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Peer reviewedWebber, Jo; Scheuermann, Brenda – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1991
To reduce problem behaviors in the classroom, teachers should emphasize the desired behaviors they want students to exhibit, through differential reinforcement of zero rates of behaviors, incompatible behaviors, lower rates of behavior, and communicative behaviors. This paper discusses the advantages of differential reinforcement, potential…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedSloggett, Barbara B. – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1971
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Disadvantaged Youth
Peer reviewedRaschke, Donna; And Others – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1988
The "PEZ" candy dispenser has been used effectively to deliver reinforcers to moderately handicapped preschool students who display desirable behaviors. Contingency management procedures are described for using the candy dispenser to deliver reinforcers and subsequently to fade out the edible reinforcer and have the colorful dispenser itself…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques, Contingency Management, Food
Peer reviewedAdair, James G.; Schneider, Jack L. – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1993
A point system was developed to reinforce appropriate study habits and behaviors of secondary students with learning disabilities and behavior disorders. The system functioned as a bank, with students depositing their points and earning weekly interest on points saved. Students could also use points to conduct financial transactions at the…
Descriptors: Banking, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems
Peer reviewedMontague, Marjorie – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1987
Through self-management training, students learn to take control of their actions and make appropriate decisions. Four self-management strategies for enhancing mildly handicapped adolescents' job are self-instruction, self-questioning, self-monitoring, and self-reinforcement. (CB)
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Interpersonal Competence, Learning Problems, Mild Disabilities
