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Richard, Veronique; Aubertin, Patrice; Yang, Yan Yun; Kriellaars, Dean – Creativity Research Journal, 2020
Few assessment tools have been designed to assess motor creativity, and the existing tools have limitations. To bridge this gap, the current study aimed at designing a new movement creativity assessment tool that considers the unique features underlying the expression of creativity through movement. A modified Delphi technique was used to collect…
Descriptors: Play, Creativity, Delphi Technique, Factor Analysis
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Mazzotti, Valerie L.; Test, David W.; Wood, Charles L. – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2013
Students at risk for, or with, emotional disturbance during preadolescence struggle to adjust socially, behaviorally, and academically and often make choices about relationships that support problem behaviors. Research suggests explicitly teaching self-determination skills as early as preschool may prevent referral to special education with a…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Intervention, Multimedia Instruction, At Risk Students
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Sibley, Margaret H.; Altszuler, Amy R.; Morrow, Anne S.; Merrill, Brittany M. – School Psychology Quarterly, 2014
This study possessed 2 aims: (a) to develop and validate a clinician-friendly measure of academic problem behavior that is relevant to the assessment of adolescents with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and (b) to better understand the cross-situational expression of academic problem behaviors displayed by these youth. Within a…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Parent Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes
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Snell, Martha E.; Voorhees, Mary D.; Walker, Virginia L.; Berlin, Rebecca A.; Jamison, Kristen Roorbach; Stanton-Chapman, Tina L. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2014
The purpose of this demonstration was to evaluate a universal intervention during teacher-identified routines that were characterized by significant classwide problem behavior. Six Head Start classrooms (seven groups of children, with one classroom divided into two groups) received two workshops and two coaching sessions on universal Positive…
Descriptors: Intervention, Behavior Problems, Federal Programs, Early Childhood Education
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Desmarais, Sarah L.; Nicholls, Tonia L.; Wilson, Catherine M.; Brink, Johann – Psychological Assessment, 2012
The Short-Term Assessment of Risk and Treatability (START; C. D. Webster, M. L. Martin, J. Brink, T. L. Nicholls, & S. L. Desmarais, 2009; C. D. Webster, M. L. Martin, J. Brink, T. L. Nicholls, & C. Middleton, 2004) is a relatively new structured professional judgment guide for the assessment and management of short-term risks associated…
Descriptors: Risk Management, Validity, Personality Problems, Personality
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Longstreth, Sascha; Brady, Sharon; Kay, Adam – Early Education and Development, 2013
Research Findings: Preventing challenging behavior in young children is a national priority. The number of young children with behavioral problems is on the rise. Discipline policies can help early childhood programs build an infrastructure that promotes social and academic success. This study sought to document the extent to which existing early…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Discipline Policy, Interpersonal Competence, Academic Achievement
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Shirazi, Mandana; Sadeghi, Majid; Emami, A.; Kashani, A. Sabouri; Parikh, Sagar; Alaeddini, F.; Arbabi, Mohammad; Wahlstrom, Rolf – Academic Psychiatry, 2011
Objective: Standardized patients (SPs) have been developed to measure practitioner performance in actual practice settings, but results have not been fully validated for psychiatric disorders. This study describes the process of creating reliable and valid SPs for unannounced assessment of general-practitioners' management of depression disorders…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Acting, Patients, Role Playing
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Jeanson, Brigitte; Thiessen, Carly; Thomson, Kendra; Vermeulen, Rhiannon; Martin, Garry L.; Yu, C. T. – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2010
We assessed the reliability and validity of the discrete-trials teaching evaluation form (DTTEF), a 21-item checklist for assessing instructors conducting discrete-trials teaching (DTT). In Phase 1, six consultants in an applied behavior analysis program for children with autism rated the 21 components of the DTTEF with a mean of 6.2 on a 7-point…
Descriptors: Consultants, Autism, Parents as Teachers, Validity
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Storch, Eric A.; Rasmussen, Steven A.; Price, Lawrence H.; Larson, Michael J.; Murphy, Tanya K.; Goodman, Wayne K. – Psychological Assessment, 2010
The Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS; Goodman, Price, Rasmussen, Mazure, Delgado, et al., 1989) is acknowledged as the gold standard measure of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) symptom severity. A number of areas where the Y-BOCS may benefit from revision have emerged in past psychometric studies of the Severity Scale and Symptom…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Construct Validity, Validity, Measures (Individuals)
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Tenneij, Nienke H.; Koot, Hans M. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2007
Background: Achenbach & Rescorla (2003) recently developed the Adult Behavior Checklist (ABCL) to assess psychopathology in the general population. The ABCL should be completed by a proxy informant. The use of proxy informants, instead of self-reporting, makes the ABCL potentially suitable for the assessment of psychopathology in adults with…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Mental Retardation, Validity, Interrater Reliability
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Neuman, S.B.; Koh, S.; Dwyer, J. – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2008
The purpose of this study was to develop a valid and reliable tool for measuring the quality of the language and literacy environment in home-based settings. Based on a convergence of research on the ecological and psychological factors associated with early literacy development, the Child/Home Environmental Language and Literacy Observation…
Descriptors: Observation, Interrater Reliability, Urban Areas, Psychometrics
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McAtee, Michelle; Carr, Edward G.; Schulte, Christine; Dunlap, Glen – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2004
Problem behavior is a primary barrier to successful community inclusion for people with developmental disabilities and therefore a major priority for intervention efforts. Recently, researchers and clinicians have begun to focus on the systematic assessment of a broad range of contextual variables that purportedly affect problem behavior. In the…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Developmental Disabilities, Interrater Reliability, Behavior Problems