This article evaluates the use of "reverse-role tutoring" in a project in which students with emotional and behavioral disorders became tutors for students without disabilities but who were performing below grade level. Results indicated tutors improved five target behaviors and tutees improved their writing skills. Insets summarize the…

This study examined effects of an increased rate of opportunities to actively respond to academic requests on the classroom behavior of nine elementary school students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD). Results indicated the increased response opportunities resulted in increased correct responses and task engagement and decreased…

Reports a study that examined social factors which might predict adolescent smoking transition from nonsmoking or experimental to more advanced stages. Data from teens who participated in the Teenage Attitudes and Practices Survey indicated that best friends' smoking status was the only factor that consistently predicted adolescent smoking…

A study of seven adults with mild mental retardation investigated whether nonverbal behavior was under the control of covert rules and whether verbal reports of these rules were functionally equivalent to the covert rules that control nonverbal behavior. Results indicated self-instructions, when used as external instructions, produced the desired…

The effects of choosing academic assignments on the undesirable behaviors manifested by a second-grade student with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder were analyzed. The student was in a general education classroom. A reversal design showed that undesirable behaviors decreased when the student was given a choice of academic assignments.…

The Stereotypy Analysis, a means of analyzing environmental variables associated with differential rates of stereotypic behavior, was conducted with five adults with developmental disabilities. Results indicate the analysis was able to detect environmental events associated with stereotypic responding for three subjects and was useful in…

Explores the consistency of 20 children's behaviors toward anatomical dolls in two studies conducted 16 months apart. In the follow-up study, findings revealed that changes in reaction to the dolls occurred in all groups over time. These changes might be explained by cultural, maturational, and socialization factors. Implications for interviewing…

A study examined the use of structural analysis as part of an assessment-based intervention of a 4-year-old boy whose noncompliance and aggressive behavior put him at risk for behavioral disorders and expulsion from his childcare center. The intervention was found to reduce immediately the noncompliance and aggressive behavior. (Author/CR)

This study examined the occurrence and stability of behavior problems over a 6-year period among 193 adults with mental retardation who lived with their mothers. Group level stability of behavior problems and individual level change were observed, as were bi-directional relations between behavior problems and maternal well-being. (Contains…

Validated the transtheoretical model for exercise behavior and the constructs of decisional balance and self-efficacy for exercise in low-income, poorly educated individuals from four public primary care clinics. Interview data indicated that respondents had high rates of sedentary behaviors that could significantly impact their health status.…

Meta-analysis of 33 studies examined effect size for nonstimulant medications on symptoms of overt aggression-related behaviors in children and adolescents with serious emotional and behavioral disturbances. Thirty-seven independent effects were found for neuroleptic, atypical antipsychotic, mood stabilizer, antidepressant, and adrenergic agents…

Studied the development of quality of attachment of adolescents to their parents and siblings during adolescence and the role that gender differences play in this development using latent growth analysis. Results for 288 families in the Netherlands show that quality of attachment changes during adolescence, and these changes are influenced by the…

Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program graduates (n=1,141) who received either individual (21.3%), group (76.2%), or combined (2.5%) instruction were assessed. Independent of method, participants significantly improved the number of servings consumed from grains, vegetables, dairy, and meat and meat alternatives; total calories consumed;…

This article presents an infusion model for integrating social and behavioral skills into the general curriculum for students with disabilities and presents the "Violence Is Preventable" project (Washington State) as an example. Discussion includes available curricula on school survival and social skills, the instructional model, and…

Efforts to address the information management problems of physicians include the Cochran reviews of the effectiveness of health care interventions and international clinical practice guidelines. A better theoretical base is needed to guide the choice of effective dissemination strategies. (Contains 18 references.) (SK)