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St. Peter, Claire C.; Marsteller, Tonya M. – Journal of Behavioral Education, 2017
Interventions based on functional analyses may result in better treatment outcomes than those using arbitrary reinforcers. However, functional analyses may be impractical in some situations, or an immediate intervention may be necessary while a functional analysis is being conducted. In these situations, delivering the social reinforcers most…
Descriptors: Intervention, Behavior Problems, Positive Behavior Supports, Functional Behavioral Assessment
Contingency Management to Increase Grade Point Average among Fraternity Members: A Feasibility Study
Van Patten, Ryan A.; Irons, Jessica G.; Apple, Kevin J. – Journal of College Student Development, 2015
Contingency management is an incentive-based intervention strategy that has been demonstrated to be effective for inducing behavior change among a variety of populations and for a variety of behaviors. The current study examined whether contingency management techniques can help students change behaviors in an effort to raise their grade point…
Descriptors: Contingency Management, Grade Point Average, Fraternities, College Students
Boutot, E. Amanda; Hume, Kara – Division on Autism and Developmental Disabilities, Council for Exceptional Children (NJ1), 2010
Recent mandates related to the implementation of evidence-based practices for individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) require that autism professionals both understand and are able to implement practices based on the science of applied behavior analysis (ABA). The use of the term "applied behavior analysis" and its related concepts…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Autism, Behavioral Science Research, Timeout
Husky, Mathilde M.; Mazure, Carolyn M.; Carroll, Kathleen M.; Barry, Danielle; Petry, Nancy M. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2008
Contingency management (CM) treatments have been shown to be effective in reducing substance use. This manuscript illustrates how the experience sampling method (ESM) can depict behavior and behavior change and can be used to explore CM treatment mechanisms. ESM characterizes idiosyncratic patterns of behavior and offers the potential to determine…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Operant Conditioning, Contingency Management, Behavior Change
Chivers, Laura L.; Higgins, Stephen T.; Heil, Sarah H.; Proskin, Rebecca W.; Thomas, Colleen S. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2008
Fifty-eight smokers received abstinence-contingent monetary payments for 1 (n = 15) or 14 (n = 43) days. Those who received contingent payments for 14 days also received 0, 1, or 8 experimenter-delivered cigarette puffs on 5 evenings. The relative reinforcing effects of smoking were assessed in a 3-hr session on the final study day, when…
Descriptors: Smoking, Contingency Management, Reinforcement, Program Effectiveness
Stover, Anthony C.; Dunlap, Glen; Neff, Bryon – Research on Social Work Practice, 2008
Objective: This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of a contingency contracting program to eliminate nocturnal enuresis of three children ages 5 to 12. Methods: The program was implemented by the children's primary caregivers, two of whom were foster parents and the third a case worker in the foster care system. The program was a package…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Intervention, Contingency Management, Positive Reinforcement

Kennedy, Robert E. – School Psychology Review, 1982
Contingency management programs for modifying aggression in children are strong methods of short-term behavior change in treatment settings but are less than successful when transferred to other settings. Future research should compare cognitive with noncognitive behavioral programs and test the effectiveness of cognitive and noncognitive…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems

Mace, F. Charles; And Others – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1991
This article reviews general classes of variables which help to maintain aberrant behavior including attention seeking, sensory and perceptual consequences, and access to materials or activities. Suggestions for a methodology providing a comprehensive functional analysis are offered which include descriptive analysis, hypothesis forming,…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders, Contingency Management, Evaluation Methods
Tennov, Dorothy – 1976
This training manual is designed to prepare behavior assistants to teach parents and other family members how to use operant conditioning techniques to solve family problems with children. Readers are warned not to attempt to put the recommended procedures to actual use until the text is fully comprehended. Chapter I gives arguments to justify the…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Children
Swenson, Carl R. – 1977
Described is the parent training component of the Severe Personal Adjustment Program for severely emotionally disturbed school-aged children. Among program objectives listed are the following: pinpoint and define behavior (operationally), evaluate situations and environments in which the behavior occurs, specify contingencies presently operating,…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Contingency Management, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances
Wood, Constance D.; And Others – 1979
Three papers discuss aspects of The Ima Hogg Therapeutic School for emotionally disturbed children. The first paper addresses the school's behavior development and management system, which rewards self management with freedom in physical activity and uses individualized target behaviors designed to increase the child's acceptable social…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Contingency Management, Educational Programs, Emotional Disturbances
Litzenberger, Jerry; Trusty, Kim
Tested with 31 students (kindergarten through grade 5) who manifested poor and inappropriate classroom behaviors was a combination of direct intervention strategy for behavior modification and provision of a maintenance program for the classroom teacher. Strategies included the use of observation and introduction procedures; and direct…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques, Contingency Management
Barkey, Peter – Exceptional Child, 1977
West German literature on educational behavior modification is summarized, and empirical studies of behavior modification intervention with special education students at the elementary level are surveyed. (SBH)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Contingency Management, Educational Research, Elementary Education

Raimondi, Sharon L. – LD Forum, 1996
Offers a six-step procedure for developing and implementing a response cost system for changing problem classroom behaviors of students with learning disabilities. Steps described are establishing classroom rules, rewarding compliance, selecting reinforcers, reducing noncompliance through response cost consequences, following through on…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques, Compliance (Psychology)
Wehman, Paul; And Others – AAESPH Review, 1977
Available from: American Association for the Education of the Severely/Profoundly Handicapped, 1600 West Armory Way, Seattle, Washington 98119.
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Contingency Management, Developmental Disabilities