Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions articles from April 2008

Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions archives from April 2008

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Systems change with school-wide positive behavior supports: Iowa's work in progress.(Two Forums)(Report)
April 1, 2008... This study reports evaluation data from the statewide School-Wide Positive Behavior Supports (SWPBS) initiative in Iowa. The study shows initial positive results over a 3-year period. The School-Wide Evaluation Tool, Team Implementation...

Examining the agreement of direct behavior ratings and systematic direct observation data for on-task and disruptive behavior.(Report)
April 1, 2008... The purpose of this study was to replicate previous findings indicating a moderate association between teacher perceptions of behavior as measured by direct behavior ratings (DBRs) and systematic direct observation (SDO) conducted by an...

Conference calendar.(Calendar)
April 1, 2008... April 2008 April 2-5, 2008. Council for Exceptional Children, Annual Convention. Boston, MA. Contact: 888/232-7733: Web site: http:// www.cec.sped.org. April 2-5, 2008. Learning Disabilities Association of Quebec, 33rd Annual...