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Cunningham, Echo Miller – ProQuest LLC, 2022
In recent years, there has been an increasing emphasis on the use of functional assessment (FA) in the selection of treatments for problem behaviors. Scholars now generally accept that an understanding of the antecedents and consequences of problem behavior, achieved through a FA, is necessary to select the most effective treatment procedure. Yet,…
Descriptors: Emotional Problems, Behavior Disorders, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Behavior Problems
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Sarah J. Macoun; Laurissa Evancio; Chad A. Rose; Todd Milford – Exceptionality, 2025
Bullying has deleterious effects on the health of youth, families, schools, and communities. These effects are especially pronounced for youth with special education needs specific to emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD). Much of what is understood concerning the effects of bullying has been limited to face-to-face contexts. Despite the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Grade 7, Grade 8
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Huntington, Rachelle N.; Schwartz, Ilene S. – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2022
The social validity of behavior intervention is rooted in consumer perception. This information is typically garnered through questionnaires and interviews conducted with relevant consumers such as teachers or caregivers. Often, the participants (i.e., the individuals with disabilities receiving the intervention) play less of a role in the…
Descriptors: Preferences, Validity, Intervention, Behavior Change
Ma., Z.; Sherod, R. L.; Lane, K. L.; Oakes, W. P.; Briesch, A.; Chafouleas, S. M.; Iovino, E. A.; Common, E. A.; Buckman, M. M.; Abdulkerim, N.; Royer, D. J. – Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports, 2023
Educational leaders are firmly committed to detecting students at the first sign of concern for both major disorders of childhood: internalizing (e.g., extremely shy, anxious, withdrawn) and externalizing (e.g., noncompliant, aggressive, disruptive). Input from educators who have been engaged in the universal behavioral screening process contains…
Descriptors: School Districts, Identification, Mental Disorders, Behavior Disorders
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Scanlon, Geraldine; McEnteggart, Ciara; Barnes-Holmes, Yvonne – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2020
Research has shown that the attitudes of teachers towards pupils can influence their academic and social behaviour. In the context of special education needs (SEN), the same processes likely apply, and there is evidence that teachers' attitudes influence the success of inclusive initiatives. While the literature on attitudes to pupils with SEN is…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Disorders, Special Needs Students, Special Education
Liu, Jin; Burgess, Yin; DiStefano, Christine; Pan, Fan; Jiang, Ning – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2020
In the Response to Intervention framework, a psychometrically sound screening tool is essential for identification of children with emotional and behavioral risk. The purpose of this study was to examine the validity of the Pediatric Symptom Checklist-17 (PSC-17) screener in school-based settings. Forty-four teachers rated 738 preschoolers using…
Descriptors: Pediatrics, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Check Lists, Preschool Children
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Joseph, Gathua; Muthee, Jessica; Murugami, Margaret; Tekle, Tesfu – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
Identification process is an important element of behavior disorder management in schools. For proper behavior management teachers need to identify learners with behavioral disorders in order to design intervention programs befitting their educational needs. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to analyze the intervention strategies teachers…
Descriptors: Disability Identification, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Intervention
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Garman, Kimberly; Ficca, Michelle – Journal of School Nursing, 2012
Encopresis is a medical condition that is associated with incontinence in children. It leads to frustration and anxiety in both parents and children due to the presenting symptoms and the inability to control elimination patterns. There is overwhelming concern among families that a child with encopresis will be ostracized from peers and will…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, School Nurses, Behavior Disorders, Role
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van der Molen, Elsa; Hipwell, Alison E.; Vermeiren, Robert; Loeber, Rolf – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2012
Little is known about the ways in which the accumulation of maternal factors increases or reduces risk for girls' disruptive behavior during preadolescence. In the current study, maternal risk and promotive factors and the severity of girls' disruptive behavior were assessed annually among girls' ages 7-12 in an urban community sample (N = 2043).…
Descriptors: Intervention, Mothers, Daughters, Prevention
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Taylor, Jonte'; Villanueva, Mary Grace – Science and Children, 2014
Ensuring science for all in the classroom requires that all students are afforded ways to grasp key science and engineering practices; however, we know that the practice of "obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information" can be a challenging task for children with high incidence disabilities (NGSS Lead States 2013, p. 15).…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, At Risk Students, Learning Disabilities, Behavior Disorders
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McIntosh, Kent; Frank, Jennifer L.; Spaulding, Scott A. – School Psychology Review, 2010
The purpose of this study was to examine the technical (psychometric) adequacy of office discipline referrals (ODRs) as a behavioral assessment tool for individual student, data-based decision making within a problem-solving model. Participants were 990,908 students in 2,509 elementary schools. Students were grouped into ODR cut points of 0-1,…
Descriptors: Discipline, Behavior Disorders, Psychometrics, Test Results
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Lingo, Amy S.; Jolivette, Kristine; Barton-Arwood, Sally M. – Preventing School Failure, 2009
On a routine basis, educators collect data on their students' academic and social performance to make informed decisions regarding curricular and social instruction. The authors conducted a case study for a student with emotional and behavioral disorders. The student's teacher provided oral and visual feedback during reading instruction. Data…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Social Behavior, Behavior Disorders, Reading Instruction
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McCurdy, Barry L.; Kunsch, Catherine; Reibstein, Sally – Preventing School Failure, 2007
Urban school officials face the challenge of a growing number of students with or at-risk for developing antisocial behavior. The school-wide positive behavior support (PBS) model provides a comprehensive structure for schools to address antisocial behavior more effectively. In this article, the authors document, in case study format, the…
Descriptors: Prevention, Intervention, Urban Schools, Antisocial Behavior
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Erford, Bradley T.; Hase, Kelly – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2006
Accurate screening of disruptive behavior disorders such as attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and oppositional defiant disorder are a priority in elementary schools and child guidance clinics but they can be challenging because of symptom overlap with other disorders. The use of behavioral rating scales for assessing children's…
Descriptors: Screening Tests, Elementary School Students, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Test Reliability