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Direct linkHandler, 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
Hinyard, Leslie J.; Kreuter, Matthew W. – Health Education & Behavior, 2007
Narrative is the basic mode of human interaction and a fundamental way of acquiring knowledge. In the rapidly growing field of health communication, narrative approaches are emerging as a promising set of tools for motivating and supporting health-behavior change. This article defines narrative communication and describes the rationale for using…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Health Behavior, Behavior Modification, Interaction
Allday, R. Allan; Pakurar, Kerri – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2007
A multiple baseline design across participants was used to determine how teacher greetings affected on-task behavior of 3 middle school students with problem behaviors. Momentary time sampling was used to measure on-task behavior during the first 10 min of class. Teacher greetings produced increases in students' on-task behavior from a mean of 45%…
Descriptors: Time on Task, Teacher Student Relationship, Middle School Students, Middle School Teachers
Mitchell, Murray – Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2007
A major goal for most quality physical education programs is to provide sufficient education and motivation for students to choose to live physically active lifestyles. This article clarifies what a "physically active lifestyle" really means both now to school-aged students, and in the future, as these students become adults.…
Descriptors: Physical Education, National Standards, Case Studies, Physical Fitness
Wignall, Ann – Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 2006
Depression and externalising behaviour disorders frequently occur together in adolescence and are associated with a marked increase in symptom severity and poorer outcome. Clinical treatment research and early intervention programs for depression have not addressed the specific cognitive and interpersonal deficits associated with comorbidity. This…
Descriptors: Cognitive Restructuring, Behavior Modification, Early Intervention, Adolescents
Scholte, E. M.; van der Ploeg, J. D. – Journal of Adolescence, 2006
The development of adolescents with severe behavioural problems receiving residential treatment in Holland was empirically studied during 1 year. Treatment methods included a standard program comprising behavioural modification and three specific treatment programs: psychodynamic treatment, structured community living and adventurous learning. The…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Foreign Countries, Behavior Modification
Milling, Leonard S.; Reardon, John M.; Carosella, Gina M. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2006
The mediator role of response expectancies and the moderator role of hypnotic suggestibility were evaluated in the analogue treatment of pain. Approximately 1,000 participants were assessed for hypnotic suggestibility. Later, as part of a seemingly unrelated experiment, 188 of these individuals were randomly assigned to distraction,…
Descriptors: Pain, Expectation, Responses, Narcotics
Scarpaci, Richard T. – Kappa Delta Pi Record, 2006
Some people view bullying as a normal aspect of childhood; teachers who prevent bullying know that this is not true. Bullying is a deliberate act that hurts young victims, both emotionally and physically. Aside from the victims, bullying affects people around them by distracting, intimidating, and upsetting them. Basically, bullying in the…
Descriptors: Bullying, Prevention, Antisocial Behavior, Peer Relationship
Bauman, Sheri; Kopp, T. Gregory – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 2006
Cognitive-behavioral and relapse prevention models are currently the treatments of choice among sex offender treatment providers. This article recommends integrating humanistic principles within treatment programs in order to maximize the power of group psychotherapy. Humanistic treatment processes and therapist characteristics that improve…
Descriptors: Psychotherapy, Group Therapy, Sexual Abuse, Humanism
Introducing Multidimensional Item Response Modeling in Health Behavior and Health Education Research
Allen, Diane D.; Wilson, Mark – Health Education Research, 2006
When measuring participant-reported attitudes and outcomes in the behavioral sciences, there are many instances when the common measurement assumption of unidimensionality does not hold. In these cases, the application of a multidimensional measurement model is both technically appropriate and potentially advantageous in substance. In this paper,…
Descriptors: Health Education, Health Behavior, Behavior Modification, Behavior Change
