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Bellone, Katherine M.; Dufrene, Brad A.; Tingstrom, Daniel H.; Olmi, D. Joe; Barry, Christopher – Journal of Behavioral Education, 2014
This study tested the relative efficacy of two interventions for children referred for consultation services due to problem behavior in the classroom. Teachers nominated children for participation due to frequent disruptive behaviors, such as inappropriate vocalizations and off-task behavior. Four Black males from 3 to 4 years old who attended…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Behavior Problems, Preschool Teachers, Preschool Children
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Murdock, Linda C.; Dantzler, John A.; Walker, Anne N.; Wood, L. Becca – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2014
A randomized pretest-posttest control group design was utilized to measure the effects of a platform swing on independent work behaviors of 30 children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Participants engaged in two 5-min intervals of independent work. Between the intervals, participants in the treatment group received 5 min of vestibular…
Descriptors: Motion, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Independent Study
Debra Kamps; Howard Wills; Harriett Dawson-Bannister; Linda Heitzman-Powell; Esther Kottwitz; Blake Hansen; Kandace Fleming – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2015
The purpose of the study was to determine the efficacy of the Class-Wide Function-Related Intervention Teams (CW-FIT) program for improving students' on-task behavior, and increasing teacher recognition of appropriate behavior. The intervention is a group contingency classroom management program consisting of teaching and reinforcing appropriate…
Descriptors: Intervention, Behavior Modification, Positive Reinforcement, Behavior Problems
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Dhar, Monica; Been, Pieter H.; Minderaa, Ruud B.; Althaus, Monika – Neuropsychologia, 2010
Twenty male adults with ADHD, 16 dyslexic adults, 15 comorbid adults, and 16 normal controls were compared on performance and underlying brain responses, during a cued Continuous Performance Test (O-X CPT), with the aim of discovering features of information processing differentiating between the groups. The study evaluated both cue- and…
Descriptors: Reaction Time, Dyslexia, Performance Tests, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
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Didden, Robert; de Moor, Jan M. H.; Korzilius, Hubert – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2009
Children with epilepsy are at risk for problems in daytime functioning. We assessed daytime sleepiness, on-task behavior and attention in 17 children (aged between 7 and 11 years) with epilepsy who visited a school for special education and compared these to 17 children from a control group who visited a regular school. Within the group of…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Epilepsy, Sleep, Educational Practices