Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions articles

Recent articles from Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions

Editorial.(Editorial)
April 1, 2008... It is with pleasure that we present this issue of JPBI. The issue contains an excellent mix of discussion and experimental articles, including topics related to assessment, intervention, and values. We also included two Forum articles in this issue, as they tied together very nicely on the...

Choice-making as intervention for public disrobing in children with developmental disabilities.(Report)
April 1, 2008... The authors describe a choice-making intervention with two children who had developmental disabilities and demonstrated public disrobing in school settings. The children also urinated in their clothing, apparently to gain access to new and more preferred apparel. The intervention gave the...

Validation of the Contextual Assessment Inventory for problem behavior.(Report)
April 1, 2008... Problem behavior is a major barrier to successful community integration for people with developmental disabilities. Recently, there has been increased interest in identifying contextual factors involving setting events and discriminative stimuli that impact the display of problem behavior....

Maryland statewide PBIS initiative: systems, evaluation, and next steps.(Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports )(Report)
April 1, 2008... There is growing interest in positive behavior supports among state departments of education and local school systems as an efficient and effective strategy for addressing students' increasing and intensifying discipline needs. Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is one...

Context-sensitive cognitive-behavioral supports for young children with TBI: a second replication study.(traumatic brain injury)(Report)
April 1, 2008... This study produced a second replication of an investigation of the effects of a multicomponent cognitive-behavioral intervention on the challenging behavior of young children with growing behavioral concerns after traumatic brain injury (TBI). The participants were two young elementary-age...