In this article, we examine two schools that successfully adopted school-wide positive behavior interventions and highlight some of the common features that contributed to their success. As part of our analysis, we draw upon the theoretical literature on organizational change to discuss factors that supported these successful school-wide reform…

Surveyed national stratified random sample of 228 regular and special education teachers to examine what methods were used to remediate behavior problems in their classrooms. Data were analyzed to determine types of interventions used and relationships to gender, degree, type of school (elementary, middle, or high school), grade taught, type of…

Examined effectiveness of regular classroom teachers as mediators for behavior change in regular classroom settings. Findings from 59 first and second graders in experimental and control groups revealed that in-class behavior change was significantly greater for experimental condition than for control condition; although behavior change from first…

This article discusses the identification of hyperactive children. It is suggested that if school personnel use their expertise to identify hyperactive children in the classroom and begin behavioral intervention programs at the earliest possible time, medical referral and treatment will be unnecessary for many children. (Author/EJT)

This paper presents an approach to in-service training for teachers, as change agents, which attempts to be relevant to their needs in their environment. (Author)