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Barkley, Russell A., Ed. – Guilford Press, 2014
Widely regarded as the standard clinical reference, this volume provides the best current knowledge about attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children, adolescents, and adults. The field's leading authorities address all aspects of assessment, diagnosis, and treatment, including psychological therapies and pharmacotherapy. Core…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Children, Adolescents, Adults
Jones, Melissa M. – 1998
This booklet explains a system for prevention of and intervention with behavior problems in individuals with mental retardation and autism. The underlying premise is that all behaviors are an effort at communication and that by deciphering the communicative intent or function, one can guide an individual to a more acceptable mode of communication.…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems
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Stichter, Janine Peck – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2001
This article suggests possible applications of experimental analyses using analogues to empirically verify results of functional assessments in classrooms for students with autism and related disabilities. Analogue assessments involve creating conditions in which antecedents and consequences are held constant and specific variables suspected to…
Descriptors: Action Research, Autism, Behavior Modification, Behavioral Science Research
King-Sears, Margaret E.; Carpenter, Stephanie L. – Innovations: American Association on Mental Retardation, Research to Practice Series, 1997
This booklet was developed to help in the design and implementation of self-management systems for elementary-classroom students with developmental disabilities. Self-management components addressed in the booklet are self-monitoring, self-evaluation, and self-reinforcement. Chapters provide: (1) the definitions and rationale for teaching…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques, Developmental Disabilities
Coyne, Phyllis – 1980
The document is designed to provide practical information for teachers, parents, group home workers, work activity personnel, and others interested in developing social interaction skills and appropriate social behaviors in developmentally disabled adolescents and young adults. An introductory section discusses social problems of the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Modification, Developmental Disabilities, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
Parham, J. D.; And Others – 1982
This volume consists of a background discussion, coordinator's manual, and training manual dealing with developing programs for the in-home respite care (IHRC) of the developmentally disabled. Addressed in the background information unit are the nature of developmental disabilities; program variables, planning, and funding; and practical…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Behavior Modification, Developmental Disabilities, Family Programs