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Direct linkJensen, Peter S.; Arnold, L. Eugene; Swanson, James M.; Vitiello, Benedetto; Abikoff, Howard B.; Greenhill, Laurence L.; Hechtman, Lily; Hinshaw, Stephen P.; Pelham, William E.; Wells, Karen C.; Conners, C. Keith; Elliott, Glen R.; Epstein, Jeffery N.; Hoza, Betsy; March, John S.; Molina, Brooke S. G.; Newcorn, Jeffrey H.; Severe, Joanne B.; Wigal, Timothy; Gibbons, Robert D.; Hur, Kwan – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2007
Objective: In the intent-to-treat analysis of the Multimodal Treatment Study of Children With ADHD (MTA), the effects of medication management (MedMgt), behavior therapy (Beh), their combination (Comb), and usual community care (CC) differed at 14 and 24 months due to superiority of treatments that used the MTA medication algorithm (Comb+MedMgt)…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Behavior Modification, Psychopathology, Therapy
Download full textShapiro, Edward S.; Klein, Roger D. – 1978
The study examined the effectiveness of teaching self-management of classroom on-task behavior to four mentally retarded/emotionally disturbed children (6-9 years old). Also explored were the effects of procedures on disruptive behavior, task performance, and task accuracy. Following baseline, a standard token program was instituted. After…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Children, Emotional Disturbances
Peer reviewedMorgan, Sharon R. – The Journal of Humanistic Education and Development, 1983
Compared two models for developing empathy in 96 emotionally disturbed children. Three areas were examined: help-giving behavior, self control, and responsibility. Behavior observation revealed that children in classrooms operating under the Humanistic/Psychoeducational Model were significantly more empathic than those in Behavioral/Learning Model…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Children, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education
Sterba, Michael; Davis, Jerry – 1999
The goal of this book is to provide caregivers with interventions, treatment options, and treatment plans for teaching aggressive youth how to replace unhealthy, anti-social, and destructive behaviors with healthy, socially acceptable, and safe behaviors. The first part of the book defines what aggression is and introduces and discusses two…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Modification, Caregivers, Children
Peer reviewedKendall, Philip C.; Braswell, Lauren – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1982
Compared the effects of cognitive-behavioral treatment, behavioral treatment or an attention-control condition on 27 non-self-controlled children. The cognitive-behavioral intervention improved teachers' ratings of self-control and children's self-reported self-concept. Off-task verbal and physical behaviors suggested treatment efficacy.…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Children, Counseling Effectiveness
Munro, John K. – Australian Journal of Mental Retardation, 1979
Parents were taught to use developmental checklists to observe their child's behavior and provide a basis for realistic goal setting. Parents were also taught behavior analysis techniques to apply to home learning situations. (Author/PHR)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Patterns, Children, Contingency Management
Cappon, Daniel – School Guidance Worker, 1980
Excessive "too-goodness" in a child can lead to obsessive neuroses which result in compulsions or ruminations. The only effective treatment is early prevention, culturally, socially, and behaviorally. Children must understand that all excesses are bad. Being bad is sometimes good. Being too good can be unhealthy. (Author/BEF)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Behavior Theories, Child Development
Peer reviewedKendall, Philip C.; Wilcox, Lance E. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1980
Findings support the effectiveness of an integration of cognitive and behavioral procedures for developing self-control in children and suggest the relative superiority of the conceptual approach to cognitive-behavioral treatment. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Children, Cognitive Development
Peer reviewedLavin, Paul – School Counselor, 1997
Outlines a checklist that provides immediate, specific information on the Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder child's behavior and academic performance. Lists objectives of the checklist, its content, and the ways in which the checklist is to be used. Claims that the checklist fosters teachers', parents', and children's cooperation. (RJM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Modification
Peer reviewedStricker, Jason M.; Miltenberger, Raymond G.; Garlinghouse, Matthew; Tulloch, Heather E. – Education and Treatment of Children, 2003
This article describes use of the Awareness Enhancement Device with a typically developing 6-year-old child to reduce finger sucking despite the child's lack of motivation. This device delivers a tone contingent on occurrence of the target behavior. Substantial reductions in finger sucking resulted only with the addition of a more intense tone (90…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Case Studies, Children
A Children's Self-Management System for Reducing Homework-Related Problems: Parent Efficacy Ratings.
Peer reviewedCarrington, Patricia; And Others – Child & Family Behavior Therapy, 1997
Provides empirical validation for a behavioral self-management technique to improve homework-related behavior. Elementary and junior high school students (N=42) learned the technique through audiocassettes and written material and mechanical aids. Results indicate that the technique may help children assume responsibility for their independent…
Descriptors: Adolescent Behavior, Adolescents, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems
Peer reviewedSprague, Jeffrey; And Others – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1997
Three analyses were conducted to assess the effects of different consequent stimuli on the stereotypical and self-injurious behavior of two children with severe developmental disabilities and dual sensory impairments. Contingent presentation of the specially selected stimuli plus response interruption resulted in more suppression than contingent…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Children, Developmental Disabilities
Bullock, Lyndal M.; Fitzsimmons-Lovett, Ann – Reaching Today's Youth: The Community Circle of Caring Journal, 1996
Presents a module for training educators, youth professionals, and parents in ways to help youth whose behavior interferes with their personal ability or the ability of others to make progress academically. Explores ways to understand student behavior, the risk factors, and the protective factors associated with challenging behaviors. (RJM)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Children
Peer reviewedAjibola, Olatunji; Clement, Paul W. – Behavior Modification, 1995
Six boys, aged 9 to 12, attended a tutoring class focusing on reading for 30 minutes each morning. Six, 10-day treatment periods were imposed that used various combinations of drug placebo, noncontingent reinforcers, 0.3 mg/kg methylphenidate, 0.7 mg/kg methylphenidate, and self-reinforcement. The combined effects of methylphenidate and…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Modification, Children, Drug Therapy
Peer reviewedVan Houten, Ron – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1993
This study effectively eliminated face-slapping behavior in a 10-year-old boy with severe developmental disability and autistic characteristics. The subject wore wrist weights for up to 30 minutes each day. Face slapping did not occur during a follow-up check conducted five months after study completion. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Case Studies
