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Innovating the Check-In, Check-Out Intervention: A Process for Creating Adaptations
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Bundock, Kaitlin; Hawken, Leanne S.; Kladis, Kristin; Breen, Kimberli – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2020
Check-in, check-out (CICO), an intervention implemented with students at risk for behavioral disorders, addresses minor misbehaviors by providing students with a structured means of receiving positive adult attention. CICO reduces problem behaviors and improves appropriate behaviors of students with and without behavioral disorders. Research…
Descriptors: Intervention, Student Behavior, Behavior Disorders, At Risk Students
Solutions and Hope for Severe Behaviors: The Development of Functional Behavioral Assessment
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DeLeon, Iser; Silverman, Wayne – Exceptional Parent, 2008
Severe behavior disorders are among the most perplexing conditions encountered by clinicians, and as a front page article in the past Christmas Day's "New York Times" illustrates ("Parents defend school's use of shock therapy"), treatment options remain a topic of contentious debate. Not all that long ago physical restraint was the only option,…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Positive Reinforcement, Student Behavior
CCBD's Position Summary on the Use of Seclusion in School Settings
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Peterson, Reece; Albrecht, Susan; Johns, Bev – Behavioral Disorders, 2009
This document provides policy recommendations of the Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders regarding the use of seclusion procedures in schools. It includes (a) an introduction, (b) a declaration of principles, and (c) recommendations regarding the use of seclusion in school settings. Explanation or elaboration of policy recommendations…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Position Papers, Student Behavior, Discipline
Target School Research Project: Change and Learning Community Development
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Simmerman, Herbert R., Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study investigated the use of organizational learning community principles to effectively manage organizational change. Target is a pseudonym for a small public school in Southern New Jersey that has provided educational services to students with special needs since 1969. In 2004 Target began providing services to a new population of students…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Intervention, Behavior Modification, Organizational Change
"I Am Not Well-Equipped": High School Teachers' Perceptions of Self-Injury
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Heath, Nancy L.; Toste, Jessica R.; Beettam, Erin L. – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2006
Fifty teachers completed a survey to investigate knowledge, self-perceived knowledge, and attitudes regarding self-injury (SI). Teachers were aware of basic facts concerning SI; however, 78% underestimated prevalence, and only 20% felt knowledgeable. Attitudes were mixed, with 48% finding the idea of SI horrifying; however, 68% disagreeing that SI…
Descriptors: Injuries, Secondary School Teachers, Teaching Experience, Self Destructive Behavior
Effects of Embedded Instruction Versus Discrete-Trial Training on Self-Injury, Correct Responding, and Mood in a Child with Autism
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Sigafoos, Jeff; O'Reilly, Mark; Ma, Chia Hui; Edrisinha, Chaturi; Cannella, Helen; Lancioni, Giulio E. – Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 2006
Background: Embedded instruction and discrete-trial training are both recommended for teaching children with autism, but there is little research available comparing the two. The present study compared embedded instruction with discrete-trial training for a 12-year-old boy with autism. Method: An initial functional analysis indicated that the…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Autism, Self Destructive Behavior, Teaching Methods