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Improved Body Mass Index Measures Following a Middle School-Based Obesity Intervention--The MATCH Program
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Lazorick, Suzanne; Fang, Xiangming; Hardison, George T.; Crawford, Yancey – Journal of School Health, 2015
Background: Motivating Adolescents with Technology to CHOOSE Health™ (MATCH) is an educational and behavioral intervention in seventh grade. Methods: Teachers in 2 schools delivered the MATCH curriculum, with 1 control school. Using a quasi-experimental design, outcome measures included lessons completed, body mass index (BMI), BMI z-score (zBMI),…
Descriptors: Body Composition, Body Weight, Early Adolescents, Grade 7
An Exploration of a Public Day School for Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disabilities
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Abdulalim, Latif – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This study examined programming practices that have identified in the research as critical for school success for students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD). Secondary purposes of the study were to identify the extent to which these practices were used and to examine student social/emotional and academic outcome data in a public day…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Disorders, Public Schools, Day Schools
Check In/Check out: Effects on Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders with Attention- or Escape-Maintained Behavior in a Residential Facility
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Swoszowski, Nicole Cain; Jolivette, Kristine; Fredrick, Laura D.; Heflin, L. Juane – Exceptionality, 2012
Check In/Check Out (CICO) is a secondary tier intervention for those students who are not responsive to universal tier, school-wide positive behavioral interventions and supports. The present study extended the implementation of CICO to six students with emotional and behavioral disorders in a residential facility whose behaviors were maintained…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Residential Institutions, Intervention, Emotional Disturbances
The Implementation of the Full Service School Reform Model and Its Impact on Middle School Climate and Student Achievement: An Investigative Study
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Johnson, Joseph Hamilton – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The Full Service Schools (FSS) reform model is an inter-agency collaboration between the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS), Choices, Inc., Insights Education Group and the DC Department of Mental Health. This comprehensive school reform model is based in the Response to Intervention paradigm and is designed to mitigate student academic…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Models, Middle School Students, Partnerships in Education
An Effective Way to Improve Mathematics Achievement in Urban Schools
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Kim, Taik – Educational Research Quarterly, 2010
The local Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEARUP) partnership serves 11 K-8 schools with the lowest achievement scores and the highest poverty rates in a large Midwestern urban district. Recently, GEARUP launched a specially designed teaching program, Mathematics Enhancement Group (MEG), for underachievers in…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Study Habits, Student Behavior, Poverty
A Rational Emotive Behavioral Approach to Improve Anger Management and Reduce Office Referrals in Middle School Children: A Formative Investigation and Evaluation
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Sharp, Shannon R. – Journal of Applied School Psychology, 2005
Sixteen seventh and eighth graders previously identified as having behavioral problems earned significantly higher post-test scores on a test of REBT concepts immediately after participation in a Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT) training program, and this knowledge was retained after an 8-week follow-up period (p less than 0.01).…
Descriptors: Aggression, School Psychologists, Effect Size, Scores