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Markelz, Andrew M.; Taylor, Jonte C.; Kitchen, Tom; Riccomini, Paul J.; Catherine Scheeler, Mary; McNaughton, David B. – Exceptional Children, 2019
Effectively managing a classroom is crucial in promoting positive student outcomes. Behavior-specific praise is an empirically supported strategy to reinforce desirable student behaviors. Following a review of the literature, we identified tactile prompting and self-monitoring as effective methods to increase teachers' use of behavior-specific…
Descriptors: Stimuli, Cues, Self Management, Positive Reinforcement
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Safran, Stephen P.; Oswald, Karen – Exceptional Children, 2003
The role of archival data in planning intervention priorities is examined and efficacy research focusing on the three types of positive behavioral support (PBS) is evaluated: schoolwide (universal), specific setting, and individual student levels. Overall, findings were positive across all types of PBS, validating implementation of these…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Disabilities
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Hundert, Joel; Houghton, Anne – Exceptional Children, 1992
This study of 14 children (ages 3-5) with disabilities participating in the Classwide Social Skills Program found that the program increased subjects' positive play and levels of teacher reinforcement, but these increases did not generalize to 3-month or 6-month follow-up periods nor to another play session in the day. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Generalization, Interaction, Interpersonal Competence
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Turnbull, Ann; Edmonson, Hank; Griggs, Peter; Wickham, Donna; Sailor, Wayne; Freeman, Rachel; Guess, Doug; Lassen, Steve; McCart, Amy; Park, Jiyeon; Riffel, Laura; Turnbull, Rud; Warren, Jared – Exceptional Children, 2002
This article provides a case study (an eighth-grader with autism) within a case study (an urban middle school) in terms of the implementation of positive behavioral support (PBS). Information is provided on the characteristics of three key components of schoolwide PBS, universal support, group support, and individual support. (Contains…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Case Studies