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A Review and Analysis of Service-Learning Programs Involving Students with Behavioral Disorders.
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Muscott, Howard S. – Education and Treatment of Children, 2000
This article provides a review and critical analysis of 11 service learning programs for children and adolescents with emotional/behavioral disorders. It identifies substantial limitations in program descriptions and evaluations but concludes that both students and teachers are extremely satisfied with service learning and students feel empowered…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances, Participant Satisfaction
Teaching Character Education to Students with Behavioral and Learning Disabilities through Mentoring Relationships.
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Muscott, Howard S.; O'Brien, Sara Talis – Education and Treatment of Children, 1999
A study involving 19 elementary students with behavioral and learning disabilities found that after participating in "Service-Learning Opportunities Prepared for Citizenship," an inclusive after school program, students expressed personal responsibility, responded to ideas of cooperation and teamwork, learned to make new friends, and found…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Citizenship Education, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Behavioral Characteristics of Elementary and Secondary Students with Emotional/Behavioral Disabilities in Four Different Cascade Placements.
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Muscott, Howard S. – Education and Treatment of Children, 1997
A study compared the characteristics of 473 students with emotional/behavioral disabilities in four sequential special education placements (resource rooms, special classes, special schools, and residential schools). Results found that secondary students in resource rooms exhibited more maladaptive behavior than younger resource room students, and…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Disorders, Elementary School Students
Special Education Teachers' Standards for the Classroom Behavior of Students with Behavioral Disabilities across a Variety of Cascade Placements.
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Muscott, Howard S. – Education and Treatment of Children, 1996
Special education teachers (n=108) were assessed to determine whether standards for acceptable student behavior differed as a function of either placement or instructional level of schooling. Differences were found only at the elementary level, where teachers in less restrictive placements (such as resource rooms) expressed more rigorous…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Classroom Environment, Delivery Systems, Discipline
Virtual Reality and Social Skills Training for Students with Behavioral Disorders: Applications, Challenges and Promising Practices.
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Muscott, Howard S.; Gifford, Timothy – Education and Treatment of Children, 1994
This article describes virtual reality (VR) technology and discusses its potential application to the teaching of social skills to children and youth with behavior disorders through the use of interactive role plays. Limitations of the current technology and difficulties inherent in modeling simulations of human behavior are noted, as are…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Media, Elementary Secondary Education
A Process for Facilitating the Appropriate Inclusion of Students with Emotional/Behavioral Disorders.
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Muscott, Howard S. – Education and Treatment of Children, 1995
This article describes a four-step process designed to help educators in inclusive schools more effectively educate those students with emotional/behavioral disorders for whom education in general education classrooms has been deemed appropriate. School-wide structures and best practices are highlighted and a call for evaluating inclusive models…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Delivery Systems, Educational Change, Educational Practices