Blended Social Skills Intervention for Students Identified as Emotionally and Behaviorally Disturbed

2022 ◽  
pp. 369-395
Author(s):  
Lauren R. Tidmore

The purpose of this study was to evaluate a nine-week blended learning social skills intervention for high school students identified as being at risk for emotional and behavioral disorders. Exploring how social skills interventions improve students' social and emotional deficits aids in the development of an engaging curriculum. This quantitative study utilized a pretest-posttest method. High school students identified as being at risk for emotional and behavioral disorders and their special educators were invited to complete the researcher-designed social skills intervention with a corresponding pre- and post-test. There were no statistically significant differences between the pre- and post-test scores for the students or the special educator. The SEARS' social-emotional domains were all found to be statistically significant predictors of the students' total composite score. Gender was found to be a significant predictor of the student's total composite score. Implications of the study include strategies for developing interventions at the high school level.

Author(s):  
Lauren R. Tidmore

The purpose of this study was to evaluate a nine-week blended learning social skills intervention for high school students identified as being at risk for emotional and behavioral disorders. Exploring how social skills interventions improve students' social and emotional deficits aids in the development of an engaging curriculum. This quantitative study utilized a pretest-posttest method. High school students identified as being at risk for emotional and behavioral disorders and their special educators were invited to complete the researcher-designed social skills intervention with a corresponding pre- and post-test. There were no statistically significant differences between the pre- and post-test scores for the students or the special educator. The SEARS' social-emotional domains were all found to be statistically significant predictors of the students' total composite score. Gender was found to be a significant predictor of the student's total composite score. Implications of the study include strategies for developing interventions at the high school level.


2020 ◽  
pp. 104420732093480
Author(s):  
Nicholas A. Gage ◽  
Dennis A. Kramer ◽  
Kaci Ellis

Students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBDs), particularly those in high school, present myriad challenges for educators. Although research suggests that students with EBDs experience schooling differently than their peers, few studies have examined differences in perceptions of school climate. School climate is a multidimensional construct consisting of students’ perceptions of physical and social school environments. To address this gap, we leveraged school climate data from more than 350,000 high school students, including more than 5,000 with or at risk for EBDs, in Georgia. We estimated a series of multilevel models and found that students with or at risk for EBDs consistently report more negative perceptions of school climate than their peers across all school climate domains. We also examined whether individualized education program (IEP) services affected perceptions for students with EBDs, finding more positive perceptions for some domains for students with IEP services for EBDs compared with students with EBDs, but no IEP services. Implications and limitations are then discussed.


1997 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 179-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer J. Clark ◽  
David N. Dixon

In an exploratory outcome study, the social self-concepts of four gifted high school students attending a rigorous residential program were examined as they participated in a social skills workshop. Subjects participated in a pre-test measurement of their global self-concept using the Marsh Self-Description Questionnaire III which differentiates between social self-concept and academic self-concept. The subjects then participated in a three-week social skills workshop that was patterned after the Culcross and Jenkins-Friedman (1988) model. A post-test self-concept measurement was gathered Contrary to the hypothesis, the subjects did not demonstrate an increase in their social self-concepts. Implications of this study and suggestions for future research are presented.


1996 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 306-314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Veronica A. Runnheim ◽  
William R. Frankenberger ◽  
Michael N. Hazelkorn

Three-hundred and ninety-six teachers of students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) in Wisconsin provided information about 1,300 students in their classes who were receiving medication for treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Results of the survey revealed that 40% of elementary school, 32% of middle/junior high school, and 15% of high school students with EBD were identified as having ADHD and were being treated for it with medication. The teachers reported that the most common types of medication were Ritalin (66%), Dexedrine (11 %), Cylert (7%), and Imipramine (5%). The most frequent morning dosage for Ritalin and Dexedrine was 10 mgs. Teachers of students with EBD did not believe that ADHD was under-diagnosed, and they did believe that medication effectively reduced maladaptive behavior.


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