DEVELOPING INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED CHILDREN

Music Therapy With Emotionally Disturbed Children

Music therapy is defined as "the prescribed use of music by a qualified person to effect positive changes in the psychological, physical, cognitive, or social functioning of individuals with health or educational problems" (American Music Therapy Association, 2003). While music therapy is closely aligned with the behavioral sciences, it is distinct in that it bridges art with science. Two publi...

Developing effective hypermedia instructional materials

The use of hypermedia as an instructional medium is growing rapidly with developments and enhancements in instructional and computing technologies. Much of the popularity of the medium is derived from its capacity to convey large amounts of information to learners in structured and associated ways which promote student centred and independent learning. Recent developments in multimedia technolo...

Policing the emotionally disturbed.

In New YorkCity from 1971 to 1975, only 1.6 per cent of all police firearms discharges involved the class of people police have since come to call emo tionally disturbed persons (EDPs). Still, because po lice were comparatively unrestrained in those years, the number of such incidents was quite large: 46, or better than 9 per year.1 In theyears since then, police shootings have declined dramati...

The progressive past of residential treatment of emotionally disturbed children.

In January 1949, 9-year-old Betty stepped through the doors of the Cincinnati Child Guidance Home. For the next 2 years, the Home would attempt to treat her severe emotional and behavioral problems in an experimental approach called residential treatment. After 4 years of child welfare and child guidance interventions, the Home was a last resort. Betty’s home life was a mess. When she was 3, he...

Effects of friendship club activities on six emotionally disturbed children /