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A Function-Based Classroom Behavior Intervention Using Non-Contingent Reinforcement Plus Response Cost
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Nolan, Julene D.; Filter, Kevin J. – Education and Treatment of Children, 2012
This study investigated the use of noncontingent reinforcement with response cost to reduce problem verbal and physical behavior maintained by automatic reinforcement in an internationally adopted, post-institutionalized student diagnosed with ADHD. Systematic direct observation was employed to measure behavior in a single-subject withdrawal…
Descriptors: Intervention, Behavior Modification, Reinforcement, Student Behavior
Use of Self-Management with the CW-FIT Group Contingency Program
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Kamps, Debra; Conklin, Carl; Wills, Howard – Education and Treatment of Children, 2015
The purpose of the study was to determine the effects of self-management as a tier two enhancement to the group contingency intervention, Class-Wide Function-related Intervention Teams Program (CW-FIT). Two classrooms, first and fourth grade, and two students in each of the classrooms participated in the intervention. The group contingency…
Descriptors: Self Management, Intervention, Contingency Management, Functional Behavioral Assessment
Reading Skills and Function of Problem Behavior in Typical School Settings
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McIntosh, Kent; Horner, Robert H.; Chard, David J.; Dickey, Celeste R.; Braun, Drew H. – Journal of Special Education, 2008
The authors examined the relation between variables maintaining problem behavior and reading performance for elementary-age students. Participants were 51 students in Grades 4, 5, and 6 who had received two or more office discipline referrals in 2003-2004. Students were grouped by teacher-indicated function of problem behavior. The prevalence of…
Descriptors: Discipline, Reading Fluency, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Multivariate Analysis
Improving Classroom Behavior by Modifying Task Difficulty: Effects of Increasing the Difficulty of Too-Easy Tasks
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Umbreit, John; Lane, Kathleen L.; Dejud, Carlos – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2004
This study examined the effects of increasing task difficulty when inadequately challenging tasks are assigned. Jason, a 10-year-old, typically developing Caucasian boy, attended a fourth-grade general education classroom at a public elementary school. During independent academic assignments in math and reading, Jason often talked with other…
Descriptors: Assignments, Student Behavior, Intervention, Functional Behavioral Assessment
Identifying the Relation between the Function of Student Problem Behavior and Teacher Instructional Behavior
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Wehby, Joseph H.; Tally, Brenna B.; Falk, Katherine B. – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2004
The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between the identified function of student problem behavior and different types of teacher behavior. Students with emotional/behavioral disorders and their teacher in one classroom were observed during reading instruction. Results showed consistent patterns of teacher attention across the…
Descriptors: Correlation, Classroom Environment, Interaction, Teacher Behavior