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Sobeck, Emily Eyrolles; Reister, Megan – Preventing School Failure, 2020
In response to the call for inclusion, teachers are now managing challenging behavior in the general education classroom at increased rates. Co-teaching has been relied on by many teachers in order to create more inclusive classrooms, however, teachers continue to report feeling ill-prepared to manage student behavior effectively. Although many…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Classroom Techniques, Positive Behavior Supports, Evidence Based Practice
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Nese, Rhonda N. T.; Nese, Joseph F. T.; McCroskey, Connor; Meng, Paul; Triplett, Danielle; Bastable, Eoin – Preventing School Failure, 2021
Ample scientific research has documented that exclusionary discipline practices are both ineffective for reducing unwanted behaviors and harmful to the long-term social and academic outcomes of students. Further, exclusionary discipline practices are especially harmful given their disproportionate use with students of color, students with…
Descriptors: Discipline, Suspension, Expulsion, Teaching Methods
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Bastable, Eoin; Falcon, Sarah Fairbanks; Nese, Rhonda; Meng, Paul; McIntosh, Kent – Preventing School Failure, 2021
Addressing racial disparities in school discipline is an urgent and widespread issue facing US schools. One approach to improve racial equity in school discipline practice is to enhance the contextual fit of empirically validated schoolwide practices. Schoolwide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (SWPBIS) is a widely implemented and…
Descriptors: Racial Differences, Racial Bias, Disproportionate Representation, Discipline
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Jacobson, Maya R. – Preventing School Failure, 2021
Traumatic experiences in children are pervasive, and trauma has been correlated with adverse academic outcomes, including school dropout. This research study aimed to answer the following question: According to selected educators in specialized programs in Ontario, in what ways are trauma-informed frameworks used to support the social-emotional…
Descriptors: Trauma, Teaching Methods, Student Needs, Stress Variables
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Haydon, Todd; Marsicano, Richard; Scott, Terrance M. – Preventing School Failure, 2013
This article aimed to review the literature and examine and compare the effects of choral and individual responding. Six studies met inclusion criteria and were included in this review. Participants in the study comprise students with various disabilities, male and female, and between pre-K and 12th grade. Results indicate a generally positive…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Literature Reviews, Teaching Methods, Preschool Education
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Pennington, Robert C.; Courtade, Ginevra R. – Preventing School Failure, 2015
Students with moderate and severe intellectual disability require intensive instruction to develop academic skills. A majority of instruction for these students takes place in self-contained classrooms. Unfortunately, there are little data describing common instructional practices within these classrooms. This pilot investigation aimed to explore…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Teacher Behavior, Classroom Environment, Severe Mental Retardation
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Sweigart, Chris A.; Landrum, Timothy J. – Preventing School Failure, 2015
Common approaches to inclusive education (e.g., co-teaching or team teaching) are based in part on an assumption that when more than one adult or professional are present in a classroom, rates of effective instructional practices and appropriate (i.e., positive) feedback can improve for students who need them most. In this preliminary study, the…
Descriptors: Team Teaching, Student Participation, Instructional Effectiveness, Learner Engagement
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Xin, Joy F.; Johnson, Mary L. – Preventing School Failure, 2015
This study examined the effect of using a remote device, a Clicker, on the on-task behavior of middle school students with behavior problems. Five students with behavior problems participated in the study. A single-subject research design with ABAB (phase A: baseline 1, phase B: intervention 1, phase A: baseline 2, phase B: intervention 2) phases…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Behavior Problems, Student Behavior, Audience Response Systems
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Anderson, Alida; Berry, Katherine – Preventing School Failure, 2015
Teacher language and students' on-task behavior were examined in language arts lessons with and without classroom drama in two self-contained third grade classrooms for students with learning disabilities and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Language arts lessons that integrated classroom drama were associated with significantly higher…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Student Behavior, Task Analysis
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Scott, Terrance M.; Hirn, Regina G.; Alter, Peter J. – Preventing School Failure, 2014
Effective instruction is a critical predictor of student achievement. As students with exceptionalities such as emotional and behavioral disorders and learning disabilities, who typically struggle with academic achievement, spend increasing amounts of general education settings, the need for precise instructional behaviors becomes more imperative.…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Student Behavior, Behavior Problems, Teacher Effectiveness
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Sansosti, Frank J. – Preventing School Failure, 2012
The purpose of this case study was to demonstrate the success of a multicomponent intervention to reduce the threatening and aggressive behaviors of a middle school student with Asperger's syndrome. The author provides information pertaining to the student and details the procedures for developing a packaged intervention. Results of this approach,…
Descriptors: Intervention, Aggression, Asperger Syndrome, Teaching Methods
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Skerbetz, Mandi Davis; Kostewicz, Douglas E. – Preventing School Failure, 2013
Students with emotional disturbances present with behavioral and academic deficits that often limit their participation in general education settings. As an antecedent intervention, academic choice provides multiple choices surrounding academic work promoting academic and behavioral gains. The authors examined the effects of assignment choice with…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Disorders, Program Effectiveness, At Risk Students
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Stahmer, Aubyn C.; Suhrheinrich, Jessica; Reed, Sarah; Bolduc, Cynthia; Schreibman, Laura – Preventing School Failure, 2010
Pivotal response teaching (PRT) is an empirically supported naturalistic behavioral intervention proven to be efficacious in the education of children with autism. This intervention involves loosely structured learning environments, teaching during ongoing interactions between student and teacher, child initiation of teaching episodes, child…
Descriptors: Verbal Communication, Intervention, Autism, Teaching Methods
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Bellini, Scott; McConnell, Luke L. – Preventing School Failure, 2010
Video-self modeling (VSM) is an effective but underused instructional strategy for youth on the autism spectrum. The authors present VSM in the context of strength-based educational programming for youth on the autism spectrum. The authors summarize research studies investigating VSM with youth on the autism spectrum in school settings and discuss…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Teaching Methods
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Sperry, Laurie; Neitzel, Jennifer; Engelhardt-Wells, Katie – Preventing School Failure, 2010
Peer-mediated instruction and intervention is based on principles of behaviorism and social learning theory. In this intervention approach, developing peers are typically taught ways to interact with and help children and youth with autism spectrum disorders acquire new social skills by increasing social opportunities in natural environments. The…
Descriptors: Socialization, Intervention, Autism, Teaching Methods
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