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Training Staff to Manage Challenging Behaviour
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van Oorsouw, Wietske M. W. J.; Embregts, Petri J. C. M.; Bosman, Anna M. T.; Jahoda, Andrew – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2010
Background: A training package for staff working with clients presenting challenging behaviour was developed to (1) increase their knowledge regarding challenging behaviour, and (2) to improve the quality of physical intervention techniques. The latter aim was intended to reduce staff anxiety about dealing with incidents and limit physical risk of…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Intervention, Behavior Disorders, Staff Development
Healthy Youth Places: A Randomized Controlled Trial to Determine the Effectiveness of Facilitating Adult and Youth Leaders to Promote Physical Activity and Fruit and Vegetable Consumption in Middle Schools
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Dzewaltowski, David A.; Estabrooks, Paul A.; Welk, Greg; Hill, Jennie; Milliken, George; Karteroliotis, Kostas; Johnston, Judy A. – Health Education & Behavior, 2009
The Healthy Youth Places (HYP) intervention targeted increased fruit and vegetable consumption (FV) and physical activity (PA) through building the environmental change skills and efficacy of adults and youth. HYP included group training for adult school site leaders, environmental change skill curriculum, and youth-led FV and PA environment…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Intervention, Physical Activities, Eating Habits
Creating Cooperative Classrooms: Effects of a Two-Year Staff Development Program
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Krol, Karen; Sleegers, Peter; Veenman, Simon; Voeten, Marinus – Educational Studies, 2008
In this study, the implementation effects of a staff development program on cooperative learning (CL) for Dutch elementary school teachers were studied. A pre-test-post-test non-equivalent control group design was used to investigate program effects on the instructional behaviours of teachers. Based on observations of teacher behaviour during…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Cooperative Learning, Elementary School Teachers
The Feasibility of High-end Learning in a Diverse Middle School
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Brighton, Catherine M.; Hertberg, Holly L.; Moon, Tonya R.; Tomlinson, Carol A.; Callahan, Carolyn M. – National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented, 2005
This study was an investigation of staff development programs designed to provide teachers with strategies through which all learners, including gifted, minority, and limited-English proficient students, can be appropriately served in a middle school environment sensitive to diverse learner academic needs. Participants in the study were assigned…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Performance Based Assessment, Program Effectiveness, Teacher Responsibility