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Classwide Teacher Implementation of Self-Regulated Strategy Development for Writing with Students with E/BD in a Residential Facility
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Ennis, Robin Parks; Jolivette, Kristine; Terry, Nicole Patton; Fredrick, Laura D.; Alberto, Paul A. – Journal of Behavioral Education, 2015
One promising intervention to support the writing skills of students with and at risk for emotional and behavioral disorders is self-regulated strategy development (SRSD). The purpose of this study was to extend this line of inquiry to a residential setting with teachers serving as interventionists and determine the effects of the SRSD using the…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Writing Instruction, Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Disorders
Designing, Implementing, and Evaluating a Group Therapy for Underserved Populations
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Waltman, Scott H.; Hetrick, Holly; Tasker, Tamara E. – Residential Treatment for Children & Youth, 2012
This article presents the case of a mindfulness-based group therapy that was implemented in a residential treatment facility. The case presented comprised a group of adolescent males with disruptive behavior disorders. The group was designed to be appropriate for the unique demographics of the clients, with the intent to help the clients enhance…
Descriptors: Self Control, Behavior Disorders, Males, Group Therapy
Why Focusing on Control Backfires: A Systems Perspective
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VanderVen, Karen – Reclaiming Children and Youth, 2009
This article attempts to replicate how Fritz Redl and David Wineman might have handled an "unmade bed" situation with the youngsters at Pioneer House, the treatment program in Detroit that was the subject of their classic work, "The Aggressive Child" (1957) which encompassed two books, "Children Who Hate" and…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, Behavioral Sciences, Behavior Disorders, Residential Programs
Training Children with Developmentally Disabilities and Severe Behavior Problems to Use Self-Management Procedures to Sustain Attention to Preacademic/Academic Tasks.
Kapadia, Shireen; Fantuzzo, John W. – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1988
Three children (ages 8, 12, and 14) with developmental disabilities and severe behavior problems were successfully trained to use self-management procedures to sustain attention to preacademic/academic tasks. A prompting ribbon (motorized red/green ribbon) was designed to help the children visually monitor time while increasing sustained…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Behavior Disorders, Developmental Disabilities, Electromechanical Aids
Levels Systems: A Framework for the Individualization of Behavior Management.
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Bauer, Anne M.; And Others – Behavioral Disorders, 1986
The article compares three levels systems (with levels representing stages toward self-management) for elementary, junior and senior high, and residential programs serving behaviorally disordered students. Levels systems offer structure within which various individualized treatments are implemented. A step-by-step procedure for developing a levels…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education
Replacing Coercive Power with Relationship Power
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Boldt, Randal W.; Witzel, Melanie; Russell, Chuck; Jones, Van – Reclaiming Children and Youth: The Journal of Strength-based Interventions, 2007
A long-established agency for troubled children was following a philosophy based on behavioral control and treatment of pathology. As staff examined their beliefs about the process of change, the climate evolved from enforcing behavior control to empowering youth to develop positive strengths. A charter school was created and new behavior…
Descriptors: Pathology, Locus of Control, Charter Schools, Emotional Disturbances