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Jonathon Shasteen – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Behavioral activation (BA) has significant and long-lasting effects on depression in adults, and a growing body of evidence supports its efficacy with adolescents. It remains unclear, however, whether BA reduces systematically-observed depressive behavior in addition to subjective report of depressive symptoms. In this single-case study, three…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Adolescents, Junior High School Students, Intervention
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Van Loan, Christopher L.; Garwood, Justin D.; Smith, Stephen W.; Daunic, Ann P. – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2019
Using a pre-post randomized controlled trial, the purpose of this study was to determine whether a social problem-solving curriculum, "Take CHARGE!," based on a cognitive-behavioral approach, could improve students' knowledge of problem-solving skills, as well as self-report of social behaviors for 92 middle school students with…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Disorders, Problem Solving, Curriculum
Kathryn Dooley – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders (EBD) struggle with social behaviors (Bradley, Henderson, & Monfore, 2004) such as distractibility and impulsivity (Wagner et al., 2004). Self-management strategies have been used effectively to increase on-task behavior and decrease off-task or inappropriate behavior of students with EBD…
Descriptors: Social Behavior, Student Behavior, High School Students, Behavior Problems
Aaron R. Lyon; Clayton R. Cook; Mylien T. Duong; Semret Nicodimos; Michael D. Pullmann; Stephanie K. Brewer; Larissa M. Gaias; Shanon Cox – Grantee Submission, 2019
Background: Individual-level implementation determinants, such as clinician attitudes, commonly influence the successful adoption of evidence-based practices, but few explicit strategies have been tested with regard to their ability to impact these key mechanisms of change. This paper reports on an initial test of a blended, theoretically-informed…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Evidence Based Practice, Program Implementation, Social Influences
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Plavnick, Joshua B.; Kaid, Tiffany; MacFarland, Mari C. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2015
Social deficits are a core characteristic of individuals with autism spectrum disorders and co-occurring intellectual disabilities (ASD-ID). Despite persistence of these deficits into adolescence, few social skills interventions have been empirically evaluated for older individuals with ASD-ID. The present investigation adapted an efficacious…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Antisocial Behavior, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Pritchard, Duncan; Graham, Nicola; Ikin, Annette; Penney, Heather; Kovacs, Lisa; Mercer, Dawn; Edwards, Richard; Jones, Dylan; Mace, Floyd Charles – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2012
Children and young people with learning disabilities who present sexually harmful behaviour are marginalised and do not always participate in community activities. This case study describes a multi-component intervention that successfully reduced the sexually harmful behaviour of a 16-year-old boy with a mild learning disability. The intervention…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Intervention, Special Schools, Residential Schools
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Robertson, Caroline; Dunsmuir, Sandra – Educational Psychology, 2013
Using the psychological framework of rational-emotive behaviour therapy, the principal aim of this study was to establish whether irrational beliefs, self-efficacy or pupil behaviour predicted teacher reports of stress. A secondary aim was to establish whether these variables, in addition to teachers' verbal feedback to pupils in class, predicted…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Self Efficacy, Therapy, Behavior Modification
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Simmons-Reed, Evette A.; Cartledge, Gwendolyn – Interdisciplinary Journal of Teaching and Learning, 2014
Exclusionary policies are practiced widely in schools despite being associated with extremely poor outcomes for culturally and linguistically diverse students, particularly African American males with and without disabilities. This article discusses zero tolerance policies, the related research questioning their basic assumptions, and the negative…
Descriptors: Discipline Problems, Discipline Policy, African American Students, Males
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Fairbanks, Sarah; Simonsen, Brandi; Sugai, George – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2008
Many present day classroom teachers face greater challenges than perhaps during any time in the past. Teachers are expected to: (a) provide evidence-based instruction to ensure that students make adequate yearly progress under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB); (b) serve an increasingly diverse group of students including students with…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Intervention, Social Behavior, Federal Legislation