Treatment Integrity

Treatment Integrity
Author: Lisa M. Hagermoser Sanetti
Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
Total Pages: 319
Release: 2013-11-01
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9781433815812

Treatment integrity is the extent to which an intervention is implemented as its originators intended. The book presents the latest thinking on how treatment integrity contributes to evidence-based practice in educational, community, and healthcare settings. Authoritative and up to date, this volume is a much-needed resource for all professionals supervising, providing, or evaluating intervention services, including researchers and practitioners in clinical, counseling, and school psychology; child and adolescent psychiatry; social work; communication disorders; special and general education; program evaluation; and educational leadership.

Extending Research on Self-monitoring Interventions Using Assistive Technology for Students with Disabilities

Extending Research on Self-monitoring Interventions Using Assistive Technology for Students with Disabilities
Author: Laura Ann Mahany
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018
Genre: Classroom environment
ISBN:

Technology is increasingly present in our classrooms, with expectations that students will each have their own device in a 1:1 classroom in every school. With classroom management as the most important factor affecting student learning and achievement (Emmer & Stough, 2001; Wang, Haertel, & Walberg, 1993), the purpose of this two-companion studies dissertation is to research the use of technology and self-management system components to determine its effects on on-task engagement and disruptive classroom behavior of adolescents with disabilities.The first chapter is a literature review providing an overview of self-management, focusing on self-monitoring and self-graphing. The literature review synthesizes the research regarding specific components related to student task engagement and behavior within the classroom and describes how technology has been utilized in current literature.In Study I, four adolescent students were successfully taught to use Google Forms© to self-record their behavior. Data were collected to compare a paper-based self-recording procedure or a technology-based procedure using a single-case alternating treatments design. Results indicated that students using technology was more efficient and increased on-task performance and/or decreased disruptive behavior better or equal to paper-based self-monitoring procedures. Additionally, both students and teachers preferred technology to paper-based self-monitoring.During Study II, the same four students participated in a second alternating treatments design study to compare paper-based self-graphing procedures or automatic graphing procedures on Google Forms©. Results indicated that students using technology-based automatic graphing increased on-task performance and/or decreased disruptive behavior better or equal to paper-based self-graphing. Moreover, technology-based automatic graphing was more efficient. Also, both students and teachers preferred technology to paper-based self-monitoring.Chapter 4 discusses these findings, conclusions, implications, and how utilizing technology has impacted self-monitoring in the context of using a more efficient intervention given similar efficacious results. Limitations and recommendations for future research in self-monitoring with technology for students with disabilities are provided.

Improving On-Task Behaviors in the Classrooms

Improving On-Task Behaviors in the Classrooms
Author: Dr. George N. Ohakamnu
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 80
Release: 2015-05-30
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1503574288

The present-day students (regular and special education) have some difficulties remaining on task in the classroom, especially the students classified as the at-risk (learning disabled, behavioral disordered, etc). Therefore, it becomes imperative to design a proactive methodology or strategy that may create on-task behavior while teaching and learning are taking place in the classroom. Note that no one strategy is enough to contain behavior-problem students; hence, the partner-check self-recording strategy was designed to induce on task behavior for a considerable amount of time among elementary school children.

The Handbook of Behavior Change

The Handbook of Behavior Change
Author: Martin S. Hagger
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 730
Release: 2020-07-15
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1108750117

Social problems in many domains, including health, education, social relationships, and the workplace, have their origins in human behavior. The documented links between behavior and social problems have compelled governments and organizations to prioritize and mobilize efforts to develop effective, evidence-based means to promote adaptive behavior change. In recognition of this impetus, The Handbook of Behavior Change provides comprehensive coverage of contemporary theory, research, and practice on behavior change. It summarizes current evidence-based approaches to behavior change in chapters authored by leading theorists, researchers, and practitioners from multiple disciplines, including psychology, sociology, behavioral science, economics, philosophy, and implementation science. It is the go-to resource for researchers, students, practitioners, and policy makers looking for current knowledge on behavior change and guidance on how to develop effective interventions to change behavior.

The Effect of Web-based Self-monitoring, I-Connect, to Increase On-task Behavior of High School Students with Autism

The Effect of Web-based Self-monitoring, I-Connect, to Increase On-task Behavior of High School Students with Autism
Author: Sara Katherine Romans
Publisher:
Total Pages: 158
Release: 2017
Genre: Autism in adolescence
ISBN:

Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) often demonstrate behaviors that impair their school experiences. Therefore, the implementation of research-based strategies that will foster success for students with ASD is critical. Moreover, individuals with ASD experience greater challenges transitioning from high school to post-secondary opportunities, including higher education, employment, and independent living. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of a web-based program designed to increase student engagement and academic gains through the use of the I-Connect self-monitoring application installed on a mobile device in a high school setting. An ABAB withdrawal design was employed with two high school students diagnosed with ASD to evaluate the effectiveness of the I-Connect self-monitoring system on their on-task behaviors and academic performance. In the results of this intervention, Participant One increased his on-task behaviors from 47% to 100% and academic accuracy from 20% to 98%. Participant Two increased his on-task behaviors from 47% to 94% and academic accuracy from 51% to 73%.

Evidence-Based Interventions for Students with Learning and Behavioral Challenges

Evidence-Based Interventions for Students with Learning and Behavioral Challenges
Author: Richard J. Morris
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 656
Release: 2008-01-14
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1135925135

This book assembles into one volume summaries of school-based intervention research that relates to those who deal on a regular basis with the growing body of students having high-incidence learning disabilities and/or behavior disorders: special educators, school psychologists, and clinical child psychologists. Chapter authors begin with an overview of their topic followed by a brief section on historical perspectives before moving on to the main section – a critical discussion of empirically based intervention procedures. In those instances where evidence-based prescriptions can legitimately be made, authors discuss best practices and the conditions (e.g., classroom environment, teacher expertise) under which these practices are most effective. A final section deals with policy issues.

Investigation of Self-monitoring Interventions on Independent Performance of Math Worksheets by Children with Attention-deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Investigation of Self-monitoring Interventions on Independent Performance of Math Worksheets by Children with Attention-deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Author: Nancy M. Armstrong
Publisher:
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2002
Genre: Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
ISBN:

The purposes of this two-experiment study were to (a) assess the influence of reinforcer dimensions (rate, quality, immediacy, and response effort) on the academic choices of 2 students with ADHD, and (b) to examine the differential effectiveness of the most influential versus the least influential dimensions in an intervention used with self-monitoring procedures to increase academic accuracy, rate, and on task behavior. In study 1, I examined the students' choices between two concurrent response alternatives with varying dimensions. Reinforcer dimensions of rate, quality, effort and immediacy were presented in competition with one another. Results showed that choices were consistently influenced by impulsivity and reinforcer quality (i.e., quality and immediacy for Mallory; for Milton, quality and low effort (suggesting impulsivity because of the shorter delay in receiving answer feedback). In study 2, I examined the effectiveness of a self-monitoring intervention based on the assessment of most and least influential reinforcer dimensions in improving the students' academic accuracy, rate, and on task behavior during independent math seat work. For Milton, we compared low effort (most influential), low rate (least influential) to high effort, high rate and for Mallory, we compared high quality (most influential), high effort (least influential) to low quality, low effort problem completion. Each participant completed a packet of math facts, self-checking as they worked, and upon completion, recorded the number correct, incorrect, total number problems attempted, and points earned on a data recording sheet. Results for both students showed both interventions produced an improvement in academic accuracy, rate, and on task behavior relative to baseline.