ERIC Number: EJ929972
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Feb
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Systematic Function-Based Intervention for Adolescents with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders in an Alternative Setting: Broadening the Context
Turton, Amina M.; Umbreit, John; Mathur, Sarup R.
Behavioral Disorders, v36 n2 p117-128 Feb 2011
Three adolescents (ages 14-17) with emotional and behavioral disorders displayed chronic disruptive behavior in their self-contained classrooms at a self-contained alternative school. A descriptive functional behavioral assessment was conducted for each student. Data from file review, structured interviews, and direct observations were used to identify the functions of their disruptive behaviors. Then, function-based interventions were systematically constructed for each student and implemented for an extended period (nearly 6 weeks) within the most problematic situation in their classrooms. The interventions improved each student's behavior and the effects maintained during follow-up and generalized to instruction in a nonintervention classroom. Social validity data comparing the interventions to baseline practices revealed the function-based intervention had moderately higher social validity among teachers and substantially higher social validity among students. (Contains 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, Intervention, Validity, Behavior Disorders, Adolescents, Interviews, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Self Contained Classrooms, Emotional Disturbances, Comparative Analysis
Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders. Council for Exceptional Children, 1110 North Glebe Road, Arlington, VA 22201-5704. Tel: 612-276-0140; Fax: 612-276-0142; Web site: http://www.ccbd.net/behavioraldisorders/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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