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Haight, Courtney M.; Chapman, Gillian V.; Hendron, Marisa; Loftis, Rachel; Kearney, Christopher A. – Psychology in the Schools, 2014
Many schools are faced with the prospect of soaring absenteeism rates, despite the use of traditional truancy courts and other legal interventions. A recent trend in the literature has been to explore alternative, hybrid, and multidisciplinary approaches to address the underlying obstacles to school attendance. These programs are often integrated…
Descriptors: Truancy, At Risk Students, Middle School Students, Program Evaluation
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Hoff, Kathryn E.; Ervin, Ruth A. – Psychology in the Schools, 2013
Notwithstanding the wealth of research that documents the effectiveness of self-management programs in the classroom, few investigations have explored classwide use of self-management procedures as a universal intervention. To extend existing research in this area, we examined the effectiveness of a classwide self-management intervention for…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Self Management, Intervention, Grade 2
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Stoiber, Karen Callan; Gettinger, Maribeth – Psychology in the Schools, 2011
The purpose of this study was to conduct an experimental analysis of teachers' use of functional assessment (FA) and positive behavior support (PBS) for addressing challenging behaviors in young children. A group of 35 experimental teachers participated in professional development designed to provide step-by-step training and guided implementation…
Descriptors: Intervention, Self Efficacy, Behavior Disorders, Functional Behavioral Assessment