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Primary and Secondary Prevention of Behavior Difficulties: Developing a Data-Informed Problem-Solving Model to Guide Decision Making at a School-Wide Level
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Ervin, Ruth A.; Schaughency, Elizabeth; Matthews, Amy; Goodman, Steven D.; McGlinchey, Margaret T. – Psychology in the Schools, 2007
This article focuses on the development and implementation of primary and secondary behavior supports at a schoolwide level. The approach described is consistent with previous efforts to address behavior at a systems level (e.g., G. Sugai, R.H. Horner, & F.M. Gresham, 2002). In this article, we illustrate this process through a school-based…
Descriptors: Discipline, Discipline Problems, Educational Change, Behavior Problems
Maintenance of Discipline Through Increasing Children's Span of Attending by Means of a Token Economy
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Wagner, Rudolph F.; Guyer, Barbara P. – Psychology in the Schools, 1971
Findings suggest that conditioning a student's attending behavior to a given task seems to affect general adjustment behavior positively and thus decreases disciplinary problems in school. However, it does not seem to have an influence on performance. (Author)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Problems, Classroom Environment, Discipline Problems
Leviton is Wrong on the Use of Corporal Punishment
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Bongiovanni, Anthony, F.; And Others – Psychology in the Schools, 1978
A recent article by Leviton develops a taxonomy for individualized school discipline including use of corporal punishment with conduct-disordered pupils. Research shows corporal punishment does have a negative effect on some types of behavior-disordered children, but it may not be wholly inappropriate for all types of misbehavior. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Corporal Punishment, Discipline, Discipline Problems