News tagged with disruptive behavior

Study: Reasons for suspension and expulsion complex, race still central

An Indiana University study presented on Friday at the American Educational Research Association meeting in Vancouver shows that race continues to be an important factor in determining who receives out-of-school ...

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created Apr 13, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Social and emotional learning programs found to boost students' skills

Being successful in school requires a combination of social, emotional, and academic competencies. A new analysis of more than 200 school-based social and emotional learning programs has found that such programs improve students' ...

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created Feb 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Research shows children's school performance tied to family 'type'

(PhysOrg.com) -- The way a family interacts can have more of an impact on a child's predicted school success than reading, writing or arithmetic, according to a University of Notre Dame study published recently in the Journal of ...

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created Jul 20, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Behavior problems in school linked to 2 types of families

Contrary to Leo Tolstoy's famous observation that "happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way," a new psychology study confirms that unhappy families, in fact, are unhappy in two distinct ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jul 15, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Zero tolerance ineffective in schools, study finds

Zero tolerance policy in schools - which can mandate automatic punishment for weapons, drugs, profanity and various forms of disruptive behavior - is failing to make students feel safe, contends a new study by two Michigan ...

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created May 10, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Moms' depression in pregnancy tied to antisocial behavior in teens

Children from urban areas whose mothers suffer from depression during pregnancy are more likely than others to show antisocial behavior, including violent behavior, later in life. Furthermore, women who are aggressive and ...

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created Feb 05, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Obsessive-compulsive disorder national meeting draws past, present sufferers

(AP) -- Ashley Bystrom was terrified of germs. Jared Kant worried his own thoughts could hurt other people.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Aug 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Laughter Differs In Children With Autism

According to a recent paper entitled "Laughter Differs in Children with Autism: An Acoustic Analysis of Laughter Produced by Children with and without the Disorder" in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, childr ...

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created Jul 10, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0