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Direct linkBierman, Karen L. – New Directions for Evaluation, 2006
Prevention science is moving from a narrow emphasis on cataloging success to a broader research agenda that takes aim at the difficult gap between research-based efficacy and community-based effectiveness. This article analyzes the preceding articles in this volume which demonstrate "lessons learned" from youth violence prevention programs that…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Evaluation Research, Violence, Models
Ciccomascolo, Lori; Riebe, Deborah – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (JOPERD), 2006
Despite the positive long-term physiological and psychological effects of exercise, many young adults between the ages of 12 and 21 years do not participate in regular physical activity. With the time constraints and other challenges in teaching and assessing students, physical educators need realistic strategies that will help in their efforts to…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Activities, Health Behavior, Behavior Modification
Petry, Nancy M.; Ammerman, Yola; Bohl, Jaime; Doersch, Anne; Gay, Heather; Kadden, Ronald; Molina, Cheryl; Steinberg, Karen – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2006
Few studies have evaluated efficacy of psychotherapies for pathological gambling. Pathological gamblers (N = 231) were randomly assigned to (a) referral to Gamblers Anonymous (GA), (b) GA referral plus a cognitive-behavioral (CB) workbook, or (c) GA referral plus 8 sessions of individual CB therapy. Gambling and related problems were assessed…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Cognitive Restructuring, Psychotherapy, Followup Studies
Harding, Jay; Wacker, David P.; Berg, Wendy K.; Barretto, Anjali; Ringdahl, Joel – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 2005
We evaluated the influence of child location on the occurrence of self-injurious behavior (SIB) during functional analyses conducted in home settings. An initial functional analysis conducted with 2 children who had developmental disabilities showed undifferentiated patterns of SIB. Analyses of behavior during free play suggested that the child's…
Descriptors: Play, Developmental Disabilities, Self Destructive Behavior, Behavior Modification
Smith, Shannon L.; Ward, Phillip – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2006
Using a multitreatment withdrawal design, this study evaluated the differential effects of publicly posted plus verbal feedback, goal setting plus verbal feedback, and publicly posted feedback, verbal feedback, and goal setting together on the performance of 3 collegiate football players in practice scrimmages. Also assessed was whether the…
Descriptors: Team Sports, Feedback, Behavior Modification, Intervention
Download full textLane, Kathleen Lynne; Thompson, Ada; Reske, Cara L.; Gable, Lauren M.; Barton-Arwood, Sally – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2006
This study examined the outcomes of a competing activities intervention to decrease skin picking exhibited by a 9-year-old student with comorbid diagnoses. Results of an ABCBAB design revealed that the use of student-selected manipulatives resulted in reduced skin picking. (Contains 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Multiple Disabilities, Hyperactivity, Individual Characteristics
Koegel, Robert L.; Openden, Daniel; Koegel, Lynn Kern – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities (RPSD), 2004
Many children with autism display reactions to auditory stimuli that seem as if the stimuli were painful or otherwise extremely aversive. This article describes, within the contexts of three experimental designs, how procedures of systematic desensitization can be used to treat hypersensitivity to auditory stimuli in three young children with…
Descriptors: Desensitization, Auditory Stimuli, Autism, Allergy
Reilly, Mark P.; Greenwald, Mark K.; Johanson, Chris-Ellyn – Psychological Record, 2006
The Stoplight Task, a procedure involving a computer analog of a stoplight, was evaluated for assessing risk taking in humans. Seventeen participants earned points later exchangeable for money by completing a response requirement before the red light appeared on a simulated traffic light. The green light signaled to start responding; it changed to…
Descriptors: Probability, Personality Assessment, Personality Traits, At Risk Persons
Atici, Meral – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2007
The purpose of this study is to identify student teachers' perceptions of classroom management and methods for dealing with misbehaviour. In-depth interviews with nine student teachers at Cukurova University (CU) in Turkey have been conducted twice, prior to and at the end of their teaching practice. Instructional management, behaviour management,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Child Psychology, Student Teachers
Handler, Marcie W.; Rey, Jannette; Connell, James; Thier, Kimberly; Feinberg, Adam; Putnam, Robert – Psychology in the Schools, 2007
School-wide positive behavior support (SWPBS) has been identified as an effective and efficient method to teach students prosocial skills. It requires both effective behavior support practices and systems that will support these changes, including data-based decision making among the school leadership team. There are many practical and systemic…
Descriptors: School Personnel, Instructional Leadership, Urban Schools, Behavior Modification
Jensen, 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
Landa, Rebecca – Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews, 2007
Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder defined by impairments in social and communication development, accompanied by stereotyped patterns of behavior and interest. The focus of this paper is on the early development of communication in autism, and early intervention for impairments in communication associated with this disorder. An overview of…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Autism, Communication Skills, Interpersonal Communication
Keeling, Jenny A.; Rose, John L.; Beech, Anthony R. – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2007
Background: This paper investigates the efficacy of a treatment program for sexual offenders with special needs in comparison to treatment outcomes for mainstream sexual offenders. Follow-up data is also presented for the group of offenders with special needs. Method: Participants from the two groups were matched on four variables (risk category,…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Sexual Abuse, Criminals, Outcomes of Treatment
Ertesvag, Sigrun K.; Vaaland, Grete Sorensen – Educational Psychology, 2007
Disobedient pupils, off-task behaviour, and bullying are common problems in schools in many countries; they interfere with teaching, create an unsafe learning environment, and challenge the staff. Effective programs involving entire schools to prevent and reduce such problems have already been designed and implemented. However, most interventions…
Descriptors: Intervention, Foreign Countries, Students, Prevention
Turton, Amina M.; Umbreit, John; Liaupsin, Carl J.; Bartley, Judith – Behavioral Disorders, 2007
Saida, a 16-year-old girl in Bermuda, attended a special alternative high school program for students with serious behavior problems. She had been receiving special education for her behavioral problems since the age of 5. Saida regularly used profanity in response to teacher directives, particularly in social studies class. A functional…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Behavior Problems, Behavior Modification, Functional Behavioral Assessment
