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Positive Behavioral Support: New Foci in the Management of Challenging Behaviors.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Sisson, L. A. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1992
A new approach to behavioral control with individuals having both visual impairments and multiple disabilities stresses the use of positive intervention strategies, bases treatment on functional assessments of challenging responses, and emphasizes broad changes in the lifestyles of individuals. Case examples illustrate applications. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Case Studies
Increasing Requests Made by People with Developmental Disabilities and Deaf-Blindness through the Use of Behavior Interruption Strategies.
Romer, Lyle T.; Schoenberg, Beth – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1991
The staff of an apartment-based residential support program was taught to use behavior interruption strategies to elicit requesting functions from two women with deaf-blindness and developmental disabilities. Results found the strategies to be both quickly assimilated by the staff and effective in increasing request rates from the subjects.…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Change, Communication Skills, Deaf Blind
Providing Instruction from Novel Staff as an Antecedent Intervention for Child Tantrum Behavior in a Public School Classroom.
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Luiselli, James K.; Murbach, Linda – Education and Treatment of Children, 2002
This case study evaluated an antecedent intervention for tantrums by a five year-old girl with cognitive, language, and motor problems. Functional assessment correlated tantrums with high-demand activities but not with novel staff. Intervention placed novel staff in charge of high-demand activities and successfully eliminated tantrums, which…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems
The Relationship of Staff Contact and Activity to the Stereotypy of Children with Multiple Disabilities.
Brusca, Rita M.; And Others – Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (JASH), 1989
The relationship between stereotypy and the instructional environment of 3 children, ages 9-13, with severe mental retardation and dual sensory impairments was examined. Reductions in stereotypy were associated with staff-resident interaction and the presence of certified teaching staff; the children responded differently to various types of…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Hearing Impairments