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Blair, Bryan J.; Weiss, Julie S.; Ahearn, William H. – Education and Treatment of Children, 2018
Few published studies have systematically compared the efficacy of different prompt-fading methods in the training of complex response chains. The current study systematically compared a most-to-least physical prompt fading hierarchy with a most-to-least vocal prompt fading strategy in the training of four arbitrary Tinkertoy® construction tasks…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Comparative Analysis, Prompting, Training Methods
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Swain-Bradway, Jessica; Swoszowski, Nicole Cain; Boden, Lauren J.; Sprague, Jeffrey R. – Education and Treatment of Children, 2013
The positive behavior interventions and supports (PBIS) framework is currently implemented in over 18,000 schools in the United States. Schools implementing PBIS with fidelity report school level benefits including decreases in problem behavior, increases in academic engaged time, and improved perceptions of school safety. While potential benefits…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Student Behavior, Intervention, Program Implementation
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Woolsey, M. Lynn; Harrison, Tina J.; Gardner, Ralph, III – Education and Treatment of Children, 2004
Using an ecobehavioral assessment tool, Mainstream Code for Instructional Structure and Student Academic Response (MS-CISSAR), this preliminary descriptive study examined the instructional arrangements, teaching behaviors, and levels of academic responding of nine deaf middle school students in three school settings that represented the continuum…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Residential Schools, Public Schools, Behavior Disorders
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Gagnon, Joseph C.; Leone, Peter E. – Education and Treatment of Children, 2006
This national study describes students, teachers, and principals in elementary day treatment and residential schools for students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD). A survey was mailed to a random sample of 480 teachers and principals from elementary-level public and private, day treatment and residential schools. A total of 271…
Descriptors: Residential Schools, Principals, Foster Care, Behavior Disorders
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Muscott, Howard S. – Education and Treatment of Children, 1996
Special education teachers (n=108) were assessed to determine whether standards for acceptable student behavior differed as a function of either placement or instructional level of schooling. Differences were found only at the elementary level, where teachers in less restrictive placements (such as resource rooms) expressed more rigorous…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Classroom Environment, Delivery Systems, Discipline
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Muscott, Howard S. – Education and Treatment of Children, 1997
A study compared the characteristics of 473 students with emotional/behavioral disabilities in four sequential special education placements (resource rooms, special classes, special schools, and residential schools). Results found that secondary students in resource rooms exhibited more maladaptive behavior than younger resource room students, and…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Disorders, Elementary School Students