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Meadan, Hedda; Ayvazo, Shiri; Ostrosky, Michaelene M. – Young Exceptional Children, 2016
Many young children engage in challenging behaviors that could have short- and long-term negative effects for both the children and their families. Challenging behaviors refer to "any repeated pattern of behavior, or perception of behavior, that interferes with or is at risk of interfering with optimal learning or engagement in prosocial…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Child Behavior, Risk, Early Intervention
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Fryling, Mitch J. – Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 2013
Skinner's (1957) analysis of verbal behavior has been the subject of much controversy in recent years. While criticism has historically come from outside the field of behavior analysis, there are now well-articulated arguments against Skinner's analysis of verbal behavior from within the field as well. Recently, advocates of…
Descriptors: Verbal Communication, Behavioral Science Research, Definitions, Animals
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Harrison, Kimberly; Harrison, Richard – Children & Schools, 2009
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1997 mandates the use of positive behavior support (PBS) and functional assessment under certain conditions within the public school setting. In this article the authors review the historical and philosophical tenets of PBS and functional assessment and discuss how specific clinical expertise…
Descriptors: School Social Workers, Role, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Public Schools
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Ahmed, Mohiuddin; Boisvert, Charles M. – American Psychologist, 2005
This paper presents comments on "Psychological Treatments" by D. H. Barlow. Barlow highlighted unique roles that psychologists can play in mental health service delivery by providing psychological treatments--treatments that psychologists would be uniquely qualified to design and deliver. In support of Barlow's position, the authors draw from…
Descriptors: Psychologists, Psychological Services, Role, Clinical Psychology
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Clark, Elaine; Olympia, Daniel E.; Jensen, Jenise; Heathfield, Lora Tuesday; Jenson, William R. – Psychology in the Schools, 2004
The purpose of this article is to provide the reader with an orientation to the concepts and principles of autonomy and self-determination and the application of those concepts and principles to working with children and adolescents who have intellectual and developmental disabilities (ID/DD), including autism. Self-determination is essentially…
Descriptors: Personal Autonomy, Self Determination, Developmental Disabilities, Mental Retardation