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Discipline in the Urban Middle School: A Rehabilitative Process
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Moyer, David H. – NASSP Bulletin, 1978
Discipline in the urban middle school is a rehabilitative process requiring accurate adult perception of the kinds of behavior problems which interfere with student achievement. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Discipline Problems, Elementary Secondary Education
Positive Behavioral Support for Students with Severe Disabilities: An Emerging Multicomponent Approach for Addressing Challenging Behaviors.
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Bambara, Linda M.; And Others – School Psychology Review, 1994
Introduces conceptual framework for developing positive, nonaversive, behavioral support plans for students with severe disabilities. Notes that framework is comprised of multiple components (alternative skill training, antecedent interventions, lifestyle planning) and offers comprehensive, proactive approach to reduction and prevention of…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Change Strategies, Disabilities
Using a Checksheet with Misbehaviors in School: Parent Involvement.
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Gaushell, W. Harper; Lawson, David M. – School Counselor, 1989
Describes behavioral checksheet as both a checklist of student behaviors that provides information to parents concerning their child's inappropriate school behavior and a means for directly involving the parents in the change process. Discusses the use of behavioral checksheets within the family context, lists specific uses of behavioral…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Check Lists, Counseling Techniques
Implementation of a Peer Tutoring Program.
Hayes, Rosemary A. – 1978
A peer tutoring program was implemented in a nongraded innercity school in an effort to decrease discipline problems--specifically fighting--and to increase the reading comprehension of both tutors and tutees. The target group consisted of 25 intermediate and junior high school students who tutored 25 intermediate and primary school students. The…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Cross Age Teaching, Discipline Problems
A Time-paying Program for Disruptive Classes.
Hiebert, Bryan; Carlyle, Steve – School Guidance Worker, 1982
Describes a class contingency management program designed to increase class on-task behavior and cooperation while decreasing class disruptiveness, peer denigration, complaining, and interference with teacher instruction. Results indicated the program accomplished immediate and rapid increases in disruption-free instructional time. (RC)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques
Means to Overcome the Anxieties of Second Language Learners.
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McCoy, Ingeborg R. – Foreign Language Annals, 1979
Behavior modification techniques that can be used to overcome fears and anxieties of students and to further achievement in second language learning are discussed. The following techniques are covered: systematic desensitization, cognitive restructuring, and modeling and guided participation. (SW)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Behavior Change, Cognitive Objectives, Desensitization
Skillstreaming the Elementary School Child: A Guide for Teaching Prosocial Skills.
McGinnis, Ellen; And Others – 1984
Educators, particularly those in special education, are recognizing the importance of providing students with instruction in problem-reducing and problem-avoiding prosocial and affective skills. This book presents a prosocial skills approach designed for use with handicapped and non-handicapped elementary school students. The teaching of positive…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Change Strategies