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Sun, An-Pyng – Social Work, 2012
Homeless individuals with co-occurring disorders (CODs) of severe mental illness and substance use disorder are one of the most vulnerable populations. This article provides practitioners with a framework and strategies for helping this client population. Four components emerged from a literature review: (1) ensuring an effective transition for…
Descriptors: Housing Needs, Supported Employment, Homeless People, Residential Programs
Morgan, Robert L. – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1989
The article reviewed research on professionals', consumers', and others' judgments of the restrictiveness, social acceptability, and estimated frequency of use of procedures to decrease problem behaviors of disabled persons. Most respondents agreed that more restrictive procedures should be used as a last resort and that less restrictive…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems
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Shapiro, Edward S.; Derr, Tami F. – Special Services in the Schools, 1987
The scope and incidence of school-based aggression, specifically physical and verbal assault, are noted. Interventions discussed include: contingency management (reinforcement, ignoring, response cost, timeout, peer procedures, and aversive consequences) and self-management procedures (social skills training, problem-solving training, and…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Contingency Management
Warrick, D. D. – Journal of Experiential Learning and Simulation, 1981
Discusses leadership style theories and offers an integration of the theories by describing typical characteristics, skills, philosophies, and consequences associated with each major style. An experiential exercise is described which portrays the major styles and the productivity and satisfaction each is likely to produce. Nine figures accompany…
Descriptors: Administrators, Contingency Management, Employee Attitudes, Experiential Learning
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Backman, Joan; Firestone, Philip – American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 1979
Three types of investigations are considered: systematic case studies, single-subject experiments, and group outcome studies. It is concluded that stimulant medication is more effective than behavior therapy in improving classroom and social behaviors, as well as attentional processes in hyperactive children. (SBH)
Descriptors: Attention, Behavior Change, Classroom Techniques, Contingency Management
Missouri Univ., Columbia. Missouri LINC. – 1986
The paper addresses behavior management strategies for developing new behaviors in special needs learners, strategies for changing existing behaviors, and strategies for developing behavioral generalization. An introductory overview identifies five basic principles of behavior management. Fourteen behavioral terms are then defined (e.g.,…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Classroom Techniques, Contingency Management
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Miller, Gloria – Special Services in the Schools, 1987
Issues in effective diagnosis of such dishonest behavior as cheating, lying, and nonconfrontative stealing are discussed. Published intervention approaches for dishonest behavior are reviewed, including negative sanctions, direct appeals to morality, public affirmation, covert sensitization, timeout, reinforcement contingency procedures, and…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Cheating, Contingency Management
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Lazarus, Belinda D. – Preventing School Failure, 1990
This article describes token economy systems for use with students with severe behavioral disorders, including systems extending from the classroom into home life. Techniques for soliciting parent participation, training parents, and maintaining the system are put forth. Variations on the system and a sample checklist are also included. (PB)
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Classroom Techniques, Contingency Management, Elementary Secondary Education
Anderson, Patricia L.; And Others – 1987
This paper addresses the need for tailor-made support services for college students with learning disabilities based on sound diagnostic/prescriptive evaluation data. Literature on program design and the development of effective individualized education programs is reviewed, and performance contracts developed with student input are viewed as…
Descriptors: College Students, Contingency Management, Counseling Services, Curriculum Development