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O'Handley, Roderick D.; Radley, Keith C.; Cavell, Hannah J. – Preventing School Failure, 2016
The current pilot study investigated the effectiveness of the Superheroes Social Skills program in decreasing disruptive and aggressive behavior of elementary-age students with high-incidence disabilities. Six students in a self-contained classroom, identified as displaying high rates of disruptive and aggressive behavior toward peers, were…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Behavior Problems, Aggression, Elementary School Students
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McDaniel, Sara C.; Bruhn, Allison L.; Troughton, Leonard – Journal of Behavioral Education, 2017
Social skills instruction has been recommended as a way of improving behavioral and social outcomes for students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD). A brief social skills intervention ("Stop and Think" (Knoff in "The stop & think social skills program," Sopris West, Longmont, CO, 2001) was used to extend the…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Disorders, Interpersonal Competence, Skill Development
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Hunter, William; Williamson, Robert L.; Jasper, Andrea D.; Casey, Laura Baylot; Smith, Clinton – Journal of International Special Needs Education, 2017
Researchers have found that English teachers in the United States of America (USA) perceive providing writing instruction to students with emotional behavioral disorders (EBD) as a difficult task. This could be associated with the fact that students with EBD often work below skill level in the content area of writing compared to same age peers.…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Emotional Disturbances, Writing Instruction, Teaching Methods
Smith, Stephen W.; Daunic, Ann P.; Algina, James; Pitts, Donna L.; Merrill, Kristen L.; Cumming, Michelle M.; Allen, Courtney – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2017
Maladaptive adolescent behavior patterns often create escalating conflict with adults and peers, leading to poor long-term social trajectories. To address this, school-based behavior management often consists of contingent reinforcement for appropriate behavior, behavior reduction procedures, and placement in self-contained or alternative…
Descriptors: Self Control, Student Behavior, Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Disorders
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Gulchak, Daniel J. – Education and Treatment of Children, 2008
Teaching students to self-monitor their attention or on-task behavior has a robust history of success in school and has been an effective strategy for students of all ages, including those with and without disabilities. However, this strategy has not made use of advances in technology in order to collect and record performance data. In this study,…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Self Contained Classrooms, Emotional Disturbances, Handheld Devices
Hamilton, Jennifer L. – Online Submission, 2007
Teaching self-management strategies to students with emotional behavior disorders is important in improving on-task behavior in the classroom. The problem in teaching students with emotional behavior disorders is that they often have trouble staying on task or staying focused, which causes disruption of the class. The purpose of the study is to…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavior Disorders, Self Control, Grade 1