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B A Rothlisberg

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PubMed1996

How education should respond to students with traumatic brain injury.

This article focuses on the educational implications of traumatic brain injury (TBI). It details the conceptual issues surrounding TBI and discusses how assessment of this group differs from that of other groups with disabilities. Finally, the article offers suggestions for an integrated intervention approach based on the idea of bringing order to the life experiences of these students. The S. O. S. (Structure, Organization, and Strategy) Approach offers a framework from which to consider the variable needs of these learners.

Brain Injuries↗
PubMed1994

Social acceptance by their peers of children with mental retardation.

Students' willingness to befriend a child with mental retardation was investigated using written vignettes of students said to be enrolling in the subjects' school. In the control condition, all stories described the incoming students as non-labeled peers. In the experimental condition, half of the descriptions of new classmates included the addition of the label mentally retarded. Subjects were asked to make a behavioral commitment to befriend an incoming student assuming that the child would be joining their class. Chi-squared analysis indicated that the addition of the label to a description of a child significantly reduced the frequency of that child's being selected by subjects, particularly boys. The data suggested that the label may inhibit students' willingness to accept labeled peers socially.

Attitude↗
PubMed1991

Factor stability of the lateral preference schedule.

The stability of the factor structure of the Lateral Preference Schedule (LPS) was investigated with a sample of 568 preadolescents to determine whether the original factor structure displayed with the adult standardization sample would be maintained. Instead of the six laterality factors initially reported, this preadolescent sample's factor analysis exhibited four factors. The findings suggested that care must be taken if the six factor solution of the LPS is presumed to exist when studying preadolescent samples.

Child↗
PubMed1989

Lateral preference and processing style.

Lateral preference, as measured by the Lateral Preference Schedule, was related to the Simultaneous, Sequential and Achievement Scales of the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC) for a sample of 44 normal elementary school children. The results showed that, as eye preference and general laterality became more mixed, children tended to score lower on all three scales of the K-ABC. This relationship was strongest for tasks related to classroom achievement.

Child↗