Main description:

In this resource for educators, Harold F. Burks offers a comprehensive guide to the evaluation techniques and intervention strategies that have worked with many school children experiencing problems. Thus, Diagnosis and Remediation Practices for Troubled School Children attempts to: clarify the understanding of observed, unwanted child behavior symptoms (whether they be physical, intellectual, academic or social in nature); investigate with educators and parents-and sometimes children-the possible causal factors that antedate these behavior manifestations; create in cooperation with parents and school personnel, innovative intervention techniques to help children learn accepted behavior patterns. The methods outlined in the book are intended for teachers, principals, school psychologists, school nurses, guidance personnel, and persons in related professions such as social workers, clinical psychologists and psychiatrists. It is assumed the readers will have acquired a rudimentary knowledge of psychological dynamics (acquired through college courses) in the areas of diagnostic methods, aberrant behavior, personality theory, learning disorders, special education, and counseling techniques. This book is appropriate for use in graduate courses concerned with child exceptionality and psychopathology.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Putting Childhood Problem Behaviors in Perspective Chapter 3 Excessive Self-Blame Chapter 4 Excessive Anxiety Chapter 5 Excessive Withdrawal Chapter 6 Excessive Dependency Chapter 7 Poor Motivational Strength Chapter 8 Poor Physical Strength Chapter 9 Poor Coordination Chapter 10 Poor Intellectual Ability Chapter 11 Poor Academics Chapter 12 Poor Attention Chapter 13 Poor Impulse Control Chapter 14 Poor Reality Contact Chapter 15 Poor Social Identification Chapter 16 Excessive Suffering Chapter 17 Poor Anger Control Chapter 18 Excessive Sense of Persecution Chapter 19 Excessive Aggressiveness Chapter 20 Excessive Resistance Chapter 21 Poor Social Conformity Chapter 22 Attention Deficit Disorder Chapter 23 Children with Behavior Problems Chapter 24 Disadvantaged Children Chapter 25 Counseling the Parents