Sociometry and Educationally Handicapped Children

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  • WINSTON J. HAGBORG Author

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https://doi.org/10.12926/42atkk62

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Children

Abstract

Sociometry is presented here as a useful method both for understanding peer relations and assisting in the development of intervention plans for educationally handicapped children. I provide descriptions of my previous research investigations with deaf and severely emotionally disturbed youth and then offer applied case examples drawn from my practice as a school psychologist. I conclude that sociometric assessments, given their advantages, are well suited to assist educators in meeting the challenges of school change.

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2025-03-14

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Vol. 47 No. 1 (1994): Group Psychotherapy, Psychodrama, and Sociometry

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