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Dangerous Use of Seclusion and Restraints in Schools Remains Widespread and Difficult to Remedy: A Review of Ten Cases. United States Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee. Majority Committee Staff Report
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US Senate (NJ1), 2014
There is no evidence that physically restraining or putting children in unsupervised seclusion in the K-12 school system provides any educational or therapeutic benefit to a child. In fact, use of either seclusion or restraints in non-emergency situations poses significant physical and psychological danger to students. Yet the first round of data…
Descriptors: Discipline Policy, Discipline Problems, Punishment, Educational Research
Proposing Reinforcers for Positive Classroom Management Projects & Experiments in the Inner City High School.
Reyes, Donald J. – 1979
Although the principles governing the application of positive reinforcement to classroom situations remain clear and theoretically consistent, practical problems arise during application that are not easily anticipated. This paper focuses on one practical issue: the selection of appropriate reinforcers to use in inner city high schools. The paper…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Classroom Techniques, Contingency Management, Inner City
Chapter 1 Project Identification Program. Secretary's Initiative.
Plumb, Geri; Burrow, Dee – 1986
This report describes and evaluates the Boise (Idaho) School District's operation of a Chapter 1 Project, the Elementary Structured Tutoring Program. The project provides tutoring in reading and mathematics skills to educationally deprived students in grades 2-6. Tutors are either paraprofessional adults or supervised students (grades 4-6) who…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Education
Improving Functional Communication Skills in Adolescents and Young Adults with Severe Autism Using Gentle Teaching and Positive Approaches.
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Polirstok, Susan Rovet; Dana, Lawrence; Buono, Serafino; Mongelli, Vita; Trubia, Grazia – Topics in Language Disorders, 2003
A study evaluated a therapeutic intervention program for young adults with severe autism at the Oasi Institute in Troina, Sicily. The program, which integrates gentle teaching, humanistic applied behavior analysis, and functional communication training, provides opportunities to acquire functional skills through errorless learning activities.…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Modification, Communication Skills, Foreign Countries
Positive Reinforcement at Pocomoke High School.
Van Sciver, James H. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1983
Describes the efforts of a Maryland high school to strengthen its position in the community by means of public service radio messages, a "positive family contact" system that emphasizes positive reinforcement of student achievements, and a weekly newspaper column that acknowledges the contributions of "students, staff members and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Support, Elementary Secondary Education, Family School Relationship
Evaluation of a Comprehensive Behavior Management Program To Improve School-Wide Positive Behavior Support.
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Metzler, Carol W.; Biglan, Anthony; Rusby, Julie C.; Sprague, Jeffrey R. – Education and Treatment of Children, 2001
A study evaluated a consultative approach to assisting a middle school (n=617 students) in implementing empirically based school-wide behavior management practices. The effective behavior support program resulted in increased positive reinforcement for appropriate social behavior and decreased aggressive social behavior among students. Discipline…
Descriptors: Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification