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Aderka, Idan M.; Nickerson, Angela; Boe, Hans Jakob; Hofmann, Stefan G. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2012
Objective: The present study quantitatively reviewed the literature on sudden gains in psychological treatments for anxiety and depression. The authors examined the short- and long-term effects of sudden gains on treatment outcome as well as moderators of these effects. Method: The authors conducted a literature search using PubMed, PsycINFO, the…
Descriptors: Anxiety Disorders, Psychology, Depression (Psychology), Anxiety
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van Rooij, Antonius J.; Zinn, Mieke F.; Schoenmakers, Tim M.; van de Mheen, Dike – International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 2012
In 2009, one of the major Dutch addiction care organizations initiated a pilot program to explore the possibility of using an existing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Motivational Interviewing based treatment program ("Lifestyle Training") to treat internet addiction. The current study evaluates this pilot treatment program by providing…
Descriptors: Leisure Time, Pilot Projects, Cognitive Restructuring, Interviews
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Palmen, Annemiek; Didden, Robert – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2012
This study evaluated the effectiveness of a behavioral skills training package on task engagement in six young adults with high-functioning ASD who worked in a regular job-training setting. Experimental sessions were implemented in a small-group training format in a therapy room using unknown tasks. Data were collected on participant's off-task…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Intervention, Autism, Young Adults
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Kennedy, Michael J.; Thomas, Cathy Newman – Exceptionality, 2012
A critical issue facing the field of education is the need to improve teachers' preparation to effectively manage student behavior in the classroom. Many pre- and in-service teachers receive exposure to evidence-based behavioral interventions, such as schoolwide positive behavioral interventions and supports, during teacher preparation programs;…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Preservice Teachers, Instructional Design, Student Behavior
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Kalberg, Jemma Robertson; Lane, Kathleen; Lambert, Warren – Remedial and Special Education, 2012
This article provides a methodological illustration of how to conduct randomized controls trials (RCT) for secondary levels of prevention within the context of three-tiered models of support. First, the authors demonstrate one method of using school-wide data to identify middle school students (N = 45) who were struggling in academic and…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Investigations, Antisocial Behavior, Prevention
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Morningstar, Mary E.; Shogren, Karrie A.; Lee, Hyunjoo; Born, Kiara – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2015
This descriptive study examined observational data collected in inclusive classrooms from six schools that were operating schoolwide inclusive policies and practices. Illustrative evidence of classroom practices supporting learning and participation of all students, including students with significant disabilities, adds to an understanding of…
Descriptors: Observation, Inclusion, Regular and Special Education Relationship, School Policy
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Terzian, Mary A.; Li, Jilan; Fraser, Mark W.; Day, Steven H.; Rose, Roderick A. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2015
This article describes the findings from an efficacy trial of a school-based, universal prevention program designed to reduce aggressive behavior of by strengthening emotion regulation and social information-processing (SIP) skills. Three cohorts of third graders (N = 479) participated in this study. The first cohort participated in the Making…
Descriptors: Aggression, Student Behavior, Behavior Problems, Behavior Modification
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Kontu, Elina K.; Pirttimaa, Raija A. – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2010
Ten years ago children diagnosed as having severe/profound intellectual disabilities were allowed to attend and study in Finnish comprehensive schools. The nationwide intensive developmental work for creating a curriculum for this group of students began earlier, in the 1980s. The aim of this study was to discover what types of models of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Curriculum, Severe Mental Retardation
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Langberg, Joshua M.; Arnold, L. Eugene; Flowers, Amanda M.; Epstein, Jeffery N.; Altaye, Mekibib; Hinshaw, Stephen P.; Swanson, James M.; Kotkin, Ronald; Simpson, Stephen; Molina, Brooke S. G.; Jensen, Peter S.; Abikoff, Howard; Pelham, William E., Jr.; Vitiello, Benedetto; Wells, Karen C.; Hechtman, Lily – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2010
Parent-report of child homework problems was examined as a treatment outcome variable in the MTA-Multimodal Treatment Study of Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Five hundred seventy-nine children ages 7.0 to 9.9 were randomly assigned to either medication management, behavioral treatment, combination treatment, or…
Descriptors: Parents, Homework, Problems, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Lattal, Kennon A. – Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 2010
The experimental analysis of delay of reinforcement is considered from the perspective of three questions that seem basic not only to understanding delay of reinforcement but also, by implication, the contributions of temporal relations between events to operant behavior. The first question is whether effects of the temporal relation between…
Descriptors: Reinforcement, Operant Conditioning, Delay of Gratification, Experimental Psychology
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Martens, Brian K.; Gertz, Lynne E.; Werder, Candace Susan de Lacy; Rymanowski, Jennifer L. – Journal of Behavioral Education, 2010
We compared the results of a contingency space analysis (CSA) of behavior-consequence recordings to the results of functional analysis (FA) test conditions involving antecedent stimuli and verbal statements that both differed from and mimicked those in the natural environment. Three preschool children with autism spectrum disorder participated.…
Descriptors: Autism, Preschool Children, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Comparative Analysis
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Romanowich, Paul; Lamb, R. J. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2010
Contingent incentives can reduce substance abuse. Escalating payment schedules, which begin with a small incentive magnitude and progressively increase with meeting the contingency, increase smoking abstinence. Likewise, descending payment schedules can increase cocaine abstinence. The current experiment enrolled smokers without plans to quit in…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Smoking, Incentives, Outcomes of Treatment
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Capaldi, E. J.; Martins, Ana P. G. – Learning and Motivation, 2010
A theory devised initially on the basis of instrumental reward schedule data, such as the PREE, was extended to deal with various Pavlovian findings. These Pavlovian findings include blocking, unblocking, relative validity, positive and negative patterning, renewal, reinstatement, reacquisition, and inhibition. In addition, the sequential model…
Descriptors: Classical Conditioning, Memory, Reinforcement, Behavior Modification
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Nicastro, Rosetta; Jermann, Francoise; Bondolfi, Guido; McQuillan, Annabel – Assessment, 2010
This article explores mindfulness skills in community and borderline personality disorder (BPD) samples. Study 1 includes 173 community volunteers and explores the psychometric properties of the French version of the Kentucky Inventory of Mindfulness Skills (KIMS). Study 2 explores the KIMS factor structure in 130 BPD patients and compares KIMS…
Descriptors: Personality Problems, Behavior Modification, Factor Structure, Personality
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Braam, W.; Didden, R.; Maas, A. P. H. M.; Korzilius, H.; Smits, M. G.; Curfs, L. M. G. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2010
Background: Persons with intellectual disability (ID) and sleep problems exhibit more daytime challenging behaviours than persons with ID without sleep problems. Several anecdotal reports suggest that melatonin is not only effective in the treatment of insomnia, but also decreases daytime challenging behaviour. However, the effect of melatonin…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Sleep, Drug Therapy, Comparative Analysis
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