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Deanna Deenihan; Kwang-Sun Cho Blair; Rose Iovannone – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2023
This study evaluated the use of the Prevent-Teach-Reinforce (PTR) model as an intensive individualized behavior intervention. Three educators and three high school students with autism spectrum disorder participated in the study. A concurrent multiple baseline design across participants was used to demonstrate the outcomes. The results indicated…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, High School Students, Intervention, Student Behavior
Laura Elizabeth Johnson – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Community Partnership Schools™ are designed to serve as a positive resource center in their community, staffed with dedicated professionals committed to student success and community well-being (Coalition for Community Schools, n.d.; Ellis, 2016). Following the education model created at the University of Central Florida (UCF), the first…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Elementary School Curriculum, Partnerships in Education, Community Involvement
Reiss, Elayne – Association for Institutional Research (NJ1), 2011
This study was guided by a research question regarding the efficacy of the AlcoholEdu program in increasing the use of protective behaviors among incoming college freshman of different drinking risk groups. Specifically, the researcher sought to determine which drinker risk groups, if any, showed the greatest degree of willingness to change…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, College Freshmen, Alcohol Education, Drinking
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Pickens, Jeffrey – Child Care in Practice, 2009
This study evaluated an early childhood socio-emotional programme aimed at promoting preschooler's social skills and reducing behaviour problems. The Peace Education Foundation (PEF) socio-emotional development programme was provided in English and Spanish to preschool teachers, parents and children in Miami, Florida. The programme instructs…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Peace, Preschool Teachers, Empathy
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Van Houten, Ron; Van Houten, Joy; Malenfant, J. E. Louis – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2007
A bicycle helmet program was evaluated in three middle schools using a multiple baseline across schools design. Two of the three schools had histories of enforcement of helmet use. During baseline many students riding their bikes to and from school did not wear their helmets or wore them incorrectly. A program that consisted of peer data…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Change, Middle School Students, Physical Activities
Dade County Public Schools, Miami, FL. Dept. of Planning and Evaluation. – 1976
The study discussed in this report is intended to describe the operation of two of Dade County, Florida Public Schools programs to modify the behavior of its disruptive students, the Alternative School (excluding the COPE centers) program and the School Centers for Special Instruction. Additionally, data on the impact of the alternative school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Counseling Services
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers