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Bailey Andressen Copeland – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Although function-based treatments have been proven to decrease challenging behavior, it is unclear whether these results translate to socially significant outcomes. In fact, researchers rarely analyze what happens outside the highly controlled setting in which behavior analytic sessions typically occur. In our first study, we used a changing…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Behavior Modification, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Intellectual Disability
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Pérez, Paloma; Gil, Haley; Artola, Arabiye; Royer, David James; Lane, Kathleen Lynne – Preventing School Failure, 2023
In this article, we introduce behavior-specific praise as a portable, feasible strategy for teachers and families to increase student engagement as well as to decrease off-task and disruptive behaviors in a variety of environments. We provide step-by-step guidance to illustrate how behavior-specific praise can be used by teachers during in-person…
Descriptors: Positive Reinforcement, Student Behavior, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems
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Abby K. Hodges; Phillip S. Strain; Garrett J. Roberts – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2024
A single-case multiple baseline design across three families was used to evaluate the impact of a manualized Prevent-Teach-Reinforce for Families (PTR-F) process for addressing challenging behavior (CB) when delivered in a remote format (PTR-F: R). Results across three U.S. families showed that (a) a functional relation existed between parent…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Behavior Problems, Behavior Modification, Parent Role
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Johannes L. van der Walt; Nico A. Broer; Nicholus Mollo; Kgale Mampane; Charl C. Wolhuter – Perspectives in Education, 2023
This is an educational-philosophical, more particularly, a societal-theoretical reflection on the "blame game" that is occasionally played between the parental home and the school with respect to the behaviour displayed by children in these societal relationships. After consulting the literature regarding this issue, and the findings of…
Descriptors: Discipline, Family Environment, Child Behavior, Behavior Problems
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de Kuijper, Gerda M.; Den Besten-van Ravenswaaij, Janneke J. C.; Hoekstra, Pieter J.; de Bildt, Annelies – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2023
Background: Interventions for challenging behaviours in individuals with intellectual disabilities benefit from outcome monitoring that takes clients' preferences into account. We determined clients' and representatives' preferred outcome domains and measures to secure their involvement in treatment decisions for challenging behaviours. Method: We…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Intellectual Disability, Outcomes of Treatment, Intervention
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Harbin, Shawna G.; Fettig, Angel – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2023
Challenging behaviors are linked to negative long-term developmental outcomes for young children with disabilities and remain a primary focus of service delivery for many early intervention practitioners and families. Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is a tiered prevention framework that recommends evidence-based positive…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Cultural Relevance, Young Children, Disabilities
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Leaf, Justin B.; Leaf, Ronald; McEachin, John; Cihon, Joseph H.; Ferguson, Julia L. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018
Researchers have demonstrated that comprehensive behavioral intervention can result in significant improvements in the lives of individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD; e.g.; Lovaas, "Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology" 55(1):3-9, 1987; McEachin et al., "American Journal of Mental Retardation"…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Behavior Problems, Behavior Modification
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Rivard, Mélina; Mello, Catherine; Mestari, Zakaria; Terroux, Amélie; Morin, Diane; Forget, Jacques; Lefebvre, Christine; Argumedes, Malena – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021
This proof-of-concept study assessed the feasibility of implementing Prevent-Teach-Reinforce-for-Young-Children (PTR-YC) program to address challenging behaviors in children with autism within the context of public, specialized early intensive behavioral intervention (EIBI) services offered in community settings. Following a 2-day training and…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Prevention, Reinforcement
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Tarver, Joanne; Pearson, Effie; Edwards, Georgina; Shirazi, Aryana; Potter, Liana; Malhi, Priya; Waite, Jane – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2021
Anxiety is a common co-occurring condition in autism and impacts quality of life of autistic individuals and their families; autistic individuals who speak few or no words represent an under-researched group. This qualitative study aimed to understand more about parental recognition and management of anxiety in autistic individuals who speak few…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Communication Disorders
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Saini, Valdeep; Sullivan, William E.; Baxter, Emily L.; DeRosa, Nicole M.; Roane, Henry S. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2018
Functional communication training (FCT) is one of the most commonly prescribed interventions for the treatment of severe destructive behavior exhibited by individuals with intellectual disabilities. Although highly effective, FCT has been shown to fail in some cases when treatment is introduced into the child's typical environment. Basic and…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Intellectual Disability, Behavior Modification, Communication Skills
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Ringer, Noam; Wilder, Jenny; Scheja, Max; Gustavsson, Anders – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2020
This study investigates parents' lived experiences of having a child diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). The aim was to explore parents' meaning-making processes in relation to their children's ADHD with a focus on understanding the impact that receiving a diagnosis had on the parents' perceptions of, and ways of…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Parents, Children, Clinical Diagnosis
Harkema, Rebecca – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Families that have children with ASD may experience increased stress due to a variety of factors, one of these factors being managing difficult behaviors. One area of behavioral difficulty that children with ASD experience is transitioning between activities. The Social Story is one intervention that has been studied as a transition support both…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Interpersonal Competence, Story Telling
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Wymbs, Frances A. – School Mental Health, 2018
This study used conjoint analysis, trade-off methodology employed by marketing researchers and health economists, to examine preferences of parents for school- and community-based interventions for childhood ADHD. Participants were 29 mothers (86.2% Caucasian) of boys aged 5-13 years with or at risk of ADHD. Mothers completed a conjoint survey…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Intervention, Preferences, Males
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Hall, James; Sammons, Pam; Smees, Rebecca; Sylva, Kathy; Evangelou, Maria; Goff, Jenny; Smith, Teresa; Smith, George – Oxford Review of Education, 2019
UK Sure Start Children's Centres (SSCCs) aim to lessen behavioural disorders yet we lack evidence concerning how this is achieved. This study evaluates one possible mechanism: improved home learning environments (HLEs). Data come from a longitudinal study of 2568 families and children recruited at a mean age of 14 months from 117 SSCCs in England…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Intervention, Behavior Disorders, Family Environment
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Griffiths, Amy-Jane; Izumi, Jared T.; Alsip, James; Furlong, Michael J.; Morrison, Gale M. – Preventing School Failure, 2019
This research examined the risk and protective factors of responders and nonresponders to a schoolwide implementation of positive behavioral interventions and supports (SW-PBIS) within an alternative school. Students completed self-perception measures of individual, school, community, and home systems. Multivariate analysis of variance indicated a…
Descriptors: Positive Behavior Supports, At Risk Students, Nontraditional Education, Delinquency
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