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Evaluation Blueprint for School-Wide Positive Behavior Support
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Algozzine, Bob; Horner, Robert H.; Sugai, George; Barrett, Susan; Dickey, Celeste Rossetto; Eber, Lucille; Kincaid, Donald; Lewis, Timothy; Tobin, Tary – Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports, 2010
Evaluation is the process of collecting and using information for decision-making. A hallmark of School-wide Positive Behavior Support (SWPBS) is a commitment to formal evaluation. The purpose of this SWPBS Evaluation Blueprint is to provide those involved in developing Evaluation Plans and Evaluation Reports with a framework for (a) addressing…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Educational Environment
An Evaluative Review of Social Validation Research Involving Persons with Handicaps.
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Storey, Keith; Horner, Robert H. – Journal of Special Education, 1991
This review of 50 social validation research studies involving persons with handicaps concludes that social validation procedures are an appropriate and important component of applied behavior analysis. Discussed are methodological issues, social importance of effects, social significance of goals, social appropriateness of procedures, and…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Behavioral Science Research, Disabilities, Program Validation
Interpreting Outcomes of Social Skills Training for Students with High-Incidence Disabilities.
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Gresham, Frank M.; Sugai, George; Horner, Robert H. – Exceptional Children, 2001
This article discusses probable explanations for the weak effects in some meta-analyses that have investigated the effectiveness of social skills training (SST) for students with disabilities and offers specific recommendations for designing and producing more effective SST interventions. Treatment integrity issues, assessment issues, and…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Generalization, Instructional Effectiveness
A Response to Wehmeyer (1999) and a Challenge to the Field Regarding Self-Determination.
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Baker, Daniel J.; Horner, Robert H.; Sappington, Gary; Ard, William R., Jr. – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2000
This article discusses critical components needed to ensure a durable and substantive role for self-determination in the field of developmental disabilities: a conceptually compelling and operational description of self-determination, a reliable assessment method, and documentation that efforts to improve self-determination are associated with…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adults, Children, Disabilities
Including the Functional Behavioral Assessment Technology in Schools.
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Sugai, George; Horner, Robert H. – Exceptionality, 2000
This introductory article to a special series discusses requirements under the 1997 amendments to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to base behavioral intervention planning and positive behavioral support on information obtained through a functional behavioral assessment (FBA) process. The lack of guidance on FBAs and strategies for…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation, Disabilities
Contextual, Conceptual, and Empirical Foundations of Functional Behavioral Assessment in Schools.
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Crone, Deanne A.; Horner, Robert H. – Exceptionality, 2000
This article examines the contextual, conceptual, and empirical foundations of functional behavioral assessment (FBA) in general educational settings. The need for schools to design effective responses to increases in individual problem behavior and the need to be compliant with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act are discussed.…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities