Teacher Reports of Student Health and Its Influence on Students' School Performance

SAGE Publications and Hammill Institute on Disabilities. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: http://sagepub.com

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Student Attitudes; Academic Achievement; Child Health; Behavior Problems; Middle School Students; Middle School Teachers; Elementary School Teachers; Elementary School Students; Physical Health; Correlation; Behavior Disorders; Urban Schools; School Districts; Intervention; Rating Scales; Behavior Modification; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Diseases; Surveys

Minnesota; Tennessee; Virginia

10.1177/1098300713482975

1098-3007

Physical health may be an important variable that influences students' behavioral and academic performance in school settings. Poor health status is hypothesized to negatively influence student performance even in the presence of evidence-based practices. In this study, teachers reported their perceptions of students' health status as well as their perceptions of the relation of health status to classroom performance and programming considerations for a sample ("N" = 217) of elementary and middle school students identified as exhibiting problem behaviors. Results indicated inconsistencies between teachers' perceptions of student health and school programming considerations. Limitations are presented along with implications for future research and practice.

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2014

EJ1021219