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Stichter, Janine P.; Riley-Tillman, T. Chris – Behavioral Disorders, 2014
Systematic Direct Observation (SDO) has played a pivotal role in the field of Emotional and/or Behavioral Disorders (EBD) since its inception as a key part of understanding more about the behaviors, contexts that impact them, and the effective supports necessary for this population. This methodology is an ongoing charge for everyone. The authors…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Disorders, Observation, Educational Research
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Reitz, Andrew L. – Education and Treatment of Children, 1985
The paper presents a definition of program evaluation for behavior disordered students and summarizes the previous four papers on describing clients, natural environments, treatment processes, and outcomes. Areas for future emphasis are noted. (CL)
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Models
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Wehby, Joseph H. – Preventing School Failure, 1994
This review describes four major hypotheses related to aggressive behavior and reviews current means for assessment. Hypotheses suggest that aggressive behavior is the result of a social skills deficit, positive or negative reinforcement, environmental deficits, or deficits in the cognitive processing of social stimuli. Changes in assessment…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Disorders, Environmental Influences, Etiology
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Gable, Robert A. – Behavioral Disorders, 1999
Discusses the challenges of functional behavioral assessments and the need to establish and support valid and effective methods for conducting functional behavioral assessments that are practical in school settings and that adequately address the multifarious relationships between problem behavior and its social/environmental contexts. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances
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Mostert, Mark P.; Kavale, Kenneth – Behavioral Disorders, 2001
This article urges a more scientific approach to evaluation of effective practices in the field of emotional or behavioral disorders. It suggests that the rigor of analytical narrative synthesis and meta-analyses are more useful than qualitative approaches. The evaluative power of these two approaches is illustrated by examples related to…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances
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Shriner, James G. – Education and Treatment of Children, 1994
This paper examines data from three survey activities conducted by the National Center on Educational Outcomes for specific relevance to social/behavioral outcomes development and assessment. Findings suggest that little effort is being directed to the measurement of the extent to which students with behavioral disorders are meeting such outcomes.…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Evaluation Methods, Interpersonal Competence, National Surveys
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Strain, Phillip S. – Behavioral Disorders, 2001
This article reviews research conducted by the author and colleagues over a 27-year period on enhancement of peer-related social skills in young children with behavioral disorders or autism. It argues that a logical positivist approach has yielded significant quality-of-life benefits to participants while effectively challenging many outdated…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Interpersonal Competence
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Gable, Robert A. – Behavioral Disorders, 1996
Addresses the use of functional assessment in making treatment decisions with students having emotional/behavioral disorders. Discussion covers indirect and direct measures of the relationship between the target behavior and variables maintaining the behavior. Strategies for selecting and verifying hypothesis-driven treatment decisions are…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education
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Durand, V. Mark; And Others – Journal of Special Education, 1997
Five special educators (Durand, Bambara, Dunlap, Kennedy, and Wacker) respond to an article in the same issue by Horner and Carr entitled "Behavioral Support for Students with Severe Disabilities: Functional Assessment and Comprehensive Intervention." Respondents raise concerns regarding the range of intervention options, the behavioral…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
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Behavioral Disorders, 1989
This "White Paper" examines issues surrounding the assessment of culturally diverse learners for behavioral disorders, and argues for use of a more functional assessment approach. The paper also points out that many facets of the functional assessment perspective already exist in two recent educational movements--pre-referral…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Cultural Differences, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education
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Fox, James; Conroy, Maureen – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 1995
Classroom applications and implications of Kantor's field model and the concept of "setting events" for students with behavioral disorders are discussed, with attention to: current methods of assessing the effects of setting events on students' behavioral problems, methods for intervening in setting events, and research issues for assessment and…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques
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Holland, A. J. – Australia and New Zealand Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 1991
This paper discusses the assessment of psychiatric and behavior disorders occurring in people with developmental disorders and the problems arising when such behavior results in offenses against the law. The paper argues that a multidisciplinary approach is needed in such cases, given the complex interaction among possible brain pathology,…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Disorders, Correctional Rehabilitation, Crime
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Landrum, Timothy J. – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2001
This article examines some problems associated with assessing students with emotional or behavioral disorders (EBD) for special education eligibility. Major issues include over-identification of students as EBD and the continuing overrepresentation of students of minority ethnicity. Movement away from the traditional norm-referenced approach to…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Disability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances
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Aman, Michael G. – Australia and New Zealand Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 1991
This review of instruments for assessing psychopathology and behavior problems in people with mental retardation characterizes evaluation tools in such terms as age groups encompassed, levels of mental retardation, number of domains, and types of raters used. The structure of maladaptive behavior is described, and several instruments are…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Problems, Behavior Rating Scales
Allen, Brad; Allen, Stephanie – Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (JASH), 1992
The parents of a young man with severe mental retardation and challenging behaviors comment on the use of punishment, arguing that the effectiveness of punishment cannot be consistently evaluated without placing their son in a restrictive setting and incurring subsequent uncertainty about generalizing the procedures back into the community…
Descriptors: Adult Children, Adults, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification
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