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George, Michael P.; George, Nancy L.; Kern, Lee; Fogt, Julie B. – Education and Treatment of Children, 2013
The scant data available suggest there is a critical need for improving service delivery within alternative education (AE) settings for children and youth with emotional and behavioral disorders (E/BD). A promising approach for improving student outcomes in AE settings is school-wide positive behavior interventions and supports (SWPBIS), an…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification
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Vilardo, Brigid A.; DuPaul, George J.; Kern, Lee; Hojnoski, Robin L. – Child & Family Behavior Therapy, 2013
Previous research demonstrates that children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can experience social difficulties. Therefore, the current study examined the effects of cross-age peer coaching on social behaviors of first graders with significant symptoms of ADHD using a multiple baseline design. Four students who met criteria…
Descriptors: Social Behavior, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Coaching (Performance), Grade 1
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Kern, Lee; Evans, Steven W.; Lewis, Timothy J. – Education and Treatment of Children, 2011
Recent efforts to improve American educational practices have focused on determining the efficacy of interventions and instructional practices via randomized controlled trials. Aligned with this effort, the Institute for Education Sciences (IES), the primary funding agency for experimental research in education, has organized grant funding into…
Descriptors: Intervention, Educational Practices, Interpersonal Competence, Teaching Methods
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Kern, Lee; Marder, Tamara J.; Boyajian, Amy E.; Elliot, Christina M.; McElhattan, Donna – School Psychology Quarterly, 1997
Describes efforts to increase the independence created by self-management procedures by teaching children to self-initiate their implementation across settings and activities. Participants were two boys who engaged in inappropriate vocalizations. Results indicate that participants were able to discriminate settings or activities in which…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Modification, Children, Elementary Secondary Education
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Kern, Lee; Ringdahl, Joel E.; Hilt, Alexandra; Sterling-Turner, Heather E. – Behavioral Disorders, 2001
Functional analyses were conducted with three boys (ages 4-7) with behavior disorders. The students were then successfully taught to self-manage incompatible appropriate behavior as well as appropriate requests for reinforcement (i.e., escape, attention, materials) identified as functionally related to the problematic target behaviors. (Contains…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Classroom Techniques