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Rogers, Davida J.; Bundrick, Karan S.; Ryan, Joseph B.; Afram, Love – Beyond Behavior, 2023
Timeout has been used extensively within schools to address inappropriate behavior in children. In practice, timeout is not a single strategy; rather, it is a compilation of related practices. Some forms of timeout are research-based practices for modifying student behavior. However, others lack research support and frequently are misused,…
Descriptors: Discipline, Student Behavior, Behavior Problems, Best Practices
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Bartlett, Nadine; Ellis, Taylor Floyd – Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 2021
The intended purpose of physical restraint, seclusion, and time-out rooms in schools is to intervene in a crisis when the behaviour of a student poses an immediate or imminent, and significant threat to physical safety. While the use of physical restraint, seclusion, and time-out rooms is intended to provide protection from immediate physical…
Descriptors: Punishment, Discipline, Student Behavior, Behavior Problems
Lee Collyer – Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, 2022
The 2022 Legislature directed the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) to create an advisory workgroup with specific participants to report back on topics related to student isolation and seclusion. This legislative report provides a background on the workgroup, history of isolation and restraint, current practices in the state of…
Descriptors: Discipline, Punishment, Behavior Modification, Timeout
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Romi, Shlomo; Lewis, Ramon; Salkovsky, Merav – Journal of Educational Research, 2015
Three types of student misbehavior, varying in severity, were measured in self-report surveys completed by excluded students: distracting others, resisting teachers' attempts to ensure engagement with work, and aggressive behavior. Results show that excluded students exhibiting less severe misbehavior are more amenable to the logic of teacher…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Behavior Problems, Severity (of Disability), Surveys
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Donaldson, Jeanne M.; Vollmer, Timothy R.; Yakich, Theresa M.; Van Camp, Carole – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2013
Time-out is a negative punishment procedure that parents and teachers commonly use to reduce problem behavior; however, specific time-out parameters have not been evaluated adequately. One parameter that has received relatively little attention in the literature is the mode of administration (verbal or physical) of time-out. In this study, we…
Descriptors: Discipline Policy, Discipline, Timeout, Student Behavior
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Kostewicz, Douglas E. – Behavior Analyst Today, 2010
Researchers and practitioners often employ timeout procedures to manage inappropriate classroom behavior. When implemented inappropriately, however, timeout can result in dangerous situations and have received increased scrutiny (i.e., seclusion). The timeout ribbon procedure can prevent some of the dangerous situations associated with other forms…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Timeout, Behavior Problems, Discipline
Vaillancourt, Kelly; Klotz, Mary Beth – Communique, 2012
Over the past several years, allegations of abuse and death related to seclusion and restraint, media coverage of these events, subsequent federal investigations, and Congressional hearings about this topic have resulted in increased pressure on Congress to pass legislation to address the use of seclusion and restraint in the school setting.…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Politics of Education, School Psychologists, Hearings
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Camplese, Donald A.; Camplese, Kay F. – Reading Improvement, 1982
Discusses the use of a behavioral discipline approach--Time Out Procedure--along with other techniques for handling inappropriate classroom behavior. (FL)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Discipline, Elementary Secondary Education, Negative Reinforcement
Mah, Ronald – Redleaf Press, 2006
Creating a classroom of attentive learners takes more than swift discipline. "Difficult Behavior" can help inspire positive behavioral change and healthy, productive development. Following Acknowledgments, About the Author and Introduction, the book is divided into five sections. Part I, The Role of Discipline, includes: (1) Discipline in…
Descriptors: Rewards, Timeout, Positive Reinforcement, Punishment
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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
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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
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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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Ryan, Joseph B.; Peterson, Reece L.; Rozalski, Michael – Education and Treatment of Children, 2007
The use of seclusion timeout in school settings has again become controversial. For more than 35 years there have been recommendations that states and schools develop policies and procedures regarding the use of seclusion timeout in school settings. Recent lawsuits brought against school districts accusing them of violating student rights through…
Descriptors: Special Needs Students, School Districts, State Departments of Education, Court Litigation
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Rozalski, Michael E.; Yell, Mitchell L.; Boreson, Lynn A. – Journal of Special Education Leadership, 2006
Seclusion timeout and physical restraint are aversive procedures designed to reduce or eliminate students' serious problem behavior. Using these procedures with students in special education has become commonplace in the last decade. Nevertheless, both seclusion timeout and physical restraint procedures have been, and continue to be, quite…
Descriptors: Legal Problems, Student Behavior, Civil Rights, Hearings
Engelhardt, Loretta – 1983
The Douglas School System (South Dakota) has successfully operated a Time Out/Discipline Model program in their middle school for five years. The program was developed from 1978-1981 with Title IV-C funds and was validated in May 1981. Two major goals have proven statistically successful: (1) students will choose responsible behavior and will…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Demonstration Programs, Discipline