Date of Award

1999

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Elementary School Counseling

Department

Education

First Advisor

Pamela Nickels

Second Advisor

Gary Benedict

Third Advisor

Anita Sankar

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of counseling programs designed to improve school and classroom behavior of young children. The study focused on an eight week session Behavior Management Program for 4 groups of students. Each group had 9 students which included 32 participants in all. The groups met once a week for 30 minutes. The participant's school and classroom behavior was monitored daily during treatment. Teachers were asked to rate the participants on behaviors using the Conners' Teacher Rating Scale - 39 before and after treatment. The results of the study supports that counseling programs are effective in improving school and classroom behavior of young children.

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