Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders articles from June 2004

Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders archives from June 2004

Sustained effects of the PATHS curriculum on the social and psychological adjustment of children in special education.(Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies)
June 22, 2004... In this study, the authors examined the long-term effectiveness of the PATHS (Promoting Alternative THinking Strategies) curriculum on the adjustment of school-age children with special needs. The PATHS curriculum focuses on promoting...

Assessing fidelity to a community-based treatment for youth: the Wraparound Fidelity Index.(to assess mental health care providers quality of service)(includes statistical tables)
June 22, 2004... In this article, the authors describe the development, psychometric characteristics, and potential utility of the Wraparound Fidelity Index (WFI), a multi-informant measure designed to assess providers' adherence during service delivery to the...

The impact of maternal depressive symptomatology on ratings of children with ADHD and child confederates.(attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder)(includes statistical tables)
June 22, 2004... Some researchers who have studied children with behavior problems have suggested that depressed mothers distort reports of deviance in their children, perhaps contributing to misdiagnoses; however, investigations studying mothers with current...

Covariates of self-efficacy: caregiver characteristics related to mental health services self-efficacy.(includes statistical tables)
June 22, 2004... Increasingly, professionals are recognizing the need to involve parents and other caregivers in the mental health treatment of children. However, parents and caregivers may not feel efficacious when participating in mental health care....

Outcomes for children with problematic behavior in school and at home served by public mental health.(Michigan)(includes statistical tables)
June 22, 2004... The authors report outcomes for 4,777 youth served by the public mental health system in Michigan who had problems in school, at home, in interpersonal relationships, or in modulating their mood. Cluster analysis identified five subgroups:...

Enhancing grammar assignment perceptions by increasing assignment demands: extending additive interspersal research to students with emotional and behavioral disorders.(psychological research)
June 22, 2004... In the current experiment, 32 students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) in Grades 7 through 12 worked on 2 grammar assignments for 15 minutes each. Control assignments contained 15 target tasks (i.e., multisentence paragraphs) that...

Calendar.(Calendar)
June 22, 2004... June 2004 * June 1-5, 2004. American Association on Mental Retardation, 128th Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, PA. Contact: 1/800-424-6888; Web site: http://www.aamr.org * June 27-30, 2004. Annual Conference of the American School...

In memoriam.(John D. Burchard (1936-2004))(Obituary)
June 22, 2004... JOHN D. BURCHARD (1936-2004) John D. Burchard, PhD, a pioneer of the wraparound process for children experiencing serious mental health problems and a champion for the health and well-being of all youth and families, died of heart failure...