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Restraint Procedures and Challenging Behaviours in Intellectual Disability: An Analysis of Causative Factors
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Matson, Johnny L.; Boisjoli, Jessica A. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2009
Background: Persons with intellectual disability often evince challenging behaviours. Efforts have been underway for some time to develop prosocial or positive skill acquisition treatments to address challenging behaviours. However, physical/mechanical and chemical restraint is still commonly used in many clinical and community settings. Such…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Discipline, Behavior Problems, Behavior Modification
Intervention Research on School Bullying in Primary Schools
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Ju, Yucui; Wang, Shuqiong; Zhang, Wenxin – Frontiers of Education in China, 2009
Intervention research on school bullying was conducted in a primary school with an action research method. After conducting a five-week intervention program, the occurrence ratio of being bullied on the way to school and back home and the degree to which children were bullied dropped significantly, but the rate of reduction in grade three was…
Descriptors: Intervention, Bullying, Action Research, Student Behavior
Six Reports of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Following Intensive Behavioral Intervention Using the Preschool Inventory of Repertoires for Kindergarten (PIRK[R])
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McGarrell, Maria; Healy, Olive; Leader, Geraldine; O'Connor, Jennifer; Kenny, Neil – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2009
The current study presents case reports of six children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) who received intensive applied behavior analysis within the Comprehensive Application of Behavior Analysis to Schooling (CABAS[R]) system and successfully integrated into mainstream education. The participants' interventions followed curricular…
Descriptors: Intervention, Autism, Kindergarten, Behavior Modification
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and the School Counselor
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Wertlieb, Ellen C. – Journal of School Counseling, 2008
The current article is designed to provide school counselors an understanding of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). The causes, characteristics, and treatment approaches are presented with examples focusing on school-related issues. The article concludes with a discussion about the role that the school counselor can take in helping the child…
Descriptors: School Counselors, School Counseling, Special Needs Students, Behavior Disorders
The Peace Pack: An Evaluation of Interventions to Reduce Bullying in Four Australian Primary Schools
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Slee, Phillip T.; Mohyla, Jury – Educational Research, 2007
Background: The evidence is now quite clear that bullying in schools is an international problem. Bullying is widely regarded as a particularly destructive form of aggression, with harmful physical, social and emotional outcomes for all involved (bullies, victims and bystanders), and with particular risks for children with special needs. The…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Antisocial Behavior, Foreign Countries, Computer Assisted Testing
A Comparison of Two Group Interventions for Adolescent Aggression: High Process versus Low Process
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Martsch, Martin D. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2005
Objective: This study compared two group treatments for aggressive behavior in adjudicated male adolescents: a cognitive-behavioral program (low process) and a program integrating group interaction with cognitive-behavioral training (high process). Method: The court-ordered adolescents were divided into two age groups, younger and older, and…
Descriptors: Aggression, Conflict, Adolescents, Group Dynamics