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Download full textVincent, Claudia G.; Horner, Robert H.; Sugai, George – 2002
This digest describes the challenges of social skills instruction and provides three strategies for improving the social competence of all students, including children with disabilities. It begins by emphasizing the importance of teaching individual social skills within the context of establishing a school-wide culture of social competence. To…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Classroom Techniques, Disabilities
Peer reviewedMetzler, Carol W.; Biglan, Anthony; Rusby, Julie C.; Sprague, Jeffrey R. – Education and Treatment of Children, 2001
A study evaluated a consultative approach to assisting a middle school (n=617 students) in implementing empirically based school-wide behavior management practices. The effective behavior support program resulted in increased positive reinforcement for appropriate social behavior and decreased aggressive social behavior among students. Discipline…
Descriptors: Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification
Kavanagh, Kate – 1996
These three guides provide information on the third module of an early intervention program for at-risk kindergartners who show the early signs of antisocial behavior patterns. The third module of the "First Steps" program is a six-week home intervention component that instructs parents in skills for improving their child's school…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Modification, Check Lists, Consultants
Ackerman, Margaret E. – 1998
This paper provides a discussion of definitions, historical precursors, and prevalence figures for children with fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) and highlights relevant medical and behavioral characteristics. It also addresses the educational implications of working with children with FAS in terms of instruction and curriculum. Educators are urged…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
Brown, Gwyn M.; Greenspan, Stephen – 1983
Traditionally, school-based approaches to remediating deficits in social competence have focused on building aspects of temperament and character. The Socially Adept Verbalizations of Youth (SAVY) Curriculum, consisting of a series of exercises and activities, preceded by brief introductory lessons, was designed to develop social judgment skills…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Competency Based Education
Lochman, John E.; And Others – 1987
To reduce aggressive children's behavior problems and to reduce their high risk status for later major difficulties, an Anger Coping intervention based on cognitive behavioral techniques was developed (Lochman, Nelson, and Sims, 1981). Despite promising outcomes, testing showed not all children improved with this program. This study compared the…
Descriptors: Aggression, Anger, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems
Georgia Univ., Athens. Coll. of Family and Consumer Sciences. – 2000
This outreach project is based on the validated Developmental Therapy-Developmental Teaching model originally designed for young children with severe emotional/behavioral problems and their families. It is an approach that emphasizes the teaching skills that foster a child's social-emotional-behavioral competence. The model has proven effective in…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Classroom Techniques, Developmental Programs
Direct linkLuiselli, James K., Ed. – Brookes Publishing Company, 2006
Challenging behavior is a significant barrier to communication, education, and positive social relationships. This practical book helps psychologists, educators, rehabilitation specialists, and other professionals recognize and address the causes of these problems in individuals with developmental disabilities--and resolve even the most difficult…
Descriptors: Psychologists, Intervention, Health Conditions, Developmental Disabilities
Peer reviewedHashimi, Joan Kay – Social Work, 1981
Describes environmental modification, social work's response to the practical needs of clients, which emphasizes "doing for" clients and thus may encourage their dependence on the practitioner. Suggests that helping clients to develop their own skills to modify their environment can promote independence while meeting clients' tangible needs.…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Modification, Coping, Counseling Techniques
Peer reviewedGable, Robert A.; Hendrickson, Jo M.; Tonelson, Stephen W.; Van Acker, Richard – Education and Treatment of Children, 2002
This article discusses instructional variables that contribute to a positive classroom climate and serve as setting events for more focused group-individual instructional programs for students with emotional/behavioral disorders. Nonacademic challenges that should be incorporated into these programs are identified and issues are examined that…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Cultural Differences
Peer reviewedKotkin, Ronald A. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 1995
This article presents a rationale for inclusion of students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in regular classrooms; identifies current problems with inclusive practices; and offers a model program, the Irvine Paraprofessional Program. This program focuses on the use of paraprofessional teacher assistants, inservice training on…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Modification, Classroom Techniques, Demonstration Programs
Williams, Susan K.; Scahill, Lawrence; Vitiello, Benedetto; Aman, Michael G.; Arnold, L. Eugene; McDougle, Christopher J.; McCracken, James T.; Tierney, Elaine; Ritz, Louise; Posey, David J.; Swiezy, Naomi B.; Hollway, Jill; Cronin, Pegeen; Ghuman, Jaswinder; Wheeler, Courtney; Cicchetti, Domenic; Sparrow, Sara – Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2006
Objective: To evaluate the impact of risperidone on adaptive behavior in children with autistic disorder who have serious behavior problems and to examine different methods of scoring the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales to measure change. Method: Forty-eight children (5 years to 16 years, 5 months) who showed behavioral improvement during acute…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Behavior Problems, Socialization, Autism
Assouline, Susan G.; Nicpon, Megan Foley; Colangelo, Nicholas; O'Brien, Matthew – Connie Belin & Jacqueline N. Blank International Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development (NJ1), 2008
This "Packet of Information for Professionals" (PIP) was developed for professionals who work with gifted and talented students who have an autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The purpose of PIP is to offer recommendations that will lead to a positive experience for twice-exceptional students who participate in specialized programs for…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Program Effectiveness, Summer Programs, Autism
Royer, Egide – 1997
A study of 15 eighth graders with behavioral disorders in Quebec evaluated the effectiveness of a social and school-related skills training program in which goals were decided by the students, their teachers, and their parents. A first year pilot study assessed the effect of parent and teacher participation in the selection of skills to be learned…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Educational Objectives, Foreign Countries
Hoeweler, Fred C.; And Others – 1993
This paper describes a multifaceted, cognitive-behavioral life-skills training program that is directed toward low-income urban Appalachian youth in Cincinnati (Ohio) who are at high risk for substance abuse and related negative behaviors. The program is intended to promote the development of effective prosocial coping skills and strategies and to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Behavior Modification, Cognitive Restructuring
