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Kizilkaya, Hasan; Koçak, Fatih; Erdogan, Ibrahim – International Journal on Social and Education Sciences, 2023
Problem behaviors negatively affect the lives of special education students in different ways. Individuals with special needs may exhibit problem behaviors such as aggression, harming themselves or others, and excessive hyperactivity in general. It can be said that intervening, taking precautions, and changing these behaviors in a positive way…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Special Education, Students with Disabilities, Behavior Modification
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Burke, Mary-Kate; Prendeville, Paula; Veale, Angela – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2017
"FRIENDS for Life" is a cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) programme which aims to reduce anxiety and promote resilience among children. This study evaluated the "FRIENDS for Life" (FRIENDS) programme used as an intervention for seven children between the ages of 10 and 11 presenting with high functioning autism spectrum…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Pretests Posttests, Intervention, Anxiety
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Sucuoglu, Bülbin; Demir, Seyda – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2012
Problem statement: Two of the techniques used in the meta-analysis of single-case research are calculating the percentage of nonoverlapping data (PND) and the percentage of data points that exceed the median of the baseline phase (PEM). The PND is a nonparametric approach in which the researcher calculates the percentage of data points in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Effect Size
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McPherson, Jane – Research on Social Work Practice, 2012
Purpose: This review examines the effectiveness of narrative exposure therapy (NET) , a short-term intervention for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in survivors of mass violence and torture, who have often suffered multiple traumas over several years. Methods: Randomized control trials were reviewed if they measured PTSD outcome and were…
Descriptors: Research Design, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Therapy, Social Work
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Zaghlawan, Hasan Y.; Ostrosky, Michaelene M.; Al-Khateeb, Jamal M. – Education and Treatment of Children, 2007
The present study investigated the efficacy of using response cost paired with Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI) to manage the inattentive behavior of 30 students attending third and fourth grade in Jordan. A pretest-posttest control group design was employed to evaluate the efficacy of response cost and DRI. Results showed…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Attention Deficit Disorders, Foreign Countries
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Humphrey, Neil; Brooks, A. George – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2006
An increasing number of children and young people are being excluded from school as a direct result of anger management problems. The research literature suggests that short cognitive-behavioural intervention programmes may be effective in helping young people understand and control their anger. The aim of the current study was to evaluate the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychological Patterns, Research Design, Intervention
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Bankauskiene, Nijole; Staskeviciene, Vilma – European Educational Research Journal, 2005
The authors discuss the problems of children's foster care in Lithuania in the context of European dimensions. The article consists of two parts. The first part presents the main changes in the children's care system in Lithuania. The first part reveals the discussion of the paradigm of children's foster care in both the Western and Lithuanian…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Foreign Countries, Foster Care, Child Welfare
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Kinsler, Janni; Sneed, Carl D.; Morisky, Donald E.; Ang, Alfonso – Health Education Research, 2004
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of a cognitive-behavioral peer-facilitated school-based HIV/AIDS education program on knowledge, attitudes and behavior among primary and secondary students in Belize. Students (N = 150) were recruited from six schools in Belize City. A quasi-experimental research design was used to assess the…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Control Groups, Research Design, Intervention