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Higher Education Center for Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Violence Prevention, 2010
According to the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, "abuse of prescription drugs to get high has become increasingly prevalent among teens and young adults. Past year abuse of prescription pain killers now ranks second--only behind marijuana--as the Nation's most prevalent illegal drug problem." Use of prescription drugs without a…
Descriptors: Prevention, Drug Abuse, Narcotics, Psychiatry
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Dipipi, Caroline M.; Jitendra, Asha K.; Miller, Judith A. – Preventing School Failure, 2001
This article describes an intervention with an 18-year-old young woman with mild mental retardation and a seizure disorder, which focused on her repetitive echolalic verbalizations. The intervention included time delay, differential reinforcement of other behaviors, and self-monitoring. Overall, the intervention was successful in facilitating…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Case Studies, Communication Skills, Echolalia