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Vogelmann-Peper, Marcella – 1989
This practicum was designed to address attention deficit and hyperactive behaviors (ADDH) in the elementary classroom setting. The primary goal was to provide teachers with an effective intervention technique which requires little time and addresses the ADDH syndrome. A second aim was to increase teachers' understanding of the ADDH syndrome and…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Modification, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes
McKinney, Rhonda C. – 1989
A 10-week program was developed to provide structure, consistency, and organization in the classrooms of 30 elementary-age emotionally handicapped (EH) students. The program sought to assist the students with staying on task, becoming structured, and reducing inappropriate behavior. The program contained two basic components (a behavioral…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques
Stetson, Carol – 1988
This practicum was designed to reduce the frequency of disruption occurring in a class of emotionally disturbed students, aged 6-10. Objectives were to have the students remain on task and attentive to teacher instruction during 80 percent of a morning classroom session and to reduce the need for crisis intervention outside the classroom. Three…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques, Contingency Management
Barresi, Dominick – 1993
This practicum was designed to train special education teachers and paraprofessionals at a private, special education facility in ways to identify precursor behaviors and antecedent events eliciting maladaptive behaviors in children with developmental disorders and behavior disorders. Staff were given five inservice sessions (totalling 10 hours)…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Classroom Techniques
Johnson, Blanche – 1995
A behavior modification program was developed and implemented to decrease the tardy behavior of 20 middle school students (ages 13 to 15) in a self-contained dropout prevention class. Student interviews revealed that the students were unable to manage their time, were not motivated to attend class, and did not find class rewarding. The…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques, Dropout Prevention
Vogelmann-Peper, Marcella – 1990
This practicum was designed to establish behavioral and assessment criteria for dealing with seriously emotionally disturbed elementary students enrolled in self-contained emotionally handicapped (EH) units. A primary goal was to provide out-of-field EH teachers with an objective tool for continuously assessing students' individual behavioral and…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education
Benony, Myrtle L. – 1990
A practicum was designed to improve the self-concepts of intermediate grade students and reduce behavior problems in their class. The practicum was implemented for 10 weeks in an alternative education class of 14 low socioeconomic status students with moderate learning and behavior problems. The three strategies employed were: (1) daily peer group…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Classroom Techniques, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged