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Creating a Group Management System.
Naslund, Shellie R.; L'Homme, Bertrand P. – Pointer, 1979
A four-step process for the development of a system for the management of classroom behavior is presented. (PHR)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Charts, Classroom Techniques
Red Light-Green Light: A Classwide Management System for Students with Behavior Disorders in Primary Grades.
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Barbetta, Patricia M. – Preventing School Failure, 1990
Red Light-Green Light is a levels system providing immediate behavior modification feedback and varying privilege levels throughout the school day for primary students with behavior disorders. This article presents guidelines for implementation, covering development of classroom rules, classroom expectations, and system maintenance. Tips for…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Classroom Techniques, Contingency Management
Classroom Transitions: Organizing Environments to Promote Independent Performance in Preschool Children with Disabilities.
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Sainato, Diane M. – Education and Treatment of Children, 1990
This paper reviews teaching strategies that may facilitate independent performance on the part of preschool children with disabilities. Among these are environmental arrangements (schedules, staff assignment, room arrangement); antecedent prompts (instructions, time, task); peer-mediated interventions; and consequent events. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Class Organization, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques
Behavior Management of Special Needs Learners: Positive Approaches.
Missouri Univ., Columbia. Missouri LINC. – 1986
The paper addresses behavior management strategies for developing new behaviors in special needs learners, strategies for changing existing behaviors, and strategies for developing behavioral generalization. An introductory overview identifies five basic principles of behavior management. Fourteen behavioral terms are then defined (e.g.,…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Classroom Techniques, Contingency Management
Effects of a Group Contingency on the Frequency of Social Interactions among Autistic and Nonhandicapped Preschool Children: Making LRE Efficacious.
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Lefebvre, Daniel; Strain, Phillip S. – Journal of Early Intervention, 1989
This study of interactions between three severely withdrawn, autistic preschool children and six nonhandicapped peers found that peers can be effectively taught strategies to increase appropriate social behaviors of autistic classmates, and a group-oriented reinforcement contingency is an effective complement to teacher-prompted interventions and…
Descriptors: Autism, Contingency Management, Instructional Effectiveness, Interaction
The Effects of Self-Monitoring and Contingent Reward on Sight Word Acquisition.
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Lalli, Elizabeth Pinter; Shapiro, Edward S. – Education and Treatment of Children, 1990
Effects of self-monitoring alone and in combination with external contingent rewards on sight word acquisition were compared across two groups of four learning-disabled elementary students. Both treatments were found to increase sight word vocabulary, but contingent reward did not enhance the reactivity of self-monitoring for most students.…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Contingency Management, Elementary Education