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An Experiment In Educating Emotionally Disturbed Children, Shirley Anne Percy

Honors Theses

After years of uncertainty, there is now widespread interest in the emotionally disturbed child in the schools. This change suggests that educators now see the disturbed child as an exceptional child, a handicapped child in need of special attention and assistance.

While the delineation of responsibility between school, home, and mental health agency is not yet well defined, it is as if the schools are now saying, "We are not quite clear about what other agencies intend to do, but we intend to do whatever seems appropriate and feasible in the school setting."

Several recent events have apparently contributed to …

A Study Of Transfer Students On Academic Probation, Marty Mcdonald

Honors Theses

This is a continued study of transfer students begun by an Honors Seminar fro the Fall semester, 1969. The transfers entered Ouachita on academic probation of suspension from other schools. The study covers the years from Fall, 1966--August, 1969. It was suggested that a study be conducted to determine whether Ouachita's acceptance scale helped the probationary students achieve an acceptable grade average.