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Increasing and Maintaining Withdrawn Preschoolers' Peer Interactions: Effects of Double Prompting and Booster Session Procedures.
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Lindeman, David P.; And Others – Behavioral Disorders, 1993
The combined effects of double-prompting and booster session procedures on the social behavior of four socially withdrawn preschool children were investigated. Results indicated that the intervention procedures increased subjects' initiations in organizing play, sharing, and assisting and that there were collateral increases in subjects'…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Emotional Disturbances, Interpersonal Competence, Intervention
Further Examination of Job-Related Social Skills Measures for Adolescents and Young Adults with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders.
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Bullis, Michael; Davis, Cheryl – Behavioral Disorders, 1996
This study conducted item reduction analyses on two measures of job-related social behavior for adolescents and young adults with emotional/behavioral disorders (Scale of Job-Related Social Skill Knowledge and Scale of Job-Related Social Skill Performance). The shortened measures contained 40 and 94 items, respectively. Reliability was…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Rating Scales, Emotional Disturbances
Preschool Children with Behavioral Problems: Observation in Instructional and Free Play Contexts.
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Del'Homme, Melissa Ann; And Others – Behavioral Disorders, 1994
Task-related and social behaviors of preschool children (n=21) at risk for behavior problems were examined in two school settings, a structured instructional context and an unstructured free play context. Results indicated that group differences in on-task, aggressive, and prosocial behavior depended on context. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Aggression, At Risk Persons, Behavior Problems, Context Effect
The Importance of Construct Validity: Alternative Models for the Assessment of Behavioral Disorders.
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Skiba, Russell J. – Behavioral Disorders, 1989
The quantitative synthesis of 89 correlations from 16 studies of behavioral ratings and classroom observations suggested significant problems in the areas of the construct of behavioral disorder and criterion-related validity of widely used measures of social behavior. A "components of variance" model is proposed to aid in educational decision…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Rating Scales, Classroom Observation Techniques, Decision Making
Academic Performance, Social Competence, and Mainstream Accommodations: A Look at Mainstreamed and Nonmainstreamed Students with Serious Behavioral Disorders.
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Meadows, Nancy B.; And Others – Behavioral Disorders, 1994
This study compared 13 students (grades 6 through 8) with behavior disorders who were mainstreamed part of each school day with 6 similar students not mainstreamed. Overall, the mainstreamed students had higher reading and written language scores, better work habits, and higher grades. Nonmainstreamed students demonstrated more extremes in social…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Problems, Intermediate Grades