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McIntosh, Kent; Lucyshyn, Joseph M.; Strickland-Cohen, M. Kathleen; Horner, Robert H. – Grantee Submission, 2015
Effective behavior support is achieved through designing supportive environments. However, it is common to overlook the context of implementation when designing support for individuals. This lack of attention to the broader context (e.g., behavior of peers, school resources, capacity of family members to use recommended strategies) may lead to…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Program Implementation, Program Effectiveness, Adjustment (to Environment)
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Kratochwill, Thomas R.; Levin, Joel R.; Horner, Robert H. – Remedial and Special Education, 2018
The central roles of science in the field of remedial and special education are to (a) identify basic laws of nature and (b) apply those laws in the design of practices that achieve socially valued outcomes. The scientific process is designed to allow demonstration of specific (typically positive) outcomes, and to assist in the attribution of…
Descriptors: Intervention, Educational Research, Research Methodology, Case Studies
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Anderson, Cynthia M.; Horner, Robert H.; Rodriguez, Billie Jo; Stiller, Brianna – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2013
Supporting the full range of students with behavioral challenges requires that schools build the capacity to implement evidence-based behavioral interventions. Fortunately, a substantive body of research documents behavioral interventions are available to both decrease problem behavior and enhance prosocial skills. To date, however, this…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Student Behavior, Intervention, Behavior Modification
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Carter, Deborah Russell; Horner, Robert H. – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2007
First Step to Success is a manualized early intervention program with documented success in reducing the problem behavior of young children. Walker and colleagues (2005) are now engaged in analyses of variables that will increase the proportion of children for whom First Step is effective. A possible enhancement to the First Step to Success…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Behavior Modification, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Program Effectiveness
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Blonigen, Bruce A.; Harbaugh, William T.; Singell, Larry D.; Horner, Robert H.; Irvin, Larry K.; Smolkowski, Keith S. – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2008
The authors discuss how to use economic techniques to evaluate educational programs and show how to apply basic cost analysis to implementation of school-wide positive behavior support (SWPBS). A description of cost analysis concepts used for economic program evaluation is provided, emphasizing the suitability of these concepts for evaluating…
Descriptors: Economic Research, Program Evaluation, Cost Effectiveness, Program Descriptions
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Lucyshyn, Joseph M.; Albin, Richard W.; Horner, Robert H.; Mann, Jane C.; Mann, James A.; Wadsworth, Gina – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2007
This study examined the efficacy, social validity, and durability of a positive behavior support (PBS) approach with the family of a girl with autism and severe problem behavior. The study was conducted across a 10-year period beginning when the child was 5 years old. A multiple baseline across family routines design evaluated the functional…
Descriptors: Autism, Quality of Life, Behavior Modification, Child Behavior