A guidance clinic program for disruptive students, based on behavior modification theory and positive reinforcement, has proven effective in dealing with junior and senior high school students who ordinarily would be suspended or excluded from school. (AN)

Findings suggest that conditioning a student's attending behavior to a given task seems to affect general adjustment behavior positively and thus decreases disciplinary problems in school. However, it does not seem to have an influence on performance. (Author)

Discusses the individual and group psychology of preadolescence and offers suggestions for improving adult-child relationships. (Excerpt from "Preadolescents - What Makes Them Tick? by Dr. Fritz Redl, published in Child Study in 1943.) (DR)

Three problems discussed by panel of superintendents--(1) Teacher involves students in bond issue; (2) Parents say teacher uses "obscene books; (3) Bus drivers want to ban troublemakers. (NI)

A successful school discipline program is dedicated to changing students' attitudes. Students and teachers plan rules of behavior, and all school personnel are trained to help students identify inappropriate behavior and take responsibility for their actions. (MLF)

Suggests that the way to curb discipline problems in schools might be both to clearly spell out rules and to alert students to penalties that go with violating them. (AOS)

Eight theme articles discuss discipline in the classroom, including a definition of student management, ways to recognize and ward off problems, and how to cope. (JOW)

Funding cutbacks affecting San Jose (California) High School have severely reduced the school personnel adequately prepared for educating in the inner city. Concentration on legally required basics has forced elimination of classes and programs appealing to student interests and needs, leading to disciplinary and attendance problems. (PGD)

Two explanations for school violence are evaluated from an historical viewpoint. One approach assumes an inherent relationship between the behavior of students and the disciplinary practices of the schools. The second approach attributes school disorders to characteristics of the students. (JN)

Five options for the improvement of discipline in the public school system in the eighties include more rules and harsher punishments, better teacher training in classroom management, relaxation of student suspension guidelines, increased campus security personnel and equipment, and changes in the juvenile justice system. (JN)

Forces within and outside the profession have made teachers vulnerable in dealing with disruptive student behavior. Six strategies are presented that constitute a basic plan for coping with student behavior that interferes with learning. (Author/MLF)

A review of the major schools of thought related to disciplinary techniques. (Author)

Discipline problems were fewer after the formation of a boys chorus limited in membership to those fifth-grade pupils with individual and group behavior problems. (MB)

This article presents guidelines for effective discipline in special and general education settings. It addresses causes of discipline problems, prevention techniques (such as establishing rules), intervention techniques (organized into an intervention ladder of increasing intrusiveness), and techniques for evaluating discipline effectiveness. (DB)

Describes an intervention for children ages 4 through adolescence who steal. The child must apologize, return the stolen item, pay the victim an amount equal to the cost of replacing the stolen item, and lose a possession of approximately equal value. Provides a case example. (RJM)