Rosenberg, Josie, authorBiringen, Zeynep, advisorBarrett, Karen, committee memberHarvey, Ashley, committee memberKogan, Lori, committee member2007-01-032007-01-032011http://hdl.handle.net/10217/70822This study was conducted to assess the impact of individual child therapy for children aged 5-11 who exhibit classroom misbehavior. We hypothesized that the emotional availability of children would significantly increase and that reports of behavior problems would significantly decrease over the course of a school-based child therapy intervention. The Emotional Availability (EA) Scales (Biringen, 2008) were used to assess child therapeutic engagement. (Biringen & Easterbrooks, 2000). Therapy sessions were taped monthly to assess the child's EA. Disciplinary referral data and teacher reports of behavior problems using the Teacher Report Form (TRF) (Achenbach,1991) were collected pretest and posttest. Results indicated a significant reduction in disciplinary referrals, but no significant changes in teacher reports or EA scores. Implications and future directions for research are discussed.born digitalmasters thesesengCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.child therapyschool-based interventionText