Education & Treatment of Children articles from May 2004

Education & Treatment of Children archives from May 2004

An analysis of trends regarding proactive and ecologically valid interventions in applied research.
May 1, 2004... Abstract Over the last two decades, considerable attention has been devoted to the potential of functional assessment and antecedent-based interventions, as well as to the importance of ecological validity in the evaluation of intervention...

Academic response rates in elementary-school classrooms.
May 1, 2004... Abstract Data were gathered on the number of correct oral responses of students in 104 elementary-school classrooms. Observations were categorized as either initial instruction lessons (presentations of new information) or practice lessons...

A comparison of the effects of two rates of listening while reading on oral reading fluency and reading comprehension.
May 1, 2004... Abstract This study compared the effects of two different listening while reading (LWR) rates on words correct per minute, accuracy, generalization, and comprehension for four 4th- and 5th-graders. It was hypothesized the effects of LWR...

Outcome evaluation of girls and boys town's family home program.
May 1, 2004... Abstract The Teaching Family program is one of the most extensively researched models for residential care. A major meta-analysis found that the Teaching Family Model (TFM) was one of the five most consistently effective treatments for...

Behavioral treatment of acute onset school refusal in a 5-year old girl with separation anxiety disorder.
May 1, 2004... Abstract This paper describes the behavioral treatment of acute onset school refusal in a 5-year old girl with Separation Anxiety Disorder (SAD). A functional classification was used to select a treatment approach that involved the parent...

Preventing unintentional firearm injury in children: the need for behavioral skills training.
May 1, 2004... Abstract Unintentional firearm injury in children is a problem in the United States that warrants attention. Recent research has identified several risk factors for such injuries and has developed prevention strategies for reducing their...