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Wahl-Alexander, Zachary; Howell, Steven; Richards, K. Andrew R. – Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership, 2017
The purpose of this study was to evaluate summer camp counselors' perceived competency prior to and after an 8-day training at an independent for-profit overnight camp. The participants in this study were 101 camp counselors who were employed at an overnight summer camp in the northeastern United States. Counselors' perceived competency was…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Recreational Activities, Outdoor Education, Counselors
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Ryan, Joseph B.; Peterson, Reece; Tetreault, George; Hagen, Emily Vander – Journal of At-Risk Issues, 2007
The purpose of this pilot study was to review the effects of professional staff training in crisis management and de-escalation techniques on the use of seclusion timeout and restraint procedures with at-risk students in a K-12 special day school. An exploratory pre-post study was conducted over a two-year period, comparing the use of these…
Descriptors: Crisis Intervention, Day Schools, At Risk Students, Crisis Management
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Sawka, Kristin D.; McCurdy, Barry L.; Mannella, Mark C. – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2002
This paper describes implementation of a combined active training and consultation project with 64 school staff members in a large urban district. Participation was broadly associated with increased staff knowledge of effective behavior management and instructional strategies, successful implementation of skills at the classroom level with…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Classroom Techniques, Consultants
Barresi, Dominick – 1993
This practicum was designed to train special education teachers and paraprofessionals at a private, special education facility in ways to identify precursor behaviors and antecedent events eliciting maladaptive behaviors in children with developmental disorders and behavior disorders. Staff were given five inservice sessions (totalling 10 hours)…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Classroom Techniques
Colorado Univ., Denver. Center for Collaborative Educational Leadership. – 1998
This self-study training manual for teachers of young children with autism contains nine modules on behavior modification techniques. The modules address: (1) the ABC's of behavior, which discusses discriminating among words that describe feelings and words that describe behaviors, identification of examples of learned behavior, and defining and…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems
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Polirstok, Susan; Gottlieb, Jay – International Journal of Behavioral Consultation and Therapy, 2006
A professional development program which trained whole school staffs in the use of positive behavioral interventions for the purpose of reducing referral rates of students for misbehavior and special education evaluation. The program focused on training teachers and paraprofessionals in behavior management strategies to increase "high approval…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Reading Achievement, Academic Achievement, Referral