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Training Teachers of Children with Moderate to Significant Support Needs to Contingently Respond to Child-Initiated Social Participation Behaviors during Centers
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Ashley K. Holt; Erik Drasgow; Katie Wolfe – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2024
Teachers of young children with moderate to significant support needs may have insufficient training to implement naturalistic instructional practices such as contingent responding. Naturalistic instructional practices are well researched, but limited studies exist on training teachers to use contingent responses to support children increasing…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Child Behavior, Teaching Methods, Special Education Teachers
Effects of the Good Behavior Game on Students with Severe Disabilities
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Conradi, Lyndsey Aiono; Jameson, J. Matt; Fischer, Aaron J.; Farrell, Michael; Eichelberger, Carrie; Ryan, Joanna; Bowman, Jessica A.; McDonnell, John – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2020
Numerous studies have demonstrated the positive effects of the Good Behavior Game (GBG); however, limited information exists on the impact of the GBG on students with severe disabilities. This study investigated the impact of the GBG on students with severe disabilities and their off-task behaviors. Three students in three self-contained…
Descriptors: Severe Disabilities, Time on Task, Student Behavior, Self Contained Classrooms
Training Teachers to Increase Behavior-Specific Praise: A Meta-Analysis
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Zoder-Martell, Kimberly A.; Floress, Margaret T.; Bernas, Ronan S.; Dufrene, Brad A.; Foulks, Samantha L. – Journal of Applied School Psychology, 2019
The purpose of this study was to synthesize the literature in support of training teachers to use behavior-specific praise, which is a strategy used to reduce students' disruptive and off-task behavior as well as prevent students' problem behaviors from occurring. The results of 28 single-case studies examining the effectiveness of training…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Student Behavior, Time on Task
Applications of Response Cost in School Settings: Outcomes, Issues and Recommendations.
Walker, Hill M. – Exceptional Education Quarterly, 1983
The response cost (RC) procedure has been applied in regular classrooms and playgrounds, self-contained and resource rooms, and residential settings with normal children and elementary-age, behavior-disordered children. RC involves the removal of previously awarded or earned reinforcers for the purpose of reducing deviant, maladaptive, or…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques
Effects of Choice-Making Opportunities on the Behavior of Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders.
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Jolivette, Kristine; Wehby, Joseph H.; Canale, Jennifer; Massey, N. Gayle – Behavioral Disorders, 2001
A study involving three elementary students with emotional/behavioral disorders in a self-contained special education classroom compared the effects of choice and no choice conditions on academic and social behaviors. Opportunities to make choices during academic situations positively affected the academic and social behaviors of two of the three…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Decision Making