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Swell, Lila – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 1992
Educating for Success, an instructional program designed to enhance college student self-esteem through analysis of personal successes and strengths, values identification, conflict management, and positive reinforcement was validated with 394 first-year college students in experimental and control groups. Results showed significant improvement of…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Conflict Resolution, Higher Education, Positive Reinforcement
Dorell, Larry D. – School Library Journal, 1992
Discussion of the dangers of labeling people focuses on the successful experience of a school media director who enlisted a student from the behavioral disorder classroom as a library assistant. Concludes that special service students can provide valuable help in the library while gaining experience that enhances their self-esteem. (NRP)
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Elementary Secondary Education, High Risk Students, Labeling (of Persons)

Metzler, Carol W.; Biglan, Anthony; Rusby, Julie C.; Sprague, Jeffrey R. – Education and Treatment of Children, 2001
A study evaluated a consultative approach to assisting a middle school (n=617 students) in implementing empirically based school-wide behavior management practices. The effective behavior support program resulted in increased positive reinforcement for appropriate social behavior and decreased aggressive social behavior among students. Discipline…
Descriptors: Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification

Turnbull, Ann; Edmonson, Hank; Griggs, Peter; Wickham, Donna; Sailor, Wayne; Freeman, Rachel; Guess, Doug; Lassen, Steve; McCart, Amy; Park, Jiyeon; Riffel, Laura; Turnbull, Rud; Warren, Jared – Exceptional Children, 2002
This article provides a case study (an eighth-grader with autism) within a case study (an urban middle school) in terms of the implementation of positive behavioral support (PBS). Information is provided on the characteristics of three key components of schoolwide PBS, universal support, group support, and individual support. (Contains…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Case Studies

McKinney, Sueanne E.; Campbell-Whately, Gloria D.; Kea, Cathy D. – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2005
Managing student behavior can be one of the greatest concerns and a laborious enterprise for prospective teachers in urban schools. Urban teachers must respond to the needs of their students by creating culturally responsive classrooms that spotlight a variety of instructional practices, methodologies, and behavioral interventions in an effort to…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Behavior Problems, Urban Teaching, Classroom Techniques
Lampi, Andrea R.; Fenty, Nicole S.; Beaunae, Cathrine – Beyond Behavior, 2005
The educational trend toward including students with disabilities in classrooms has been on the rise over the last 30 years. Supporters of inclusion state many expected benefits of inclusion such as: (a) a reduction in the negative feelings toward labeling; (b) an increase in friendships between disabled and nondisabled students; and (c) the…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Proximity, Behavior Problems, Student Behavior
Freeman, Rachel; Smith, Christopher; Zarcone, Jennifer; Kimbrough, Pat; Tieghi-Benet, Marie; Wickham, Donna; Reese, Matt; Hine, Katie; Koegel, Robert L., Ed. – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2005
Staff development efforts are being designed to have a greater impact on the systems in which professionals work to increase the likelihood that individual positive behavior support (PBS) plans will be effective. Statewide efforts aimed at embedding PBS into developmental disability organizations and other agencies must include longitudinal…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Developmental Disabilities, Systems Approach, Instructional Materials
Buschbacher, Pamelazita; Fox, Lise; Clarke, Shelley – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities (RPSD), 2004
Children with complex disabilities such as autism spectrum disorders and Landau Kleffner syndrome often lack means to participate in everyday family routines. Serious problem behaviors may result from their challenges in responding to and initiating communicative interactions. These behaviors can change routine family activities such that the…
Descriptors: Intervention, Siblings, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Functional Behavioral Assessment
Underwood, Lee A.; von Dresner, Kara Sandor; Phillips, Annie L. – International Journal of Behavioral Consultation and Therapy, 2006
A significant challenge facing the juvenile justice system is the task of transitioning and reintegrating juveniles from youth corrections facilities back into the community. This challenge, in part, is related to determining whether the referred community programs are effective. This article summarizes the literature on the effectiveness of…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Juvenile Justice, Rehabilitation, Transitional Programs
Hendricks, Avila D.; Caplow, Julie A. – 1998
This study examined the perceptions of African American faculty on their socialization to the academic professional culture, and is based on the premise that the process of such socialization is circumscribed by the organizational culture. Taking a qualitative research approach, the study used a three-part interview process. The focus of the first…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Black Teachers, College Environment, College Faculty
May-Campbell, Christine – 1991
This practicum was designed and implemented to increase the homework completion rate of sixth graders in English classes. Objectives were formulated to reflect a statistical increase in homework completion rate by means of calculation and analysis of a computerized gradebook. A review of the literature revealed several viable strategies to…
Descriptors: Assignments, Elementary School Students, English Instruction, Feedback

Pattavina, Paul – 1981
Specific generic affective competencies are those skills, knowledge, and attitudes which are important for a teacher's successful dealing with affective domain behaviors of exceptional students. These skills are used for teaching new behavior, establishing relationships, and setting behavioral limits. Affective competencies are related to student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Behavior, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques
Diaz-Lefebvre, Rene – 1989
Several factors are related to adult students' completion or noncompletion of reading assignments before class--lack of study time, their motivation for taking college classes, their need to feel involved in the learning process, and their expectations for success in the classroom. One of the biggest fears of adults returning to a school…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Feedback, Goal Orientation
Guess, Doug; And Others – 1982
Three studies that applied quantitative procedures to measure motor and sensory/motor acquisition among handicapped and nonhandicapped infants and children are presented. In addition, a study concerning the replication of the quantitative procedures for assessing rolling behavior is described in a fourth article. The first study, by C. Janssen,…
Descriptors: Cerebral Palsy, Eye Fixations, Human Posture, Infants
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. Office of Vocational Education. – 1987
This guide presents a statewide strategy to ensure that all South Carolina vocational educators are properly prepared to provide relevant basic skills reinforcement instruction as part of all vocational courses. The guide is organized in three sections. The first, a short section, answers the following questions: (1) Why should basic skills be…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Competence, Educational Resources, Guidelines