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Alexander, Ronnie N.; Apfel, Cathy H. – Exceptional Children, 1976
A variable interval schedule of reinforcement was used with five behavior disordered boys (7-13 years old) to improve attending and study behavior of the children during the communicative skills period. (SBH)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Contingency Management, Elementary Education
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Martens, Brian K.; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1986
A 65-item questionnaire assessed teacher (N=2279) perceptions of intervention alternatives used to control classroom behavior problems. Strategies rated as most effective, easiest to use, and most frequently used by both regular and special educators included interventions that either redirected students toward appropriate behavior or involved…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques, Consultation Programs
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Costenbader, Virginia; Reading-Brown, Margery – Exceptional Children, 1995
This 1-year study investigated use of isolation timeout as a behavioral control intervention with 156 students with emotional disturbance in a special educational facility. Results indicated that 13,000 separate timeouts occurred over the year. Average time in isolation was 23 hours per student. Older students in more restrictive settings spent…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Problems, Contingency Management
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Munk, Dennis D.; Repp, Alan C. – Exceptional Children, 1994
This paper reviews studies that have used instructional variables as nonaversive interventions for problem behaviors of individuals with severe disabilities. These include student choice of task, task variation, pace of instruction, interspersal of high probability tasks, partial versus whole task training, decreasing task difficulty, and a…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques