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Generating Hypotheses about the Function of Student Problem Behavior by Observing Teacher Behavior.
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Taylor, Jill C.; Romanczyk, Raymond G. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1994
This study observed a classroom of 15 students (ages 3 to 11) with behavior disorders, using amount of teacher attention to generate hypotheses about problem behavior function which were then validated in individual functional assessments. For 14 of the students, accurate hypotheses were efficiently generated by noting how teachers distributed…
Descriptors: Attention, Autism, Behavior Disorders, Classroom Observation Techniques
Comments on Functional Analysis Procedures for School-Based Behavior Problems.
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Repp, Alan – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1994
This article reviews the development of functional analysis in understanding behavior problems like self-injury and aggression and, more recently, school-based problems. Seen as particularly promising is current work on the analysis of setting events and analysis of dependent variables by considering the effects of intervention on response…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Contingency Management
Using Free-Time to Reduce Verbal and Behavioral Interruptions in a High School Residential Classroom Setting.
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Mahoney, Dan; McLaughlin, T. F. – Child and Family Behavior Therapy, 1988
Studies the effectiveness of a free-time contingency on reducing the frequency of interruptions of 28 students in a residential treatment center high class room. Implications of the findings are discussed in terms of implementation, use of peers for data collection and impact on the target behaviors. (FMW)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Change Strategies