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Peer reviewedBirman, Karen Linn – Child Development, 1986
Examines videotaped excerpts of treatment sessions from an intervention study to explore the changes occurring during social skills training and their relation to treatment outcome. Children who received social skills training displayed more conversational skills and received more positive peer support than children who were not coached.…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Intervention, Peer Relationship, Preadolescents
Peer reviewedHirsch, Nancy; Myles, Brenda Smith – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 1996
A pica box (containing items safe to chew) was used as an intervention with a 10-year-old autistic girl with pica behaviors in a special education setting. Evaluation using an ABAB design (varying in availability of the pica box) found a decrease in pica attempts when the pica box was available to the student. (DB)
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders, Case Studies
Peer reviewedGrace, Nancy C.; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1994
This study, with an 11-year-old male with severe mental retardation, investigated the effectiveness of selectively implementing punishment for only the most severe topographies of aggression and property destruction, whereas less extreme behaviors were ignored. Results indicated that severe behaviors were reduced to near-zero levels only when both…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Behavioral Science Research
Peer reviewedBain, Alan – Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, 1991
Presents results of a study developing an informal social skills teacher rating scale for use with early adolescents. Reports that the scale includes skill identification and situational analysis. Provides information on identifying and ranking responses and checking a content validity and reliability. Concludes that the matrix can generate…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Rating Scales, Informal Assessment, Interpersonal Competence
Portes P. R.; Dunham, R. M. – 1984
The relation between Bayley Scale and Stanford-Binet measures in preschool and scholastic achievement at pre-adolescence is examined in the context of an early age intervention. The program sought to normalize the socio-cognitive development of disadvantaged 2-year-olds directly and through a training program for mothers. The follow-up includes a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Development, Correlation, Intelligence Quotient
