Restrictive educational placements increase adolescent risks for students with early-starting conduct problems.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Students with early-starting conduct problems often do poorly in school; they are disproportionately placed in restrictive educational placements outside of mainstream classrooms. Although intended to benefit students, research suggests that restrictive placements may exacerbate the maladjustment of youth with conduct problems. Mixed findings, small samples, and flawed designs limit the utility of existing research.

Methods

This study examined the impact of restrictive educational placements on three adolescent outcomes (high school noncompletion, conduct disorder, depressive symptoms) in a sample of 861 students with early-starting conduct problems followed longitudinally from kindergarten (age 5-6). Causal modeling with propensity scores was used to adjust for c

SUBMITTER: Powers CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4903084 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature