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Goh, Ailsa E.; Bambara, Linda M. – Remedial and Special Education, 2012
This meta-analysis examined school-based intervention research based on functional behavioral assessment (FBA) to determine the effectiveness of key individualized positive behavior support (IPBS) practices in school settings. In all, 83 studies representing 145 participants were included in the meta-analysis. Intervention, maintenance, and…
Descriptors: Intervention, Behavior Problems, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Meta Analysis
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Williams, Beth T.; Gray, Kylie M.; Tonge, Bruce J. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2012
Background: Children with autism have difficulties in emotion recognition and a number of interventions have been designed to target these problems. However, few emotion training interventions have been trialled with young children with autism and co-morbid ID. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of an emotion training programme for a group…
Descriptors: Intervention, Psychological Patterns, Autism, Control Groups
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Lichtenberg, Peter A. – Gerontologist, 2011
Purpose: Effective strategies to recruit minority elders into health research (e.g., through churches, partnering with community gatekeepers) often involve nonrandom sampling methods. The current study has two aims: (a) to examine some new practices in recruitment of African American elders and (b) to determine the similarities and differences of…
Descriptors: Health Needs, Participatory Research, African Americans, Needs Assessment
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Zhang, Jie; Wheeler, John J. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2011
This meta-analysis investigated the efficacy of peer-mediated interventions for promoting social interactions among children from birth to eight years of age diagnosed with ASD. Forty-five single-subject design studies were analyzed and the effect sizes were calculated by the regression model developed by Allison and Gorman (1993). The overall…
Descriptors: Siblings, Autism, Effect Size, Intervention
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Kim, Taeyoung; Horn, Eva – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2010
The research synthesis presented here reviewed the currently available evidence on the effectiveness of sibling-implemented interventions for their siblings with disabilities. The search for appropriate research literature spanned from 1975 to 2008 and resulted in a total of eight studies that met the inclusion criteria. All eight studies in this…
Descriptors: Research Design, Siblings, Intervention, Literature Reviews
Novotna, Jarmila, Ed.; Moraova, Hana, Ed.; Kratka, Magdalena, Ed.; Stehlikova, Nad'a, Ed. – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2006
This volume of the 30th annual proceedings of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education conference presents: plenary panel papers; research forum papers; short oral communication papers; and poster presentation papers from the meeting. Information relating to discussion groups and working sessions is also provided.…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Mathematics Instruction