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Miguel A. Alonso; Inge Schweiger Gallo – Psychology in the Schools, 2025
Academic misconduct is common in both secondary and higher education and schools still lag behind in preventing unethical behavior. The present research addressed the effectiveness of formative activities aimed at improving ethical behavior of students in secondary education. The probability of engaging in cheating, harming others, hiding…
Descriptors: Ethics, Student Behavior, Secondary School Students, Intervention
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Rotheram-Fuller, Erin; MacMullen, Laura – Psychology in the Schools, 2011
Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) represent a continuum of cognitive and social problems that vary considerably in both impact and presentation for each child affected. Although successful interventions have been developed that target specific skill deficits often exhibited by children with autism, many of those interventions are exclusively…
Descriptors: Social Development, Autism, Therapy, Cognitive Restructuring
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Sherer, Yiping C.; Nickerson, Amanda B. – Psychology in the Schools, 2010
A random sample of 213 school psychologists working in a school setting completed a survey on their schools' current anti-bullying practices. Talking with bullies following bullying incidents, disciplinary consequences for bullies, and increasing adult supervision were the three most frequently used strategies. Peer juries/court, an anti-bullying…
Descriptors: Bullying, School Psychologists, Supervision, Peer Counseling
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Miller, Jeffrey A.; Williams, Shelagh J.; McCoy, Erika L. B. – Psychology in the Schools, 2004
Functional behavioral assessment (FBA) is an assessment procedure used to identify the reasons for children's misbehavior. In this article we provide an overview of one approach to FBA known as "multimodal functional behavioral assessment" (MFBA) that provides a comprehensive examination of the causes of children's disruptive behavior. The…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Emotional Disturbances, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Evaluation Methods
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McIntosh, David E.; Trotter, Jeffrey S. – Psychology in the Schools, 2006
Although published research continues to advocate medication as the first line of treatment for early onset bipolar spectrum disorder (EOBSD; N. Lofthouse & M.A. Fristad, 2004), preliminary research demonstrating the utility of cognitive, cognitive-behavioral, and psychoeducational therapies is promising. It appears as if future treatment of EOBSD…
Descriptors: Drug Therapy, Research Needs, Psychology, Pharmacology
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Marchant, Michelle; Young, K. Richard; West, Richard P. – Psychology in the Schools, 2004
In this study, we examined how effectively parents learn and apply the techniques of reinforcement, effective praise, instructive praise, direct teaching, and corrective teaching with noncompliant children in their homes. Four children considered at risk for antisocial behavior problems participated with their parents in the project. The parents…
Descriptors: Positive Reinforcement, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Problems, Compliance (Psychology)