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Bloom, Sarah E.; Lambert, Joseph M.; Dayton, Elizabeth; Samaha, Andrew L. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2013
Previous studies have focused on whether a trial-based functional analysis (FA) yields the same outcomes as more traditional FAs, and whether interventions based on trial-based FAs can reduce socially maintained problem behavior. We included a full range of behavior functions and taught 3 teachers to conduct a trial-based FA with 3 boys with…
Descriptors: Intervention, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Behavior Problems, Student Behavior
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Bilias-Lolis, Evelyn; Chafouleas, Sandra M.; Kehle, Thomas J.; Bray, Melissa A. – Psychology in the Schools, 2012
Students with intellectual disabilities can exhibit a wide array of challenging behaviors in the classroom that pose disruptions to the learning milieu and management problems for those involved in their education. Self-modeling, a behavioral intervention that involves viewing edited videotapes of oneself depicting exemplary behavior, has had…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Behavior Modification, Behavior Change, Video Technology
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Pennington, Robert; Strange, Connie; Stenhoff, Don; Delano, Monica; Ferguson, Laura – Beyond Behavior, 2012
Students' leaving a designated area without permission or supervision is referred to as "elopement," and such behavior clearly presents a unique set of challenges for educational professionals. Elopement is seen in children and youth with a variety of developmental disabilities, including those with intellectual disabilities or autism, as well as…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Autism, Developmental Disabilities, Reinforcement
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Ennis, Robin Parks; Jolivette, Kristine; Fredrick, Laura D.; Alberto, Paul A. – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2013
In this article, students with challenging behaviors (SWCB) in a classroom may include those with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorder (ASD), emotional and behavioral disorders (E/BD), intellectual disabilities, learning disabilities, and those at risk of these disabilities. These students may present…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Facon, Bruno; Sahiri, Safia; Riviere, Vinca – Behavior Therapy, 2008
The aim of the present study was to demonstrate the efficacy of combining two operant learning procedures--shaping and fading--for treating selective mutism. The participant was a 12-year-old boy with mental retardation presenting a severe long-term selective mutism. The treatment was aimed at increasing the loudness of his vocalizations in an…
Descriptors: Verbal Stimuli, Mental Retardation, Behavior Modification, Reinforcement
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McDowell, Carol – TEACHING Exceptional Children Plus, 2010
Music-education majors often struggle when making classroom and curricular modifications for their lesson plans during their university coursework. This article offers behavioral, curricular, environmental, motivational, organizational, and presentational strategies for planning instruction for various disabilities in the music classroom.…
Descriptors: Education Majors, Music Education, Teaching Methods, Curriculum Development
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Kelly, Aine; Carey, Sean; McCarthy, Siobhan; Coyle, Ciaran – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2007
This paper examines the sources of stress and the effects of managing challenging behaviour on principals of special schools in Ireland, including schools for pupils with an intellectual disability, emotional disturbance, specific learning disability and physical and sensory disability, and children of traveller families. In this study principals…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Special Needs Students, Educational Environment, Special Schools
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Hughes, Carolyn – Behavior Modification, 1999
Identifies six empirically and socially validated conversational behaviors that can serve as targets of interventions designed to increase social interaction among high school students with and without disabilities. Findings indicate that little social interaction occurs among these high school students in the absence of programming or support.…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Disabilities, High School Students