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Article: A study on the effectiveness of life space crisis intervention for students identified with emotional disturbances. (life space crisis intervention).
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- Reclaiming Children and Youth
- Article date:
- January 1, 2003
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This research reports the effects of Life Space Crisis Intervention (LSCI) training with staff in a junior high school serving students with emotional disturbance. An experimental and a control school were selected from a large city where students came from neighborhoods in which abuse, poverty, violence, gangs, and drugs were prevalent. The schools were located a few miles apart in fairly new facilities, and each served over 40 students with a staff of counselors, teachers, and paraprofessionals. Students had similar backgrounds, and the schools both used behavior management programs based on points and levels with students presenting significant behavior problems being ...