Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions articles from January 2004

Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions archives from January 2004

Editorial.(Editorial)
January 1, 2004... The first five volumes of the Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions (JPBI) are history. These past 5 years have been busy ones for the journal and, indeed, for the field of positive behavior support (PBS). We have seen an important...

The School-Wide Evaluation Tool (SET): a research instrument for assessing school-wide positive behavior support.
January 1, 2004... In this report, we present data documenting the psychometric properties of the School-Wide Evaluation Tool (SET; Sugai, Lewis-Palmer, Todd, & Hornet, 2001), a research instrument for measuring implementation of school-wide positive behavior...

Improving classroom behavior by modifying task difficulty: effects of increasing the difficulty of too-easy tasks.
January 1, 2004... Several investigations have shown that curricular variables can exacerbate or set the occasion for problem behaviors in the classroom (Armendariz & Umbreit, 1999; Blair, Umbreit, & Bos, 1999; Blair, Umbreit, & Eck, 2000; Dunlap, Foster-Johnson,...

Using staff and student time engaged in disciplinary procedures to evaluate the impact of school-wide PBS.
January 1, 2004... In a now classic 1987 article, Baer, Wolf, and Risley postulated that 20 years into the future, success in the field of behavior analysis largely would depend upon the degree to which the field was able to measure change within larger systems....

Self-determination and student involvement in functional assessment: innovative practices.
January 1, 2004... Promoting and enhancing the self-determination of people with disabilities has become an important focus of disability services and supports across the life span (Wehmeyer, 2001). A growing international literature base has documented that...

Framing positive behavior support in the ongoing discourse concerning the politics of knowledge.
January 1, 2004... Philosophy of science has relevance for both disciplinary knowledge and professional practice. Following the positivist traditions of British empiricism, behaviorists maintain that (a) social and personal phenomena can be objectified and...

No Pity: People with Disabilities Forging a New Civil Rights Movement.(Book Review)
January 1, 2004... by Joseph P. Shapiro, New York: Times Books, 1994, 382 pp., paperback, $16.00 No Pity: People with Disabilities Forging a New Civil Rights Movement by Joseph P. Shapiro presents the experiences of people with disabilities struggling to...

A not so good job with "good job": a response to Kohn 2001.
January 1, 2004... EDITORS' NOTE: The Forum section of the Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions provides for an exchange of opinions, perspectives, ideas, and informative personal accounts. We welcome brief articles from family members, professionals,...

Conference calendar.(Calendar)
January 1, 2004... MARCH 2004 * March 2-4, 2004 National Initiative for Children's Health Care Quality, Third Annual Forum for Improving Children's Health Care. San Diego, CA. Contact: 617/754-4900; Colleen O'Rourke, e-mail: corourke@nichq.org; Web...