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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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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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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