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Training And Experiences Of General Educators Who Have Students With Externalizing Behaviors, Sheila Ruann Lachelt
Training And Experiences Of General Educators Who Have Students With Externalizing Behaviors, Sheila Ruann Lachelt
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
In California classrooms, general education teachers have experienced stress due to an increasing number of students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD). This study used a hermeneutical phenomenological inquiry approach to explore teachers' perspectives of their pre-service professional development (PD), in-service PD, and classroom experiences with students who have externalizing EBD. The theoretical framework centered on social constructivism. Research questions addressed the teachers' perceptions of their pre-service and in-service PD on students with EBD and their experiences with students' externalizing behaviors. Twenty California general education teachers, each from a different school district, volunteered to participate in face-to-face interviews. Stratified purposeful …
Evaluation Of A Middle School Positive Behavior Intervention Support Program, Tracie Michelle Grogan
Evaluation Of A Middle School Positive Behavior Intervention Support Program, Tracie Michelle Grogan
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Evaluation of a Middle School Positive Behavior Intervention Support Program
by Tracie Grogan
EdS, Mercer University
MA, Fort Valley State University BS, University of Georgia
Doctoral Study Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Education
Curriculum Instruction and Assessment
Walden University July 2016
School leaders at a middle school in a rural school district in Georgia were looking for ways to reduce poor student behavior, which has a negative impact on school climate. Judicious Discipline, a program based on Kohlberg's 6 stages of moral development, Bandura's social learning theory, and the 3 constitutional rights …