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Kern, Laura; George, Heather Peshak; Evanovich, Lauren L.; Martinez, Stephanie – Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2019
The Supreme Court case of "Endrew F. v. Douglas County District RE"-1 (2017) has renewed interest in the Free and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) mandate of the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA). The court's ruling expands the term "appropriate" to a consideration of progress for academics and behavior. This shift…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Legislation, Equal Education, Federal Legislation
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Smith-Fontenot, Martha; Siegel, Wendy Lowe – Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2007
The authors utilized Applied Behavior Analysis to examine the effects of using tokens with response cost (the Checkbook Management System) on decreasing the inappropriate speaking-out behaviors of a 14-year-old special education student. After functional behavior analysis indicated that the most likely function of the behavior was attention…
Descriptors: Token Economy, Special Education, Early Adolescents, Functional Behavioral Assessment