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A Modified Time-Out Procedure for Children with Noncompliant or Defiant Behaviors.
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Erford, Bradley T. – Professional School Counseling, 1999
Examines effectiveness of standardized time-out (TO) procedures and time-out procedures modified to incorporate the contingent delay when children continue to misbehave during their punishment. Both regular and modified TO procedures resulted in significant reduction in noncompliant episodes. Generalization of study's results was hindered by…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Children, Compliance (Psychology), Research Problems
The Use of Functional Analysis to Develop Peer Interventions for Disruptive Classroom Behavior.
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Broussard, Carmen; Northup, John – School Psychology Quarterly, 1997
Evaluates the effectiveness of a peer intervention for disruptive behavior which was based on the results of a classroom-based functional analysis. Results indicate that peer attention, rather than teacher attention or escape/timeout, was associated with the most disruptive classroom behavior, suggesting that peer attention can reduce such…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Children, Classroom Techniques
When Timeout Works Some of the Time: The Importance of Treatment Integrity and Functional Assessment.
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Taylor, Jill; Miller, Michelle – School Psychology Quarterly, 1997
Describes a series of experiments designed to identify why the classroom use of timeouts sometimes failed. Results indicate that both treatment integrity and the function of student behavior problems were related to treatment success and failure. Discusses implications for the function of student behavior problems, treatment selection, and other…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Children, Classroom Environment