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Coles, Erika K.; Slavec, Janine; Bernstein, Melissa; Baroni, Elizabeth – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2012
Objective: The current study examined the impact of the gender of children with ADHD on teachers' perceptions toward inattentive, hyperactive, or oppositional behaviors, and how these perceptions relate to teachers' ratings of children's impairment and referral recommendations. Method: Teachers read eight vignettes depicting boys and girls with…
Descriptors: Children, Child Behavior, Females, Behavior Modification
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Reichow, Brian; Barton, Erin E.; Sewell, Joanna Neely; Good, Leslie; Wolery, Mark – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2010
The use of weighted vests for children with autism spectrum disorders and developmental disabilities is a common practice as part of sensory integration therapy programs. The purpose of the current investigation was to extend the research on the use of weighted vests for children with autism and developmental delays in a methodologically rigorous…
Descriptors: Sensory Integration, Autism, Developmental Disabilities, Developmental Delays
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Peterson, Stephanie M. Peck; Caniglia, Cyndi; Royster, Amy Jo; Macfarlane, Emily; Plowman, Kristen; Baird, Sally Jo; Wu, Nadia – Educational Psychology, 2005
This study evaluated the effects of choice making within functional communication training (FCT) to increase the task engagement of two participants with inappropriate behaviour. Pretreatment functional analyses indicated that both participants' inappropriate behaviour was maintained by escape. For one of the participants, inappropriate behaviour…
Descriptors: Reinforcement, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Functional Behavioral Assessment