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Stephens, Karen; And Others – Child Care Information Exchange, 1992
Four articles in this special section discuss (1) ideas for making discipline a positive experience for child care staff and children (Karen Stephens); (2) scenarios illustrating the power of adult messages to children (Karen Stephens); (3) classroom environments that facilitate positive discipline (Marjorie K. Kostelnik); and (4) strategies for…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Child Caregivers, Child Development, Day Care Centers
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Ferguson, Elizabeth; Houghton, Stephen – Educational Studies, 1992
Presents study results examining the effectiveness of teacher praise on children's on-task behavior. Describes Canter's Assertive Discipline, its use in Australia, and the basics of a study of the technique. Reports that all teacher subjects increased rates of praising following training, and all but one student improved levels of behavior.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, Discipline
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Ashton, Tamarah M. – Journal of Special Education Technology, 2001
This article describes the DT Trainer, a software tool and behavioral teaching method which breaks down the learning of a task into small steps, giving the student a very high chance of success. Students are motivated to succeed with this program through ample praise statements and other on-screen reinforcers. (Contains three references.) (CR)
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Autism, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education
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Ervin, Ruth A.; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1996
Peers of a socially rejected seventh-grade girl were rewarded for publicly reporting positive aspects of the girl's behavior. Results indicated that positive peer reports reduced negative social interactions to near zero and increased positive interactions to above 70%. In addition, social acceptance ratings of the girl increased from…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Case Studies, Interpersonal Competence, Intervention
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Sailor, Wayne; Freeman, Rachel; Britten, Jody; McCart, Amy; Smith, Christopher; Scott, Terry; Nelson, Mike – Exceptionality, 2000
This article examines impediments to effective dissemination of training in positive behavioral support, such as school discipline policies and the inadequacy of training models. It suggests ways new information technologies can overcome these obstacles and reviews some new approaches using CD-ROM and online instructional methodologies to advance…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Disabilities
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Whelan, Robert; Barnes-Holmes, Dermot – Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 2004
Although the literature on reinforcement in behavioral psychology is extensive, few studies have examined the derived transformation of reinforcing functions in accordance with equivalence classes, and no published research has yet examined the derived transformation of consequential functions in accordance with nonequivalence relations. In the…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Cues, Reinforcement, Psychological Studies
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Joseph, Gail; Strain, Phillip – Young Exceptional Children, 2004
This article provides information for early childhood educators so that they will understand what goes into the task of building positive relationships with children. Having a warm and open relationship with his or her teacher or child care provider is identified as an important protective factor for young children. Empirical evidence for the…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Caregiver Child Relationship, Teacher Student Relationship, Child Caregivers
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Duda, Michelle A.; Utley, Cheryl A. – Multiple Voices for Ethnically Diverse Exceptional Learners, 2005
The authors examine positive behavioral support (PBS) as a behavior management intervention that facilitates the development of appropriate and positive behaviors in culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) children who are at risk for failure in urban schools. One of the major problems facing urban schools today is the abuse and misuse of…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Positive Reinforcement, Student Behavior, At Risk Students
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Nietfeld, John L.; Hunt, Angela A. – Current Issues in Education, 2005
This study investigated the types of interventions that elementary school teachers and pre-service teachers choose to employ when working with students displaying hyperactive behavior. The extent to which beliefs systems, namely entity/incremental theories, showed relationships with the selection of particular types of interventions was also…
Descriptors: Hyperactivity, Attention Deficit Disorders, Elementary School Teachers, Special Needs Students
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Mesa, Juan; Lewis-Palmer, Teri; Reinke, Wendy – Beyond Behavior, 2005
Research has suggested that the use of effective instructional strategies could be increased through direct intervention. One possible intervention is performance feedback, a simple yet effective method of consultation for influencing teacher behavior. Mortenson and Witt (1998) defined performance feedback as "a method of providing…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Educational Strategies, Teacher Behavior, Prosocial Behavior
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Olive, Melissa L. – Beyond Behavior, 2004
Transitions between activities can be difficult for both young children and their teachers. Multiple strategies may be used to decrease the likelihood that children engage in challenging behavior during transitions. This paper will describe strategies teachers may use to decrease or prevent problem behavior during transitions. Particular attention…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Intervention, Preschool Education, Disabilities
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Moore, Barbara C. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2005
Objective: This article selectively reviews evidence-based family and peer interventions for co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorders. Although few researchers have specifically investigated family interventions for dual disorders, considerable empirical evidence exists for the effectiveness of such interventions in treating each of…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Mental Disorders, Drug Abuse, Intervention
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Hewitt, Amy; Langenfeld, Karen – 1995
The fourth in a series of federally supported modules for training paraprofessional school personnel who work with students with disabilities, this module presents principles and techniques of behavior management. Both a facilitator's edition and a student's edition are provided. Chapter 1 introduces the concept of behavior and the role of the…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Curriculum Guides
Wolery, Mark – 1992
Thirteen studies were conducted that focused on whether preschool and elementary school students with mild and moderate disabilities learned target and non-target behaviors when two types of instructional manipulations were made to direct instructional trial sequences. In one type, the related, non-target behaviors were presented during…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Attention Span, Cues, Educational Strategies
Werts, Margaret Gessler; And Others – 1991
Designed to be used by practicing teachers, students who are learning to become teachers, and faculty members who instruct such students, this manual describes an instructional manipulation for teaching children with mild disabilities that increases opportunities for learning through the addition of extra information. The technique described uses…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Efficiency, Elementary Secondary Education, Feedback
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