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Essex, Nathan L. – Clearing House, 2004
To search or not to search is a perplexing issue facing school leaders. On one hand, school officials are responsible for providing a safe and orderly learning environment for all students. On the other hand, they must recognize and respect students' personal rights. Achieving this delicate balance often is difficult for school officials. This…
Descriptors: Student Rights, Police, Crime, Court Litigation
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Shouse, M. N.; Scordato, J. C.; Farber, P. R. – Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews, 2004
Neural generators related to different sleep components have different effects on seizure discharge. These sleep-related systems can provoke seizure discharge propagation during nonrapid eye movement (NREM) sleep and can suppress propagation during REM sleep. Experimental manipulations of discrete physiological components were conducted in feline…
Descriptors: Epilepsy, Eye Movements, Seizures, Sleep
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Tuchman, Roberto – Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews, 2004
The efficacy of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) and psychotropic medications in children with autism is limited to the treatment of seizures or to specific behaviors such as irritability, impulsivity, hyperactivity, repetitive behaviors, or aggression. The reliability and value of the available data--to determine the efficacy of these medications in…
Descriptors: Epilepsy, Narcotics, Autism, Seizures
Schreck, Myron – 1991
In 1985, the United States Supreme Court, in "New Jersey v. T.L.O.," held that the Fourth Amendment applies to searches and seizures conducted by public school administrators. This paper discusses the current state of Fourth Amendment law with regard to public school searches and seizures. Among the subtopics discussed are the following:…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Drug Use Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Courts
Chapman, David W.; And Others – 1986
Public secondary school administrators should deduce from the 1985 "New Jersey v. T.L.O." Supreme Court decision that searching students does not violate the Constitutional prohibition against unreasonable searches and seizures when there are reasonable grounds for suspicion. The "Wallace v. Jaffree" case, decided in the same…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, Court Litigation, Federal Courts
Hagen, J. W.; And Others – 1987
Twenty-four children (aged 7-16 years) with seizure disorders (SD) were compared to 30 children with diabetes mellitus (DB) and 30 children with no chronic illness. Using a variety of assessment devices, the children were compared on intelligence, academic achievement, attention, memory, perceived competence, and parents' perceptions of child and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attention, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis
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Bouvard, Jacques; Bouvard, Marguerite Guzman – Society, 1975
Discusses the making of a satisfactory national policy on the collection and dissemination of information on persons, noting that random facts about an individual when aggregated and interrelated with other facts, form a composite "data profile" from which one can draw conclusions and make decisions: an incomplete or improperly balanced profile…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Computers, Constitutional Law
Gadow, Kenneth D. – 1976
As part of a three phase study designed to survey the teachers and parents of children receiving psychotropic and anticonvulsant drugs, 208 teachers of preschool special education children on medication were mailed questionnaires. The Early Childhood Medication Questionnaire used in the survey included items relating to teacher, program, and…
Descriptors: Drug Therapy, Exceptional Child Research, Hyperactivity, Preschool Education
Washington State Legislature, Olympia. – 1970
This report points up the infringement on student constitutional rights by Washington State public schools. To remedy the situation, the report proposes State legislation guaranteeing the substantive rights of students. The proposed legislation is presented together with explanatory and supportive statements. A related document is EA 003 787. (JF)
Descriptors: Behavior, Court Litigation, Discipline, Discipline Policy
Brightman, Richard W. – 1971
A project was devised to develop study materials for a computer-assisted instruction (CAI) course in police training, to develop computerized case problems, and to evaluate the effectiveness of the learning materials as compared with conventional classroom instruction in the same subject areas. Both an experimental group (police cadets at Golden…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Conventional Instruction, Educational Programs, Independent Study
Hammond, Edward H.; Vaught, Thomas M. – Viewpoints, 1976
Court litigation concerning search and seizure has made clear that a university cannot violate the individual Fourth and Fifth Amendment rights of the student and that prior judicial review must take place--either by an external magistrate (for court-admissible evidence) or institutional judiciary (for student disciplinary action). (MB)
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Court Litigation, Dormitories, Educational Problems
Phay, Robert E. – Yearbook of School Law, 1972
Reviews 1972 State and Federal court decisions relating to student rights, corporal punishment, sex education, student fees, and pupil transportation. (JF)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Dress Codes, Due Process, Fees
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Yard, George J.; Thurman, Richard L. – Behavioral Disorders, 1982
Project SAFE (Seizure Assimilation For Educators) was designed as a pilot project to train education personnel in the various aspects of seizure management in emotionally disturbed students. The project training program, utilizing a pretest/posttest design, compared the knowledge levels of 33 educators on seizure disorders and their management.…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances, Inservice Teacher Education
Miller, Thomas E.; And Others – Southern College Personnel Association Journal, 1979
Reviews court decisions concerning search and seizure, intervisitation between sexes, canvassing and solicitation, and damage assessments. College administrators must rely on fairness, ethics and sound educational philosophies in the design of policies affecting residence halls. (JAC)
Descriptors: Administrators, College Housing, Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation
Exceptional Parent, 1979
The problems facing an epileptic eight-year-old girl following a seizure in the classroom are discussed. The girl's epilepsy, in this instance, served to exaggerate an already existing conflict between the mother and father. Family counseling was implemented to help resolve the problem. (PHR)
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Counseling, Elementary Education, Epilepsy
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