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Solomon, Benjamin G.; Klein, Suzanne A.; Hintze, John M.; Cressey, James M.; Peller, Sarah L. – Psychology in the Schools, 2012
Positive Behavior Support (PBS) for behavioral problems was included in the 1997 Individuals With Disabilities Education Act reauthorization, reflecting the increased implementation and strengthening empirical evidence for PBS in schools. Whereas PBS can be used reactively, its flexibility has led to a popular comprehensive school-wide model used…
Descriptors: Evidence, Outcome Measures, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification
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Reese, Robert J.; Prout, H. Thompson; Zirkelback, Emily H.; Anderson, Charlotte R. – Psychology in the Schools, 2010
A meta-analysis was conducted with 65 school-based psychotherapy and counseling dissertations over the last 10 years (1998-2008) to assess if a file-drawer problem (i.e., studies conducted but not published that, as a whole, have different results than studies in the same area published) exists in the school-based outcome literature. An overall…
Descriptors: Intervention, Outcomes of Treatment, Meta Analysis, Effect Size
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Sterling-Turner, Heather E.; Jordan, Sara S. – Psychology in the Schools, 2007
Transitioning between activities can pose difficulties when working with students with autism. Individuals with autism may resist transitions by exhibiting a host of problem behaviors such as aggression and tantrums. Although scant, there is available research that provides sound recommendations for assessing and intervening for problem behaviors…
Descriptors: Functional Behavioral Assessment, Autism, Behavior Modification, Transitional Programs