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MacAllister, James – Educational Studies, 2014
This paper considers different conceptualisations of school discipline within both UK education policy and wider educational and philosophical literature. Initially, it is noted that notions of "behaviour management" dominate discourses about school discipline. It is suggested that this is unhelpful as behaviour management skills are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Discipline, Educational Policy, Educational Philosophy
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Moye, Jennifer; Marson, Daniel C.; Edelstein, Barry – American Psychologist, 2013
Over the past 40 years, the assessment and scientific study of capacity in older adults has emerged as a distinct field of clinical and research activity for psychologists. This new field reflects the convergence of several trends: the aging of American society, the growing incidence and prevalence of dementia, and the patient rights,…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Gerontology, Older Adults, Personal Autonomy
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Brown, Fredda; Michaels, Craig A.; Oliva, Christopher M.; Woolf, Sara B. – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2008
Applied behavior analysis (ABA) experts were surveyed to examine their perceptions of treatment acceptability of commonly used decelerative consequence-based behavioral procedures and the factors that have influenced shifts in these perceptions over time. These results were then compared with the perceptions of positive behavior supports (PBS)…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Behavior Modification, Standards, Ethics