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Assessing and Treating Stereotypical Behaviors in Classrooms Using a Functional Approach
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Bruhn, Allison L.; Balint-Langel, Kinga; Troughton, Leonard; Langan, Sean; Lodge, Kelsey; Kortemeyer, Sara – Behavioral Disorders, 2015
For years, the assumption has been that stereotypical behaviors functioned only to provide sensory or automatic reinforcement. However, these behaviors also may serve social functions. Given the unsettled debate, functional behavior assessment and functional analysis can be used to identify the exact function of stereotypical behavior and design…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Antisocial Behavior, Intervention, Behavior Modification
The Use of Functional Communication Training without Additional Treatment Procedures in an Inclusive School Setting
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Casey, Sean D.; Merical, Cheryl L. – Behavioral Disorders, 2006
Functional communication training (FCT) is an intervention frequently used for students with developmental disabilities to reduce problematic behaviors and to increase prosocial behaviors. This intervention appears to be very effective when the communication responses trained are matched to the function of the student's problematic behaviors. In…
Descriptors: Intervention, Negative Reinforcement, Inclusive Schools, Developmental Disabilities
The Effects and Side-effects of an Overcorrection Procedure Applied by Parents of Severely Emotionally Disturbed Children in a Home Environment.
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Simpson, Richard L.; Swenson, Carl R. – Behavioral Disorders, 1980
The results showed that in each setting, overcorrection procedures were associated with statistically significant differences in the target behaviors. (Author/DLS)
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Exceptional Child Research
Teachers' Intervention Preferences Related to Explanations for Behavior Problems, Severity of the Problem, and Teacher Experience.
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Alderman, Gary L.; Nix, Marjorie – Behavioral Disorders, 1997
A survey of 144 educators examined their preference for positive versus negative interventions based on the amount of information provided about students with behavior problems. Although there was an overall preference for positive interventions, having an explanation of misbehavior did lead to the choice of more positive interventions. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Background, Behavior Disorders, Children
Aversive Stimuli in Academic Interactions between Students with Serious Emotional Disturbance and Their Teachers.
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Gunter, Philip L.; And Others – Behavioral Disorders, 1993
This research review finds that academic activities and instructional interactions are potential sources of aversive stimuli that may increase undesirable escape and avoidance behavior in students with emotional disturbances. By reducing the availability of aversive stimuli in the instructional process, the development of more powerful and…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education
Learned Helplessness and Students with Emotional or Behavioral Disorders: Deprivation in the Classroom
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Sutherland, Kevin S.; Singh, Nirbhay N. – Behavioral Disorders, 2004
Students with emotional or behavioral disorders (E/BD) are characterized by academic deficits and classroom behavioral problems. The relationship between problem behavior and academic difficulties is complex, and some researchers have hypothesized that the classroom behavior problems of students with E/BD are responses to aversive stimuli, namely…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Stimuli, Behavior Problems, Negative Reinforcement
Home-Based Treatment of Disruptive Junior High School Students: An Analysis of the Differential Effects of Positive and Negative Consequences.
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Rosen, Lee A.; And Others – Behavioral Disorders, 1990
Effects of 2 home-based treatments to reduce school problems among 10 disruptive intermediate school students were probed. Although the treatment using only positive reinforcement yielded no significant change, a mixed reinforcement treatment brought both a decrease in rates of referrals to the office and decrease in depression rates. (Author/PB)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Comparative Analysis, Depression (Psychology)