litigation, State Courts
Mishara, Brian L.; Houle, Janie; Lavoie, Brigitte – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2005
Callers to a suicide prevention center concerned about high risk men were randomly invited to participate in one of four programs: Information Session, Information Session with Telephone Follow-up, Rapid Referral to mental health and abuse programs, or Telephone Support. Comparison of pre-test, 2 month post-test and 6 months follow-up with 131…
Descriptors: Prevention, Telecommunications, Males, Depression (Psychology)
Moskos, Michelle; Olson, Lenora; Halbern, Sarah; Keller, Trisha; Gray, Doug – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2005
We conducted a psychological autopsy study to further understand youth suicide in Utah. While traditional psychological autopsy studies primarily focus on the administration of psychometric measures to identify any underlying diagnosis of mental illness for the suicide decedent, we focused our interviews to identify which contacts in the…
Descriptors: Youth, Suicide, Psychological Patterns, Psychometrics
Parental Imprisonment: Effects on Boys' Antisocial Behaviour and Delinquency through the Life-Course
Murray, Joseph; Farrington, David P. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2005
Background: Prisoners' children appear to suffer profound psychosocial difficulties during their parents' imprisonment. However, no previous study has examined later-life outcomes for prisoners' children compared to children separated from parents for other reasons. We hypothesise that parental imprisonment predicts boys' antisocial and delinquent…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Adolescents, Adults
Keller, Peggy S.; Cummings, E. Mark; Davies, Patrick T. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2005
Background: Research suggests that children exposed to parental drinking problems are at risk for maladjustment. However, the potential impact of drinking problems in a community sample and the processes involved in the relationship between parental drinking and child outcomes have rarely been examined. Method: A community sample of 235 mothers…
Descriptors: Marital Satisfaction, Conflict, Child Rearing, Alcohol Abuse
Borge, Anne I. H.; Rutter, Michael; Cote, Sylvana; Tremblay, Richard E. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2004
Background: Some research findings have suggested that group day-care may be associated with an increased risk for physical aggression. Methods: Cross-sectional maternal questionnaire data from a representative sample of 3431 Canadian 2- to 3-year-olds were used to compare rates of physical aggression shown by children looked after by their own…
Descriptors: Employment Level, Aggression, Mothers, Child Care
Zaidi, Irum F.; Crepaz, Nicole; Song, Ruiguang; Wan, Choi K.; Lin, Lillian S.; Hu, Dale J.; Sy, Francisco S. – AIDS Education and Prevention, 2005
Although the percentage of overall AIDS diagnoses remains low among Asian and Pacific Islanders (APIs) in the United States compared with other racial/ethnic groups, research on API risk behaviors and health status suggest that the low number of AIDS cases may not provide a full picture of the epidemic and issues faced by this understudied and…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Pacific Islanders, Prevention, Health Promotion
Loesch, Danuta Z.; Huggins, Richard M.; Hagerman, Randi J. – Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews, 2004
Data on the relationships between cognitive and physical phenotypes, and a deficit of fragile X mental retardation 1 (FMR1) gene-specific protein product, FMRP, are presented and discussed in context with earlier findings. The previously unpublished results obtained, using standard procedures of regression and correlations, showed highly…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Intelligence Quotient, Short Term Memory, Foreign Countries
Grover, Rachel L.; Ginsburg, Golda S.; Ialongo, Nick – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2005
The present study examined the concurrent and prospective relation between a select number of potential predictors and symptoms of anxiety among a high-risk community sample of 149 predominately African American children. Parent and child reports of anxiety were assessed in the first and seventh grade. Six domains of childhood risk factors (i.e.,…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Longitudinal Studies, Predictor Variables