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Rogers, Davida J.; Bundrick, Karan S.; Ryan, Joseph B.; Afram, Love – Beyond Behavior, 2023
Timeout has been used extensively within schools to address inappropriate behavior in children. In practice, timeout is not a single strategy; rather, it is a compilation of related practices. Some forms of timeout are research-based practices for modifying student behavior. However, others lack research support and frequently are misused,…
Descriptors: Discipline, Student Behavior, Behavior Problems, Best Practices
Lee Collyer – Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, 2022
The 2022 Legislature directed the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) to create an advisory workgroup with specific participants to report back on topics related to student isolation and seclusion. This legislative report provides a background on the workgroup, history of isolation and restraint, current practices in the state of…
Descriptors: Discipline, Punishment, Behavior Modification, Timeout
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Romi, Shlomo; Lewis, Ramon; Salkovsky, Merav – Journal of Educational Research, 2015
Three types of student misbehavior, varying in severity, were measured in self-report surveys completed by excluded students: distracting others, resisting teachers' attempts to ensure engagement with work, and aggressive behavior. Results show that excluded students exhibiting less severe misbehavior are more amenable to the logic of teacher…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Behavior Problems, Severity (of Disability), Surveys
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Kostewicz, Douglas E. – Behavior Analyst Today, 2010
Researchers and practitioners often employ timeout procedures to manage inappropriate classroom behavior. When implemented inappropriately, however, timeout can result in dangerous situations and have received increased scrutiny (i.e., seclusion). The timeout ribbon procedure can prevent some of the dangerous situations associated with other forms…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Timeout, Behavior Problems, Discipline
Vaillancourt, Kelly; Klotz, Mary Beth – Communique, 2012
Over the past several years, allegations of abuse and death related to seclusion and restraint, media coverage of these events, subsequent federal investigations, and Congressional hearings about this topic have resulted in increased pressure on Congress to pass legislation to address the use of seclusion and restraint in the school setting.…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Politics of Education, School Psychologists, Hearings
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DuPaul, George J.; Weyandt, Lisa L.; Janusis, Grace M. – Theory Into Practice, 2011
School-related difficulties are commonly associated with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). This article describes effective school-based intervention strategies including behavioral interventions, modifications to academic instruction, and home-school communication programs. One overlooked aspect of treatment of children with ADHD…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, School Psychologists, Academic Achievement, Ancillary School Services
Mah, Ronald – Redleaf Press, 2006
Creating a classroom of attentive learners takes more than swift discipline. "Difficult Behavior" can help inspire positive behavioral change and healthy, productive development. Following Acknowledgments, About the Author and Introduction, the book is divided into five sections. Part I, The Role of Discipline, includes: (1) Discipline in…
Descriptors: Rewards, Timeout, Positive Reinforcement, Punishment
Nelson, C. Michael; Rutherford, Robert B. – Exceptional Education Quarterly, 1983
Timeout from positive reinforcement is frequently used by special educators for dealing with undesired student behavior. Six types, or levels, of response contingent timeout found in the literature are as follows: planned ignoring, reduction of response maintenance stimuli, planned ignoring plus restraint, contingent observation, exclusion, and…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research
Grayson, M. Catherine; And Others – Pointer, 1979
Three behavioral approaches to the management of behavior problems in the classroom are discussed. (PHR)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques, Contingency Management
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Broussard, Carmen; Northup, John – School Psychology Quarterly, 1997
Evaluates the effectiveness of a peer intervention for disruptive behavior which was based on the results of a classroom-based functional analysis. Results indicate that peer attention, rather than teacher attention or escape/timeout, was associated with the most disruptive classroom behavior, suggesting that peer attention can reduce such…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Children, Classroom Techniques
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Payne, Linda Donica; Mancil, G. Richmond; Landers, Eric – Beyond Behavior, 2005
Classroom teachers know that "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure," therefore putting much time and energy into proactive strategies such as appropriate praising of desired behaviors or using proximity and precorrection to encourage behavior suitable for a good learning environment. Teachers also know that even after they use…
Descriptors: Timeout, Classroom Techniques, Classroom Environment, Student Behavior
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Ryan, Joseph B.; Peterson, Reece; Tetreault, George; Hagen, Emily Vander – Journal of At-Risk Issues, 2007
The purpose of this pilot study was to review the effects of professional staff training in crisis management and de-escalation techniques on the use of seclusion timeout and restraint procedures with at-risk students in a K-12 special day school. An exploratory pre-post study was conducted over a two-year period, comparing the use of these…
Descriptors: Crisis Intervention, Day Schools, At Risk Students, Crisis Management
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Ryan, Joseph B.; Peterson, Reece L.; Rozalski, Michael – Education and Treatment of Children, 2007
The use of seclusion timeout in school settings has again become controversial. For more than 35 years there have been recommendations that states and schools develop policies and procedures regarding the use of seclusion timeout in school settings. Recent lawsuits brought against school districts accusing them of violating student rights through…
Descriptors: Special Needs Students, School Districts, State Departments of Education, Court Litigation
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Taylor, Jill; Miller, Michelle – School Psychology Quarterly, 1997
Describes a series of experiments designed to identify why the classroom use of timeouts sometimes failed. Results indicate that both treatment integrity and the function of student behavior problems were related to treatment success and failure. Discusses implications for the function of student behavior problems, treatment selection, and other…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Children, Classroom Environment
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Behavioral Disorders, 1990
This position paper discusses aversive conditioning and other behavior reduction procedures. Environmental modification, differential reinforcement, timeout, overcorrection, and corporal punishment are discussed in terms of current applications, with arguments for and against their inclusion in behavior modification. Eight guidelines are offered…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Classroom Techniques, Corporal Punishment
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