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Addressing the Catch-22 of Using Mixed Methods in Behavior Disorders Intervention Research
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Hitchcock, John H.; Houchins, David E.; Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J. – Behavioral Disorders, 2023
Limited emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD)-focused intervention mixed methods research (MMR) has been published, particularly in top-tier EBD journals (i.e., "Behavior Disorders" and "Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders"). The lack of published MMR creates what could be perceived as a Catch-22 situation wherein…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Behavior Disorders, Intervention, Barriers
Is Social Skills Training Effective for Students with Emotional or Behavioral Disorders? Research Issues and Needs.
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Mathur, Sarup R.; Rutherford, Robert B., Jr. – Behavioral Disorders, 1996
This paper identifies factors possibly influencing long-term effectiveness of social skills training with students having emotional or behavioral disorders. These include: lack of a sound conceptual framework, questionable social validity of target skills, controversies surrounding the nature of social skills deficits, imprecise assessment…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances, Evaluation Methods
A Critical Review of Social Skills Research with Behaviorally Disordered Students.
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Schloss, Patrick J.; And Others – Behavioral Disorders, 1986
Among results of the research review on strategies to enhance social skills of behaviorally disordered students were that a conceptual base for research is lacking, that training priorities have not been matched to learner needs, and that investigators have often failed to evaluate generalization of effects to nontraining settings. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Elementary Secondary Education, Generalization, Interpersonal Competence
Increasing and Maintaining Withdrawn Preschoolers' Peer Interactions: Effects of Double Prompting and Booster Session Procedures.
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Lindeman, David P.; And Others – Behavioral Disorders, 1993
The combined effects of double-prompting and booster session procedures on the social behavior of four socially withdrawn preschool children were investigated. Results indicated that the intervention procedures increased subjects' initiations in organizing play, sharing, and assisting and that there were collateral increases in subjects'…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Emotional Disturbances, Interpersonal Competence, Intervention
A Critical Analysis of Functional Assessment: Issues for Researchers and Practitioners.
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Gable, Robert A. – Behavioral Disorders, 1996
Addresses the use of functional assessment in making treatment decisions with students having emotional/behavioral disorders. Discussion covers indirect and direct measures of the relationship between the target behavior and variables maintaining the behavior. Strategies for selecting and verifying hypothesis-driven treatment decisions are…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education
A Comparison of Instructional Response Requirements on the Multiplication Performance of Behaviorally Disordered Students.
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Skinner, Christopher H.; And Others – Behavioral Disorders, 1991
This study compared the effects of two cover, copy, and compare interventions on the written multiplication performance of two elementary school students with behavioral disorders. The verbal response condition resulted in greater increases in written multiplication performance and occasioned more than twice the number of opportunities to respond…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Elementary Schools, Instructional Effectiveness, Intervention
Checklist Identification of Elementary Schoolboys for Clinical Referral or Evaluation of Eligibility for Special Education.
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Mattison, Richard E.; And Others – Behavioral Disorders, 1993
The Achenbach and Edelbrock parent and teacher checklists were evaluated with boys, ages 6-11, with either severe emotional disturbance, psychiatric outpatient status, or in the general population. Logistic regression analyses showed the Total Problem scales of both checklists to be the most efficient and economical scales for classification.…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Check Lists, Children, Clinical Diagnosis