Teacher attitudes toward educational and psychological services for conduct problem children.
Ninety-nine teachers participated in a survey designed to assess teacher attitudes toward and experience with a variety of strategies for dealing with conduct problem children in regular classes. Results indicated that (a) a majority of teachers favored placing conduct problem children in regular rather than special classes; (b) current sources of assistance (school psychologists, clinical psychologists, principals, parents, and other teachers) were uniformly perceived as only slightly affective in helping teachers handle problem children; and (c) of 14 alternative educational and psychological assistance delivery strategies, teachers most frequently preferred smaller classes, teacher aides, increased counseling staff, and resource classrooms.
D001290:Attitude; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003376:Counseling; D004519:Education, Special; D006801:Humans; D010290:Parents; D011586:Psychology, Clinical; D011588:Psychology, Educational; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012073:Remedial Teaching; D013663:Teaching