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Mullet, Judy Hostetler – Children & Schools, 2014
As commonly understood, school discipline seeks to stop misbehavior, teach prosocial behavior, and motivate healthier decision making in the misbehaving student. In practice, the means to these ends often take a punitive path that fosters a self-protective posture, a sense of powerlessness, and a negative attitude that can contribute to an ongoing…
Descriptors: Discipline, Discipline Policy, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Juvenile Justice
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Jennings, Jerry L.; Apsche, Jack A.; Blossom, Paige; Bayles, Corliss – International Journal of Behavioral Consultation and Therapy, 2013
Although mindfulness has become a mainstream methodology in mental health treatment, it is a relatively new approach with adolescents, and perhaps especially youth with sexual behavior problems. Nevertheless, clinical experience and several empirical studies are available to show the effectiveness of a systematic mindfulness- based methodology for…
Descriptors: Perception, Attention Control, Outcomes of Treatment, Cognitive Restructuring
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Knight, David; Wadhwa, Anita – Schools: Studies in Education, 2014
In this article, we tackle the disadvantaging conditions of zero tolerance policies in school settings and advocate using an alternative approach--critical restorative justice through peacemaking circles--to nurture resilience and open opportunity at the school level. In the process, this article builds on theory and qualitative research and…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Rehabilitation Programs, Zero Tolerance Policy, Functional Behavioral Assessment
MacKenzie, Doris Layton – National Institute of Justice Journal, 1993
Describes the boot-camp prison program, its goals, and its drug-treatment and drug-education activities, and its development and change. The article presents the results of a multisite study from eight states that examined the variations in the shock-incarceration concept and its effect. (GLR)
Descriptors: Adults, Attitude Change, Behavior Modification, Correctional Education
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Rawson, Richard A. – Policy Review, 1990
Reviews findings about effective treatment for cocaine addiction based on experience in a Beverly Hills out-patient clinic. Describes various therapeutic approaches, emphasizing that one of the most important components of successful treatment is tailoring programs to the needs of individual patients as they progress through the stages of…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Cocaine, Counseling Techniques, Crack
Trotter, Sharland; Warren, Jim – Science News, 1974
The view that lawbreakers are in one way or another "sick" has drawn behavioral scientists into the arena of criminal rehabilitation. Issues and controversies surrounding recent experiments using some form of behavior modification for prisoner rehabilitation are discussed. (JP)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Behavior Theories, Behavioral Sciences
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Hawkins, Mark A. – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2003
Reviews research on the Transcendental Meditation (TM) program relevant to the treatment and prevention of criminal behavior and substance abuse. Incarcerated offenders show rapid positive changes in risk factors associated with criminal behavior, including anxiety, aggression, hostility, moral judgment, in-prison rule infractions, and substance…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Correctional Rehabilitation, Criminals, Prevention
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Hains, Anthony A.; Hains, Ann Higgins – Journal of Offender Counseling, Services & Rehabilitation, 1988
Examined cognitive-behavioral training procedures designed to enhance social problem-solving and impulse-control skills of delinquent adolescents. Explored multiple baseline design across subjects and tasks and an alternating-treatments design. Presented two different forms of hypothetical social problems to subjects (N=5). Results indicated…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Cognitive Restructuring, Delinquency, Delinquent Rehabilitation
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Quigley, Richard; Steiner, Mary E. – Reclaiming Children and Youth: Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Problems, 1996
Describes the application of the Positive Peer Culture (PPC) treatment methodology to a population of troubled girls in a residential setting. The peer group utilizes naturally occurring problems as vehicles to teach girls about errors in behavior and thinking. Community activities are used to practice newly obtained prosocial behaviors. (LSR)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Modification, Correctional Institutions
Esser, Thomas J. – 1975
To assist work adjustors, evaluators, and counselors in learning how to write individualized work adjustment plans, this publication describes one method of developing individual client plans--the Materials Development Center Individualized Work Adjustment Plan. The detailed description of this plan explains the two basic parts of its format: (1)…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems
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Whittaker, James K. – Child Care Quarterly, 1976
Discusses concerns of 1975 Child Care Institute, delineating major directions in the future development of community-based services for children. (JH)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Community Programs, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Emotional Disturbances
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Reitsma-Street, Marge – Journal of Offender Counseling, Services & Rehabilitation, 1988
Discusses conceptual clarification of dimensions in the treatment environment of a residential unit for young offenders. Examines ideas of structure, control, contemporaneous, and developmental matching from the Conceptual Level Matching Model. Describes specification of types, quality, and settings of staff-youth interactions. Addresses the…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Cognitive Restructuring, Delinquency, Delinquent Rehabilitation
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McCrady, Barbara S. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1994
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and behavior therapy have been characterized as having opposing views of alcoholism. This article describes theoretical foundations, view of the change process, and treatment practices of AA and behavior therapy. Theoretical and practice perspectives on integration of the two models are examined, and advantages and…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Counseling Techniques
Emshoff, James G.; And Others – 1979
The lack of rigorous evaluations and variations in operation of adolescent diversion programs has led to a state of confusion concerning the effects of diversion. In a program at Michigan State University, youths referred to the project from the juvenile court are randomly assigned to undergraduates who are trained and supervised by project…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Modification, Delinquency, Delinquent Rehabilitation
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Polaschek, Devon L. L.; Wilson, Nick J.; Townsend, Marilyn R.; Daly, Lorna R. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2005
Rehabilitation programs for adult violent offending are still novel, and few published studies examine the recidivism outcomes of those who complete such programs. This study describes a New Zealand prison program for high-risk violent men. The program is intensive and cognitive behavioral. Preliminary outcome data are presented for three indices…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rehabilitation Programs, Males, Correctional Institutions
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