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Trevaskis, David Keller – 1994
This digest discusses mediation as a form of conflict management that is receiving widespread attention in schools. Mediation involves a neutral third person, called a mediator, who assists the disputants in resolving their problem with the consent of all parties. It offers a risk-free way to settle disputes for the parties involved. Unresolved…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Interpersonal Communication
Jolivette, Kristine; Stichter, Janine Peck; Nelson, C. Michael; Scott, Terrance M.; Liaupsin, Carl J. – 2000
This digest describes the post-school outcomes of students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) in education, employment, and social relationships. It also presents several school-based strategies to improve the post-school outcomes for students with EBD, including: (1) social skills training that involves both direct instruction and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Behavior Disorders, Education Work Relationship, Educational Strategies
Karnes, Frances A.; Marquardt, Ronald – 1997
This brief guide to the legal rights of gifted preschool, elementary, and secondary school children, first notes the lack of a federal law to protect the rights of these children in contrast to children with disabilities and the need for advocates for these students to urge adoption of appropriate statutes and regulations at the state and local…
Descriptors: Arbitration, Child Advocacy, Conflict Resolution, Court Litigation
Naylor, Michele – 1988
Studies have shown that employers have traditionally agreed on the behaviors and attitudes they expect from employees and on the security and benefits that they are willing to provide in return. Various factors, including rapid technological advancement and increased foreign competition, have changed this. Today's workers generally have less job…
Descriptors: Career Education, Critical Thinking, Decision Making, Employer Employee Relationship
Knoblauch, Bernadette; McLane, Kathleen – 1999
This digest summarizes changes in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) in the reauthorization and amendments of 1997, Public Law 105-17. These changes include: participation of students with disabilities in state and district-wide assessment programs, development and review of the individualized education program (IEP), enhanced…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Conflict Resolution, Disabilities, Discipline
Knoblauch, Bernadette – 1998
This digest summarizes the rights and responsibilities of parents of children in the special education process under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Amendments of 1997. Among 15 rights listed are a free appropriate public education for every child, informed consent concerning evaluation and programmatic decisions, evaluation…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Disabilities, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
Genzuk, Michael – 1997
Paraeducators are school employees whose responsibilities are either instructional in nature or who deliver other services to students. Large numbers of paraeducators have expressed a desire to become professional teachers. Because many paraeducators, perhaps the majority, are from minority groups, they would expand the pool of potential teachers…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Alternative Teacher Certification, Cultural Pluralism, Elementary Secondary Education
Knoblauch, Bernadette – 1998
This ERIC digest provides highlights of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1997 (P.L. 105-17). Changes to general provisions of the law are explained, as well as changes in other areas, such as outcomes and standards, evaluations and curriculum, procedural safeguards, discipline, early intervention, and teacher training…
Descriptors: Classification, Disabilities, Disability Identification, Discipline
Girard, Kathryn L. – 1995
Conflict resolution refers generally to strategies that enable students to handle conflicts peacefully and cooperatively outside the traditional disciplinary procedures. This digest discusses several approaches, both inservice and preservice, to preparing teachers to play a role in conflict resolution within schools and identifies problematic…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Demonstration Programs, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education
Foss, Jean M. – 2001
This digest provides an overview of nonverbal learning disabilities (NLD) along with principles for designing and implementing instructional interventions to address its effects. It begins by explaining characteristics of students with NLD, including their tendency to focus on details rather than on the larger picture, the difficulties they may…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Elementary Secondary Education, Interpersonal Competence, Learning Disabilities
Smith, Stephen W. – 2002
This digest describes how teachers can use cognitive-behavioral interventions (CBI) to remediate behavioral deficits and excesses by providing students with the tools necessary to control their own behavior. CBIs involve teaching the use of inner speech ("self-talk" )to modify underlying cognitions that affect overt behavior. CBI…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Cognitive Restructuring
Knoblauch, Bernadette; McLane, Kathleen – 1999
This digest summarizes the rights and responsibilities of parents of children in the special education process under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Amendments of 1997. Among 12 rights listed are a free appropriate public education for every child, written notification for any proposed evaluations, re-evaluation or change in…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Disabilities, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
Lankard, Bettina A. – 1991
The diverse, multicultural population that constitutes today's work force faces ethical dilemmas on the job that bring pressures to protect their own or their company's interests, at the risk of losing their personal integrity. Employers and vocational and career development personnel are recognizing the need for decision-making and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Development, Case Studies, Controversial Issues (Course Content)
Huling, Leslie – 1998
Quality teacher education programs provide candidates with many early field experiences in diverse settings. This Digest examines complexities and challenges of early field experiences, noting the nature and degree of early field experiences within teacher education programs. Through field experiences, teacher candidates observe and work with real…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Field Experience Programs, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education
Aidman, Amy – 1997
This digest reports recent findings on violent television content, highlights the recently developed television ratings system, and offers suggestions for parental mediation of children's television viewing. The National Television Violence Study has demonstrated that not all violence is equal. Certain plot elements in portrayals of violence are…
Descriptors: Aggression, Audience Response, Child Behavior, Content Analysis
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