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Capio, Catherine M.; Eguia, Kathlynne F. – SAGE Open, 2021
Children with intellectual disability (ID) tend to have difficulty with mastering fundamental movement skills, associated with cognitive deficits that impair skill acquisition. In this case study, motor learning evidence was transformed into an object control skills training program for children with ID in a school context. An implementation…
Descriptors: Object Manipulation, Psychomotor Skills, Children, Intellectual Disability
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Russell, Keith C.; Gillis, Harold L.; Law, Liam; Couillard, Jeff – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2018
Background: Progress monitoring (PM) is the periodic and reliable assessment of client progress to evaluate and inform psychotherapeutic treatment. PM's use in a variety of treatment contexts show improved treatment outcome, dropout rate reduction, moderated treatment deterioration, and more efficient treatment delivery. Objective: This study…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Outcomes of Treatment, Program Implementation, Progress Monitoring
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Castro-Villarreal, Felicia; Rodriguez, Billie Jo – Contemporary School Psychology, 2017
The National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) describes consultation as a practice that permeates all aspects of school psychological service delivery, and school consultation is increasingly recognized as a central and essential feature of practice in school-based problem-solving paradigms. This research examined teachers' experiences…
Descriptors: School Psychology, School Psychologists, Culturally Relevant Education, Consultation Programs
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Yates, Chad M.; Holmes, Courtney M.; Coe Smith, Jane C.; Nielson, Tiffany – Professional Counselor, 2016
Counselor education departments have a unique opportunity to implement feedback informed treatment (FIT) systems that serve as continual assessment procedures by informing counselors, clients, supervisors and educators about client functioning and progress toward goals. These systems hold potential benefits within counselor training such as a…
Descriptors: Counselor Training, Feedback (Response), Program Implementation, Curriculum Enrichment
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Bartlet, Nadine A.; Freeze, Trevi B. – Exceptionality Education International, 2018
An increasing number of children and youth have mental health disorders. To address this issue, federal and provincial mental health policymakers in Canada have recommended: (a) improving the coordination of services, and (b) increasing the role that schools play in providing supports. One way to operationalize these recommendations is to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Community Schools, Mental Disorders, Mental Health
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de Carlos Isla, Mercedes; Fortea, Inmaculada Baixauli – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2016
Children with Angelman syndrome (AS) exhibit significant social, communicative and cognitive difficulties. The aim of this case study was to describe the profile of communicative abilities of a child with AS, before and after the implementation of the Hanen program "More than Words" (MTW). Additionally, changes on the language directed…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Profiles, Program Implementation, Communicative Competence (Languages)
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Whitford, Denise K.; Liaupsin, Carl J.; Umbreit, John; Ferro, Jolenea B. – Education and Treatment of Children, 2013
A comprehensive function-based intervention was developed to address the chronic, high levels of off-task behavior by a 15-year-old ninth grade Caucasian male with learning disabilities and ADHD. A descriptive FBA identified that the student's off-task behavior was reinforced by peer attention and task avoidance. Intervention involved the…
Descriptors: Functional Behavioral Assessment, Learning Disabilities, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, High School Students
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White, Richard B.; Polly, Drew; Audette, Robert H. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2012
The study provides an illustration of an elementary school's implementation of a model of Response to Intervention (RTI). The school was selected to be the pilot for RTI implementation within the district. The study employed interviews of all members of the school RTI Leadership Team and select members of the district-level RTI Leadership Team. An…
Descriptors: Intervention, Response to Intervention, Program Implementation, Case Studies
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Ogden, Terje; Hagen, Kristine Amlund; Askeland, Elisabeth; Christensen, Bernadette – Research on Social Work Practice, 2009
This article sums up 8 years of experience with evidence-based programs in the treatment of conduct problems in children and youth. A conceptual model describing the implementation components relevant to the Norwegian project is presented and discussed. Next, we describe a case study of the implementation strategy accompanied by outcomes from the…
Descriptors: Municipalities, Behavior Problems, Foreign Countries, Parent Education
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Lord, John; Rush, Brian – Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation, 2002
Describes a peer support approach to evaluating outcomes within supported employment programs for people with developmental disabilities. Presents a case study of one Canadian county agency's experience with peer support evaluation and draws several lessons from the implementation experience of several agencies. (SLD)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Developmental Disabilities, Employment Programs, Evaluation Methods
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Woolston, Joseph L. – Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2005
Several case studies in implementing evidence-based treatments (EBTs) in organizations are presented. Two erroneous presuppositions about treatments with proven efficacy (henceforth called EBTs) frequently lead to major problems (Hoagwood et al., 2001). The first is that the development of an EBT has taken into account the fit between the…
Descriptors: Medical Services, Case Studies, Program Implementation, Mental Disorders
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Mason, Matthew M. – Education and Treatment of Children, 2000
This article describes the development of a provider-based outcome measurement system, describing core components and processes, what to measure, who should be involved in the development and measurement process, and what data collection technologies can be used or adopted. Problems in developing model outcome measurement services are presented.…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrative Change, Case Studies, Data Collection
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Fabiano, Gregory A.; Pelham, William E., Jr. – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2003
This case study reports how modifications to an existing behavior management plan improved the behavioral intervention of a third-grade boy diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. A multiple baseline design across setting was used to demonstrate the effectiveness of the modified intervention. Teachers overwhelmingly accepted the…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Modification, Case Studies, Classroom Techniques
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Savin, Howard A. – Education and Treatment of Children, 2000
This article summarizes how an organization designed and implemented a quality improvement infrastructure and an effective outcomes-based management system. Stages included: assessing the organization's current status and planning for buy-in, initiating data collection, ensuring data integrity, utilizing data in clinical assessment and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrative Change, Case Studies, Children
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Timler, Geralyn R.; Olswang, Lesley B.; Coggins, Truman E. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2005
Purpose: Speech-language pathologists frequently address social communication difficulties in children with diverse clinical profiles. The purpose of this study was to investigate the feasibility of a social communication intervention for a school-age child with a complex cognitive and behavioral profile secondary to diagnosis of a fetal alcohol…
Descriptors: Intervention, Speech Language Pathology, Communication Disorders, Feasibility Studies