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Aldosari, Mubarak S. – International Journal of Special Education, 2017
This study compared the efficacy of no choice and choice of preferred engagement stimuli to reduce escape-maintained disruptive behavior of pupils in kindergarten with developmental disabilities in inclusive classes. This study demonstrated how functional behavior assessment can be conducted in a school setting to determine the functional…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Kindergarten, Developmental Disabilities, Inclusion
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Markelz, Andrew M.; Taylor, Jonte C.; Kitchen, Tom; Riccomini, Paul J.; Catherine Scheeler, Mary; McNaughton, David B. – Exceptional Children, 2019
Effectively managing a classroom is crucial in promoting positive student outcomes. Behavior-specific praise is an empirically supported strategy to reinforce desirable student behaviors. Following a review of the literature, we identified tactile prompting and self-monitoring as effective methods to increase teachers' use of behavior-specific…
Descriptors: Stimuli, Cues, Self Management, Positive Reinforcement
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Wilder, David A.; Myers, Kristin; Fischetti, Anthony; Leon, Yanerys; Nicholson, Katie; Allison, Janelle – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2012
After a 3-step guided compliance procedure (vocal prompt, vocal plus model prompt, vocal prompt plus physical guidance) did not increase compliance, we evaluated 2 modifications with 4 preschool children who exhibited noncompliance. The first modification consisted of omission of the model prompt, and the second modification consisted of omitting…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Reinforcement, Preschool Children, Compliance (Psychology)
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Tiger, Jeffrey H.; Hanley, Gregory P.; Larsen, Kylie M. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2008
Multiple schedules using continuous discriminative stimuli have been used to minimize children's disruptive requesting for teacher attention (e.g., colored floral leis; Tiger & Hanley, 2004; Tiger, Hanley, & Heal, 2006). The present study evaluated the effectiveness of, and children's preferences for, two multiple-schedule arrangements in which…
Descriptors: Stimuli, Behavior Modification, Preschool Children, Student Behavior
Paramore, Nancy W.; Higbee, Thomas S. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2005
Brief multiple-stimulus-without-replacement (MSWO) preference assessments were conducted with 3 adolescent boys with emotional-behavioral disorders in the context of their public school educational program. The reinforcing effects of stimuli identified as high, medium, and low preference were then evaluated using an alternating treatments design…
Descriptors: Stimuli, Behavior Disorders, Adolescents, Emotional Disturbances
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Sugai, George; Lewis-Palmer, Teri – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2004
While the majority of students in schools tend to respond to effective general academic instruction and proactive schoolwide discipline systems, some continue to exhibit intense and chronic problem behaviors, even in the best schools. For these students, schools are highly variable in their ability and capacity to provide accurate and durable…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Student Behavior