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Plate, Rista C.; Fulvio, Jacqueline M.; Shutts, Kristin; Green, C. Shawn; Pollak, Seth D. – Child Development, 2018
Individuals track probabilities, such as associations between events in their environments, but less is known about the degree to which experience--within a learning session and over development--influences people's use of incoming probabilistic information to guide behavior in real time. In two experiments, children (4-11 years) and adults…
Descriptors: Child Development, Children, Young Children, Change Strategies
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Martin, Jerry A.; Iagulli, Diane M. – Behavior Therapy, 1974
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Exceptional Child Research
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Strong, Catherine; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1974
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Drug Therapy, Exceptional Child Research
Duffy, Roslyn – Child Care Information Exchange, 2000
Identifies the steps involved in changing behavior as a process over time: (1) becoming aware of desire to change; (2) announcing intentions and noticing actions; (3) recognizing detours and catching them during the act; (4) effecting change; (5) managing roadblocks; (6) reinforcing the changed behavior; and (7) completing the process of change.…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems
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Brambring, M.; Troster, H. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1992
Parents (n=52) of blind and partially sighted infants and preschoolers were surveyed concerning the frequency of occurrence and stability of the children's stereotyped behaviors. Stereotyped behaviors frequently observed in blind children proved to be stable, whereas other stereotyped behaviors were less stable. Age of child and frequency of…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Change, Behavior Development, Behavior Patterns
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Davis, Carol Ann – Preventing School Failure, 1995
A review of the literature and descriptive examples of peers implementing the "high probability request" (HPR) strategy for changing behavior in young children with behavior disorders are presented. HPR intervention involves delivering three to five high probability requests with positive reinforcement in rapid succession, followed by a…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Behavior Patterns
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Devlin, Sandra D.; Harber, Melissa M. – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2004
This study evaluates impact of collaborative efforts of parents and school professionals in the treatment of autism in a five-year-old boy. Method of treatment was discrete trial training across settings (e.g., home and school) and change agents were the child's parents, siblings, special education teacher, resource teacher, and speech…
Descriptors: Pathology, Change Agents, Siblings, Special Education Teachers
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Frankel, Fred; Graham, Vicki – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1976
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Attention, Autism, Behavior Change
Slaby, Ronald G.; And Others – 1995
Based on the latest knowledge about early violence prevention and effective teaching strategies, this book describes practical ways for early childhood educators to handle children's aggression and shows how to help children become assertive, nonviolent problem solvers. The book's repertoire of proven approaches includes teaching children how to…
Descriptors: Aggression, Assertiveness, Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns