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Bohanon, Hank; Fenning, Pamela; Hicks, Kira; Weber, Stacey; Thier, Kimberly; Aikins, Brigit; Morrissey, Kelly; Briggs, Alissa; Bartucci, Gina; McArdle, Lauren; Hoeper, Lisa; Irvin, Larry – Preventing School Failure, 2012
The purpose of this case study was to expand the literature base regarding the application of high school schoolwide positive behavior support in an urban setting for practitioners and policymakers to address behavior issues. In addition, the study describes the use of the Change Point Test as a method for analyzing time series data that are…
Descriptors: High Schools, Urban Schools, Behavior Modification, Positive Reinforcement
Mathews, Susanna; McIntosh, Kent; Frank, Jennifer; May, Seth – Grantee Submission, 2014
The current study explored the extent to which a common measure of perceived implementation of critical features of School-wide Positive Behavior Support (SWPBS) predicted fidelity of implementation 3 years later. Respondents included school personnel from 261 schools across the United States implementing SWPBS. School teams completed the…
Descriptors: Positive Reinforcement, Behavior Modification, Teaching Methods, Program Implementation
Power, John – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine the effect that implementing School-wide Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (SWPBIS) had on student misbehavior as determined by Office Discipline Referrals, chronic student misbehavior, In School and Out of School Suspensions assignments, and student tardy referrals in a large urban…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Behavior Problems, High Schools, Urban Schools
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Peterson, Deborah S. – Educational Leadership, 2013
When Deborah Peterson reluctantly accepted the principalship of Roosevelt High School in Portland, Oregon, a high-poverty school no other qualified applicants would touch that her supervisor assigned to her, books for new principals were no help. The books suggested actions like crafting a school vision and developing professional learning…
Descriptors: Principals, Instructional Leadership, Poverty, Poverty Areas
Schuta, Theresa; Mauricio, David – Principal Leadership, 2012
Three years ago, the authors accepted positions as high school principals in Buffalo City (NY) Schools after serving as elementary school principals in the district for many years. In their new positions, they were to lead schools that were designated by the New York State Department of Education as "persistently lowest achieving,"…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Principals, Graduation Rate, Positive Reinforcement
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Mikami, Amori Yee; Gregory, Anne; Allen, Joseph P.; Pianta, Robert C.; Lun, Janetta – School Psychology Review, 2011
We investigated the effects of My Teaching Partner-Secondary (MTP-S), a teacher professional development intervention, on students' peer relationships in middle and high school classrooms. MTP-S targets increasing teachers' positive interactions with students and sensitive instructional practices and has demonstrated improvements in students'…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Intervention, Teacher Participation, Systems Approach
Carter, Sharon D. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This qualitative case study investigated the process of teaching the self-management strategies, self-determination, and self-monitoring to chronically misbehaved students from the perspective of a secondary special education teacher. The investigation used a purposeful sample to select an urban high school setting and a tenured special education…
Descriptors: Self Management, Special Education, Special Education Teachers, Qualitative Research
Duckenfield, Marty, Ed. – National Dropout Prevention Center/Network (NDPC/N), 2009
The "National Dropout Prevention Newsletter" is published quarterly by the National Dropout Prevention Center/Network. This issue contains the following articles: (1) Intercepting the Dropout Trajectory (JoAnne Malloy); (2) The NH APEX Dropout Prevention Model; (3) How PBIS Can Lead to School Improvement (Julie King and JoAnne Malloy);…
Descriptors: Violence, Dropouts, Dropout Prevention, School Restructuring
Sprick, Randy; Daniels, K. – Principal Leadership, 2010
Teachers are a combination of who they are and what they've learned--with a bit more emphasis on what they've learned. It helps to be a born comedian or a motivational speaker, but it isn't necessary. What is necessary is a great desire to teach children and knowledge of how to manage student behavior to keep students engaged academically and…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Discipline, Student Motivation, Teacher Role
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Bohanon, Hank; Fenning, Pamela; Carney, Kelly L.; Minnis-Kim, Myoung Jinnie; Anderson-Harriss, Sarah; Moroz, Kristyn B.; Hicks, Kira J.; Kasper, Beverly B.; Culos, Carrie; Sailor, Wayne; Pigott, Therese D. – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2006
The nuances of the application of schoolwide positive behavior supports (PBS) in an urban high school setting were investigated. Impact of implementation was measured using qualitative interviews and observations, including the School-wide Evaluation Tool (SET), "Effective Behavior Support Survey, Student Climate Survey," and office disciplinary…
Descriptors: High Schools, Behavior Modification, Positive Reinforcement, Success
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Blood, Gordon W. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1995
This article describes a cognitive-behavioral treatment package for relapse management in adolescents who stutter. The package includes game-based training techniques in problem solving, communication skills, and assertiveness; coping responses for stuttering episodes; and realistic expectations for fluency and relapse. Follow-up results with…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Modification, Cognitive Restructuring, Communication Skills
Bauer, Anne M.; Brown, Glenda Myree – 2001
Written with teachers, administrators, and students of Purcell Marian High School in Cincinnati, Ohio, this book is grounded in a 2-year action research project that created an inclusive high school. Chapter 1 provides snapshots of interactions in an inclusive high school and refutes some of the concerns expressed by teachers and administrators.…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Action Research, Behavior Modification, Black Students