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McLay, Laurie L.; France, Karyn G.; Blampied, Neville M.; Hunter, Jolene E.; van Deurs, Jenna R.; Woodford, Emma C.; Gibbs, Rosina; Lang, Russell – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2022
This study follows McLay et al., "Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders," (2020) to investigate whether the function-based behavioral sleep interventions received by 41 children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) produced collateral improvements in ASD severity, internalizing and externalizing symptoms and parent…
Descriptors: Sleep, Children, Adolescents, Autism
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Smith, Carla M.; Smith, Richard G.; Dracobly, Joseph D.; Pace, Amy Peterson – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2012
We evaluated interrater agreement across multiple respondents on anecdotal assessments and compared cases in which agreement was obtained with outcomes of functional analyses. Experiment 1 evaluated agreement among multiple respondents on the function of problem behavior for 27 individuals across 42 target behaviors using the Motivation Assessment…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Interrater Reliability, Comparative Analysis, Experiments
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Francis, Sarah E.; Ebesutani, Chad; Chorpita, Bruce F. – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2012
This investigation examined how two commonly employed measures of functional impairment (the "Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale" [CAFAS] and the "Global Assessment of Functioning" [GAF] scale) perform with respect to assessing levels of functional impairment and, hence, identifying rates of serious emotional…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Measures (Individuals), Emotional Disturbances, Functional Behavioral Assessment
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Swoszowski, Nicole Cain; Jolivette, Kristine; Fredrick, Laura D.; Heflin, L. Juane – Exceptionality, 2012
Check In/Check Out (CICO) is a secondary tier intervention for those students who are not responsive to universal tier, school-wide positive behavioral interventions and supports. The present study extended the implementation of CICO to six students with emotional and behavioral disorders in a residential facility whose behaviors were maintained…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Residential Institutions, Intervention, Emotional Disturbances
Smith, Clinton – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Every day administrators and teachers issue increasing numbers of disciplinary referrals that document problematic behaviors in the classroom. When placed in in-school suspension (ISS) because of disciplinary reasons students lose valuable academic instruction time and their academic achievement is negatively impacted. ISS produces little, if any,…
Descriptors: Suspension, Behavior Modification, At Risk Students, Functional Behavioral Assessment
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Hilton, Jane C.; Seal, Brenda C. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2007
Trial interventions in DIR and ABA with twin brothers with autism were offered to help the parents choose one of the programs for their sons. Pre- and post-test scores on the Communication and Symbolic Behavior Scales (CSBS) revealed a slight gain in the composite score of the ABA child and a slight loss in the score of the DIR child. Contrasted…
Descriptors: Intervention, Siblings, Scores, Graduate Students