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Hawkins, Renee O.; Collins, Tai A.; Haas Ramirez, Lauren; Murphy, J. Meredith; Ritter, Chelsea – Behavioral Disorders, 2020
Using an ABAB withdrawal design, the study evaluated the direct and generalized effects of a combined independent and interdependent group contingency on the engagement and disruptive behavior of two groups of students enrolled in an alternative school serving students with emotional and behavioral disorders. Class 1 included seven middle school…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Student Behavior, Nontraditional Education, Emotional Disturbances
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Hauth, Clara; Mastropieri, Margo; Scruggs, Tom; Regan, Kelley – Behavioral Disorders, 2013
Eight eighth-grade students identified as having emotional and/or behavioral disabilities participated in a multiple-baseline design study to assess the effects of teaching persuasive writing and applying writing in the civics content area. After baseline data were collected, two intervention phases were implemented. An instructional phase on…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Disorders, Persuasive Discourse
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Mastropieri, Margo A.; Scruggs, Thomas E.; Mills, Sara; Cerar, Nancy Irby; Cuenca-Sanchez, Yojanna; Allen-Bronaugh, Dannette; Thompson, Catherine; Guckert, Mary; Regan, Kelley – Behavioral Disorders, 2009
A multiple-baseline design study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of strategy instruction in persuasive writing with eighth-grade students who attended a public day school for students with severe emotional and behavior disabilities. Students were taught to plan and write persuasive essays using the Self-Regulated Strategy Development…
Descriptors: Day Schools, Essays, Generalization, Special Schools
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Fullerton, Elizabeth Kirby; Conroy, Maureen A.; Correa, Vivian I. – Behavioral Disorders, 2009
This study investigated the effectiveness of a training designed to increase early childhood teachers' use of specific praise statements to address problem behaviors demonstrated by children at risk for emotional/behavioral disorders. A multiple-baseline across-participants design was employed to examine the teachers' use of specific praise…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Disorders, Young Children, Positive Reinforcement
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Griffith, Annette K.; Trout, Alexandra L.; Hagaman, Jessica L.; Harper, John – Behavioral Disorders, 2008
This review examines interventions intended to improve the literacy functioning of adolescent students with emotional and/or behavior disorders. Seventeen studies met inclusion criteria and included a variety of interventions designed to affect a variety of literacy areas, including spelling, writing, and reading fluency. Findings from these…
Descriptors: Intervention, Reading Fluency, Behavior Disorders, Emotional Disturbances
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Kiburz, Cheryl Strobel; And Others – Behavioral Disorders, 1984
An 18-year-old youth placed in a residential state mental health facility because of social skills deficits participated in treatment over a 48-day period in which the student was observed in four settings. Results suggest that the skills taught--greetings and thanking behavior--were maintained and generalized to three natural settings. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Generalization, Interpersonal Competence
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Schloss, Patrick J.; And Others – Behavioral Disorders, 1986
Among results of the research review on strategies to enhance social skills of behaviorally disordered students were that a conceptual base for research is lacking, that training priorities have not been matched to learner needs, and that investigators have often failed to evaluate generalization of effects to nontraining settings. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Elementary Secondary Education, Generalization, Interpersonal Competence
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Kelly, W. J.; And Others – Behavioral Disorders, 1983
The addition of self-monitoring to a social skill training program involving verbal training and role playing resulted in rapid generalization of appropriate responses to a supervision's instructions by behaviorally disordered adolescents in vocational classes. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Generalization, Interpersonal Competence
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Shisler, Lenore; And Others – Behavioral Disorders, 1987
As part of a pretest-posttest control group design, a questionnaire evaluated whether participation in reverse-role tutoring improved nonhandicapped students' attitudes toward behaviorally disordered fifth and sixth grade peer tutors. Improved attitudes did not generalize to another self-contained class of behavior disordered students. (JW)
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Childhood Attitudes, Generalization, Intermediate Grades
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Mathur, Sarup R.; Rutherford, Robert B., Jr. – Behavioral Disorders, 1996
This paper identifies factors possibly influencing long-term effectiveness of social skills training with students having emotional or behavioral disorders. These include: lack of a sound conceptual framework, questionable social validity of target skills, controversies surrounding the nature of social skills deficits, imprecise assessment…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances, Evaluation Methods
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Heckaman, Kelly; Conroy, Maureen; Fox, James; Chait, Andrea – Behavioral Disorders, 2000
Review of the research literature on functional assessment-based interventions for students with or at risk for emotional and behavioral disorders identified key issues in the design of these studies. Issues included (1) an emphasis on descriptive analysis; (2) interventions employed and procedural integrity; (3) generalization and maintenance;…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances, Functional Behavioral Assessment
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Harvey, Mark T.; Lewis-Palmer, Teri; Horner, Robert H.; Sugai, George – Behavioral Disorders, 2003
Individualized trans-situational interventions (TSIs) were implemented with three middle-school students at risk for school failure. Problem behaviors in school were reduced and linked to problem behavior reduction in the home when concurrent behavior support was established in the home and at school. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Educational Environment, Family Environment
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Hawkins, Jacqueline – Behavioral Disorders, 1988
This study sought to determine the effects of an instructional pause procedure on the verb identification performance of eight 8th- and 9th-grade students with severe behavior disorders. Seven of the students showed improvements of 14 percent to 29 percent, and significant generalization to student-generated written work was also demonstrated.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Generalization, Grammar
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McConnell, Scott R. – Behavioral Disorders, 1987
The concept of entrapment, viewed as a conceptual framework for social interaction skills training, is a behavioral process whereby newly acquired social responses come under the control of naturally occurring reinforcers, usually the social behavior of peers. Selection of target behaviors and intervention procedures to promote entrapment are…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Elementary Education, Generalization
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Nelson, J. Ron; And Others – Behavioral Disorders, 1991
Sixteen studies of self-management with students who have behavioral disorders are reviewed. Procedures involving self-instruction, self-evaluation, self-recording, and combinations are examined. Results indicate the effectiveness of the procedures in promoting social and academic behaviors and the need to systematically program for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders, Elementary Secondary Education
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