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Allison Negron-Campbell; Samantha E. Goldman; Nanho Vander Hart – Preventing School Failure, 2024
Research shows that schools struggle with conducting high quality functional behavior assessments (FBA) and implementing effective behavior intervention plans (BIP). Access to training is a documented challenge to effective implementation. One training with preliminary empirical support is Basic FBA. This pilot study extended the research on Basic…
Descriptors: Functional Behavioral Assessment, Intervention, Faculty Development, Staff Development
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Virginia L. Walker; Ann Mickelson; Melissa Tapp; Reem Muharib – Preventing School Failure, 2024
At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, schools across the United States transitioned to some form of emergency remote instruction. Preliminary research suggests that special education services may have been disjointed and many caregivers assumed a primary role in service provision during emergency remote instruction. To extend this work with a…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Distance Education, Special Education
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Wills, Howard P.; Wehby, Joseph H.; Caldarella, Paul; Williams, Leslie – Preventing School Failure, 2022
Class-Wide Function-Related Intervention Teams (CW-FIT) is a classroom management system using a group contingency involving direct teaching of classroom rules/skills, differential reinforcement of appropriate behaviors, and minimized social attention to inappropriate behaviors. We investigated elementary school teachers' implementation of CW-FIT…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Classroom Techniques, Program Implementation, Positive Reinforcement
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Bohanon, Hank S.; Wu, Meng-Jia; Kushki, Ali; LeVesseur, Cheyne; Harms, Anna; Vera, Elizabeth; Carlson-Sanei, Jenna; Shriberg, David – Preventing School Failure, 2021
As a result of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), schools and districts are encouraged to implement school-wide initiatives to improve outcomes for all students. In accordance with the ESSA, this research study investigated the relationship between school improvement planning and the implementation of school-wide interventions. The study…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Planning, Intervention, Positive Behavior Supports
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Evanovich, Lauren L.; Martinez, Stephanie; Kern, Laura; Haynes, Rocky D. – Preventing School Failure, 2020
Schools are seeking additional ways to cultivate positive school climate and culture, address problematic behavior, and increase the social-emotional behavior competencies of students. Restorative Practices (RP) is a whole-school practice that emphasizes prevention and positive responses to challenging behavior that can be used across all settings…
Descriptors: Justice, Positive Behavior Supports, Intervention, Program Implementation
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Rondy Yu; Wesley A. Sims – Preventing School Failure, 2024
The practice of serving students with emotional and behavioral challenges in the United States has been fraught with anxiety, fear, and stress. Fortunately, researchers in the field of emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) have identified a range of empirically supported interventions to improve outcomes for students with EBD. This study sought…
Descriptors: Feasibility Studies, Program Implementation, Fidelity, Emotional Disturbances
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Davis, Marcia H.; Mac Iver, Martha Abele; Balfanz, Robert W.; Stein, Marc L.; Fox, Joanna Hornig – Preventing School Failure, 2019
This study focuses on the implementation of an early warning indicator and intervention system in 20 southern high schools. This model included a team of teachers, counselors, and student support services personnel who analyzed ninth-grade student-level data and implemented and monitored interventions. The team was led by a half-time coach who…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Identification, Dropout Prevention, Intervention
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Merle, James L.; Cook, Clayton R.; Thayer, Andrew J. – Preventing School Failure, 2020
Children with serious problem behaviors pose a challenge for school staff to maintain safe and productive learning environments. Eloping, often called running, bolting, or absconding, from the classroom disrupts learning environments and requires significant attention and time from staff. Existing interventions to address elopement behavior lack…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Behavior Problems, Intervention, Prevention
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Scott, Terrance M.; Gage, Nicholas A.; Hirn, Regina G.; Lingo, Amy Shearer; Burt, Jon – Preventing School Failure, 2019
PBIS is has been consistently correlated with reductions in student exclusion including suspensions, expulsions, poor attendance, and high school dropout rates. However, school-wide strategies that do not specifically involve effective instruction in academic areas are unlikely to result in increased academic achievement. To address this reality,…
Descriptors: Positive Behavior Supports, Response to Intervention, Program Implementation, Fidelity
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Hendrix, Nicole M.; Vancel, Samantha M.; Bruhn, Allison L.; Wise, Sara; Kang, Sungeun – Preventing School Failure, 2018
Paraprofessionals carry out behavior interventions for students with challenging behavior in inclusive classroom settings. Examination of paraprofessional involvement in behavior interventions informs how paraprofessionals may best support intervention implementation. The researchers used a withdrawal design to evaluate the effects of a…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Intervention, Paraprofessional School Personnel, Student Behavior
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Ohrt, Jonathan; Wymer, Brooke; Guest, Jessie; Hipp, Christopher; Wallace, Donya; Deaton, Jennifer – Preventing School Failure, 2020
Students who attend alternative schools are disproportionally at risk for adverse environmental, familial, and personal experiences that can lead to unrecognized learning problems, low academic achievement, mental health concerns, substance abuse, and legal involvement. Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) programs include evidence-based…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Intervention, Program Implementation
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Scott, Terrance M.; Alter, Peter J. – Preventing School Failure, 2017
This article is a review of functional behavior assessment studies in general education setting for students with emotional and behavioral disorders. The studies were assessed in accordance with published standards for evidence-based practices. Overall, few studies met criteria for inclusion in this review and even fewer studies included all three…
Descriptors: Functional Behavioral Assessment, Mainstreaming, Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Disorders
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Ruiz, María Isolina; Smith, Traci N.; Naquin, Gale M.; Morgan-D'Atrio, Cynthia; Dellinger, Amy B. – Preventing School Failure, 2014
Implementation fidelity is crucial to the success of behavioral interventions. However, measuring and maintaining intervention implementation fidelity in schools' natural settings can be challenging. This article reports findings from a study examining the implementation fidelity of check-in check-out interventions at an urban school district…
Descriptors: Intervention, Behavior Modification, Fidelity, Program Implementation
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Smith, Heather Haynes; Crim, Courtney Lambert; Bos, Samantha – Preventing School Failure, 2019
Students with disabilities continue to perform below peers without disabilities in writing. To address the need for improving written expression for students with learning differences, schools are implementing instructional strategies. This study investigated teacher perceptions of a four-year, schoolwide, K-12 implementation of strategic…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Intervention, Learning Disabilities
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Bouck, Emily C.; Cosby, Missy D. – Preventing School Failure, 2019
Response to Intervention (RtI) is a multitiered system of support, designed to improve student learning outcomes and early identification of struggling students. Much attention has been paid to RtI for literacy at the elementary level, but less on RtI for mathematics at the secondary level. The current case study examines one high school's…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, High School Students, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Teachers
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