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Positive Reinforcement and Logical Consequences in the Treatment of Classroom Encopresis.
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Lyon, Mark A. – School Psychology Review, 1984
A child with a diagnosis of mild mental retardation was treated for encopresis. Positive reinforcement procedures for continence and logical consequences for soiling were effective in accomplishing complete continence during the final phase of treatment. An ABCDA design with a decelerating rate of reinforcement was utilized to assess treatment…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Elementary Education, Intervention, Mild Mental Retardation
Training Teachers to Give Effective Commands: Effects on Student Compliance and Academic Behaviors
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Matheson, Andrea Starkweather; Shriver, Mark D. – School Psychology Review, 2005
This study examined the effects of effective command training with teachers on students' compliance rates and academic engagement. Three target students were selected who were exhibiting compliance rates substantially below peers. The students' teachers were taught how to provide effective commands. Results indicated that students' rates of…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Compliance (Psychology), Classroom Techniques, Student Participation