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Reducing Absences and Tardiness in a Junior Secondary Special Education Classroom: The SCOPE Program.
Hargreaves, N. E.; McLaughlin, T. F. – B. C. Journal of Special Education, 1981
The effect of a reinforcement program on the rate of attendance and tardiness was examined in an ABAC design across four male special education junior high students enrolled in a class for behavior and attendance problems. (Author)
Descriptors: Attendance, Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems
Using Free-Time to Reduce Verbal and Behavioral Interruptions in a High School Residential Classroom Setting.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Mahoney, Dan; McLaughlin, T. F. – Child and Family Behavior Therapy, 1988
Studies the effectiveness of a free-time contingency on reducing the frequency of interruptions of 28 students in a residential treatment center high class room. Implications of the findings are discussed in terms of implementation, use of peers for data collection and impact on the target behaviors. (FMW)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Change Strategies
Token Reinforcement: Effects for Reducing Tardiness with a Socially Disadvantaged Adolescent Student.
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Inkster, J. A.; McLaughlin, T. F. – B.C. Journal of Special Education, 1993
A token reinforcement program with microcomputer free time as the reinforcer was implemented to decrease the tardiness of a middle school economically disadvantaged student. The microcomputer time was a very effective reinforcer; school personnel reported improved school attendance and a decrease in administrative discipline related to tardiness;…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Case Studies