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Timeout Use with Behaviorally Disordered Students.
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Zabel, Mary Kay – Behavioral Disorders, 1986
Results of a survey of 730 teachers of the behaviorally disordered indicated that 70 percent used timeout procedures as a behavior management strategy, that teachers of younger children used the technique more frequently, and that physical and verbal aggression were the behaviors most frequently resulting in timeout. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Aggression, Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders
Early Intervention for Children with Conduct Disorders: A Quantitative Synthesis of Single-Subject Research.
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Scruggs, Thomas E.; And Others – Behavioral Disorders, 1986
Sixteen studies were analyzed that employed single-subject designs focusing on conduct disorders in preschoolers. Results indicated that reinforcement produced most positive outcomes, followed by punishment, timeout, and differential attention. Subject characteristics such as sex, handicapping condition, and target behavior typically bore little…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Behavioral Science Research, Contingency Management
Isolation Timeout Used with Students with Emotional Disturbance.
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Costenbader, Virginia; Reading-Brown, Margery – Exceptional Children, 1995
This 1-year study investigated use of isolation timeout as a behavioral control intervention with 156 students with emotional disturbance in a special educational facility. Results indicated that 13,000 separate timeouts occurred over the year. Average time in isolation was 23 hours per student. Older students in more restrictive settings spent…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Problems, Contingency Management
The Use of a Warning Procedure to Signal a More Intrusive Timeout Contingency.
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Twyman, Janet S.; And Others – Behavioral Disorders, 1994
The effects of a warning procedure signaling exclusionary timeout as a consequence for inappropriate behavior during contingent observation timeout was evaluated with nine elementary students having emotional and behavioral disorders. The use of warnings was associated with a decrease in appropriate contingent observation timeout behaviors,…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Contingency Management
Decreasing Violent or Aggressive Theme Play among Preschool Children with Behavior Disorders.
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Sherburne, Sara; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1988
Two procedures were compared for reducing violent or aggressive theme play of six preschool children with behavior disorders and five normally developing peers. Contingency statements followed by a modified time-out produced consistently lower rates of violent theme play than did verbal prompts to engage in more appropriate types of play.…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders, Classroom Techniques
Positive Intervention for Serious Behavior Problems: Best Practices in Implementing the Hughes Bill (A.B. 2586) and the Positive Behavioral Intervention Regulations.
Wright, Diana Browning; Gurman, Harvey B. – 1994
This manual provides guidelines to educators attempting to comply with California's Hughes Bill, which is intended to ensure the rights of special education students to have positive behavioral intervention plans designed to bring lasting behavioral changes without interventions that cause pain or trauma. An introductory chapter summarizes the…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Behavioral Science Research, Classroom Techniques