This article describes an initial attempt to examine and compare the behavioral characteristics of behaviorally disordered students being educated in five different settings. Behavioral rating scales were completed by teachers on 1,078 behaviorally disordered students assigned to (a) resource rooms in public schools, (b) self-contained classrooms in public schools, (c) psychiatric hospitals, (d) residential treatment centers, and (e) state training schools for the adjudicated. The data indicate that some differences do exist across settings and that this topic warrants research priority.
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