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Bronstein, Briana; Breeden, Nicole; Glover, Todd A.; Reddy, Linda A. – Journal of Special Education, 2021
Paraprofessionals are increasingly being hired to support students with special needs in schools and are key implementers of behavior interventions for students. However, research is limited on how paraprofessionals perceive the management of student behavior. Using a mixed-methods design approach, the current investigation assesses…
Descriptors: Paraprofessional School Personnel, Student Behavior, Attitudes, Behavior Problems
Bronstein, Briana; Breeden, Nicole; Glover, Todd A.; Reddy, Linda A. – Grantee Submission, 2020
Paraprofessionals are increasingly being hired to support students with special needs in schools and are key implementers of behavior interventions for students. However, research is limited on how paraprofessionals perceive the management of student behavior. Using a mixed-methods design approach, the current investigation assesses…
Descriptors: Paraprofessional School Personnel, Student Behavior, Attitudes, Behavior Problems
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Ialongo, Nicholas S.; Domitrovich, Celene; Embry, Dennis; Greenberg, Mark; Lawson, April; Becker, Kimberly D.; Bradshaw, Catherine – Developmental Psychology, 2019
The Good Behavior Game (GBG, Barrish, Saunders, & Wolf, 1969) and the PATHS Curriculum (Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies; Greenberg, Kusche, Cook, & Quamma, 1995) represent 2 universal, elementary school, preventive interventions which have been shown in large-scale, randomized controlled trials to have an immediate and beneficial…
Descriptors: Prevention, Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Student Behavior
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Leflot, Geertje; van Lier, Pol A. C.; Onghena, Patrick; Colpin, Hilde – Journal of School Psychology, 2013
The role of children's on-task behavior in the prevention of aggressive behavior was assessed among 570 Dutch speaking children followed from second- to third-grade elementary school in Flanders, Belgium. A first objective was to investigate whether individual level variation of on-task behavior moderated the impact of a universal preventive…
Descriptors: Grade 2, Grade 3, Prevention, Program Effectiveness
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Petscher, Erin Seligson; Bailey, Jon S. – Behavior Modification, 2008
This study evaluated the effects and collateral effects of extinction (EXT) and differential reinforcement of alternative behavior (DRA) interventions with inappropriate vocalizations and work refusal. Both interventions have been used frequently to reduce problem behaviors. The benefits of these interventions have been established yet may be…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Reinforcement, Intervention, Behavior Problems
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Utley, Cheryl A.; Greenwood, Charles R.; Douglas, Katherine – Multiple Voices for Ethnically Diverse Exceptional Learners, 2007
This pilot study examines the effects of the implementation of the Cool Tool, a social skills strategy, on the disruptive and problem behaviors of third-grade (n = 4) and fourth-grade (n = 6) African American students in an urban elementary school. Following the completion of the social skills intervention in both classrooms, the findings of pre-…
Descriptors: African American Students, Intervention, Interpersonal Competence, Behavior Problems