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Schrieber, Stefanie R.; Ware, Mary E.; Dart, Evan H. – Behavioral Disorders, 2023
Addressing the challenging behavior of students requires evidence-based interventions that can be implemented in school settings; however, there is a relative lack of literature investigating effective strategies for high school students in secondary settings. Behavior contracts have been used to address challenging behavior in elementary and…
Descriptors: High School Students, At Risk Students, Behavior Problems, Behavior Modification
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Bains, Kiran K.; Turnbull, Triece – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2022
Background: Adults with mild-moderate intellectual disabilities have difficulties in accessing traditional evidence-based health promotion initiatives despite experiencing health disparities; yet there are few studies with this group and their carers exploring how their needs can be met. Method: This study adapted a behaviour change theory-based…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Health Promotion, Adults, Intellectual Disability
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Te Qi; Gill Strait; Anthony Roberson; John D. Terry – Psychology in the Schools, 2025
The student check-up (SCU) is a brief school-based motivational interviewing intervention developed to promote academic-related behavioral changes and to increase accessibility to mental health services. Despite published randomized controlled trials demonstrating SCU's effectiveness in promoting student self-efficacy in academic efforts, the…
Descriptors: Students, Student Behavior, Mental Health, Mental Health Programs
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Gersib, Jenna A. – Beyond Behavior, 2023
Motivational interviewing (MI) is an established, research-based intervention that focuses on building intrinsic motivation to promote lasting, healthy changes in a variety of situations. In school settings, MI has been used to improve student motivation, attendance, punctuality, confidence in schoolwork, and self-determination as well as increase…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Behavior Change, Student Behavior, Interviews
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Hart, Mackenzie J.; McQuillin, Samuel D.; Iachini, Aidyn; Weist, Mark D.; Hills, Kimberly J.; Cooper, Daniel K. – School Mental Health, 2023
The supply of school mental health (SMH) providers and services cannot meet the demand of students in-need, and this gap is expected to widen in coming years. One way to increase the reach of helpful services for youth is to grow the SMH workforce through task-shifting to paraprofessionals. Task-shifting could be especially promising in expanding…
Descriptors: School Health Services, Mental Health, Access to Health Care, Paraprofessional Personnel
Charissa Rychcik – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This dissertation in practice focused on the use of Motivational Interviewing in the school environment between school staff and families. More specifically, this program evaluation sought to see if the use of Motivational Interviewing by school staff could improve parent participation rates in student attendance improvement conferences (SAICs).…
Descriptors: School Personnel, Parents, Interviews, Motivation