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Adding Functional Behavioral Assessment to First Step to Success: A Case Study
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Carter, Deborah Russell; Horner, Robert H. – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2007
First Step to Success is a manualized early intervention program with documented success in reducing the problem behavior of young children. Walker and colleagues (2005) are now engaged in analyses of variables that will increase the proportion of children for whom First Step is effective. A possible enhancement to the First Step to Success…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Behavior Modification, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Program Effectiveness
Supporting Students with Disabilities in the General Education Classroom: The Behavioral Health Assistant Program
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Adolphson, S. Lillian; Hawken, Leanne S.; Stein Carroll, Mishele – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2010
This article describes an effective model for employing paraprofessionals to provide behavioral support for students in a general education setting. Behavioral health assistants (BHAs) worked under the supervision of school psychologists and counselors and provided behavioral interventions for students with behavioral goals on their individualized…
Descriptors: Individualized Education Programs, School Psychologists, Disabilities, School Personnel
A Demonstration of Training, Implementing, and Using Functional Behavioral Assessment in 10 Elementary and Middle School Settings
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Crone, Deanne A.; Hawken, Leanne S.; Bergstrom, Melissa K. – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2007
The primary goal of this project was to increase schools' resources and staff skills in providing function-based behavior support to individual students with chronic problem behaviors. Over the course of a 3-year period, 10 school teams received training in and on-site consultation on functional behavioral assessment (FBA) and behavior support…
Descriptors: Functional Behavioral Assessment, Behavior Problems, Severe Disabilities, Program Effectiveness