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- Title
Juvenile Offenders with Co-occurring Language and Behavior Problems: Language Suggestions.
- Authors
Sanger, Dixie D.; Johnson, Allison A.; TenHulzen, Paige N.; Ritzman, Mitzi J.; Lambert, Matthew C.
- Abstract
The incidence of co-occurring language and behavior problems has been described and explored for more than 25 years. As many as 62% to 95% of students with emotional or behavioral disorders (E/BD) have undetected language impairments (LI). Without recognizing language and behavioral challenges, serious learning consequences may result. Solely focusing on behavior management techniques provides only partial support for students with these co-occurring problems. This article highlights how you can use three common behavior management techniques to facilitate language-based interventions with juvenile offenders; it provides correctional educators with ideas to integrate language and behavior. The article describes nine language-based literacy activities with online examples that enhance social interactions and academic performance. Suggestions provide ideas for enhancing vocabulary development, figurative language, narratives, inferencing, visual strategies, written language, test modification, paragraph organizers, and self-rating scales. Ideally, adolescent offenders need programs that include interdisciplinary team members to plan comprehensive services, but financial constraints limit these options. This article provides suggestions for correctional educators to address behavior and language intervention for adolescent offenders who are struggling to learn.
- Subjects
JUVENILE offenders; BEHAVIOR disorders in children; PRISON educators; BEHAVIOR modification; ORAL communication
- Publication
Journal of Correctional Education, 2019, Vol 70, Issue 1, p20
- ISSN
0740-2708
- Publication type
Article