Education & Treatment of Children articles from May 2008

Education & Treatment of Children archives from May 2008

The efficacy of ClassWide peer tutoring in middle schools.(Report)
May 1, 2008... The identification and sustained use of effective interventions is of critical concern in urban schools where illiteracy and academic failure are high (Greenwood et al., 1993; Hannaway, 2005; National Association of Educational Progress, 2003;...

Effects of academic response rates on time-on-task in the classroom for students at academic and behavioral risk.(Report)
May 1, 2008... Many American students who are exhibiting both academic and behavior problems may benefit from intervention support in the classroom (Bramlett, Murphy, Johnson, Wallingsford, & Hall, 2002). Co-occurrence of these two problems is a significant...

Using brief assessments to select math fluency and on-task behavior interventions: an investigation of treatment utility.(Report)
May 1, 2008... Recent federal legislation (No Child Left Behind; the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act amendments of 2004) advocates for an assessment approach that identifies students' needs in a manner that leads to effective interventions for...

Validation of the SSRS-T, Preschool Level as a measure of positive social behavior and conduct problems.(Social Skills Rating System for Teachers)(Report)
May 1, 2008... With their well-established predictive power for negative long-term outcomes such as delinquency, poor social functioning, incarceration, substance abuse, violence towards others, and school drop-out, the early identification of social skills...

The effects of choice on assignment completion and percent correct by a high school student with a learning disability.(Report)
May 1, 2008... Students with learning disabilities (LD) often perform lower on academic tasks than their peers without disabilities (Heward, 2003). One reason students with LD or other disabilities have inadequate academic outcomes are low levels of task...

Noncontingent reinforcement as treatment for tub-standing in a toddler.(Report)
May 1, 2008... Noncontingent reinforcement (NCR) has been widely used in recent years as a treatment for problem behavior in populations diagnosed with developmental disabilities (see Carr et al., 2000 for review). Boe (1977) first described this method of...

A service-learning model for at-risk adolescents.(Report)
May 1, 2008... According to Kielsmeier (2005) adolescents transitioning from childhood to full adult responsibility have experienced a structural change in development accompanying the economic changes of our country. Children are no longer integral to the...

Cultural sensitivity in the application of behavior principles to education.(Report)
May 1, 2008... Sensitivity to cultural differences is generally agreed to be a highly desirable characteristic of sound practice in all human services. The terms "cultural competence," "cultural sensitivity," "cultural responsiveness," and "cultural...