Recently added articles from Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions:

Context-sensitive cognitive-behavioral supports for young children with TBI: a second replication study.(traumatic brain injury)(Report)

Apr 01, 2008; Feeney, Timothy J. ... 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 ...

Systems change with school-wide positive behavior supports: Iowa's work in progress.(Two Forums)(Report)

Apr 01, 2008; Mass-Galloway, Robin ... 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 Checklist, and office discipline referral data were ...

Examining the agreement of direct behavior ratings and systematic direct observation data for on-task and disruptive behavior.(Report)

Apr 01, 2008; Riley-Tillman, T. Chris ... 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 external observer. In this study, data regarding ...

Maryland statewide PBIS initiative: systems, evaluation, and next steps.(Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports )(Report)

Apr 01, 2008; Barrett, Susan B. ... 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 ...

Validation of the Contextual Assessment Inventory for problem behavior.(Report)

Apr 01, 2008; Carr, Edward G. ... 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 ....

Choice-making as intervention for public disrobing in children with developmental disabilities.(Report)

Apr 01, 2008; Carlson, Jane I. ... 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 ...

Editorial.(Editorial)

Apr 01, 2008; Koegel, Robert ... 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 ...

Conference calendar.(Calendar)

Apr 01, 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 Conference. Montreal, Quebec. Contact: ...