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50 Years of ERIC
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Carr, Edward G. – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities (RPSD), 2009
This article raises four questions pertaining to the problem of using school-wide positive behavior support (SWPBS) with students who have severe disabilities. First, are there any limits to the applicability of SWPBS? Second, does SWPBS potentiate, or strengthen, the effects of tertiary (individual) support, thereby ensuring the greatest good for…
Descriptors: Severe Disabilities, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Intervention, Regular and Special Education Relationship
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Carr, Edward G. – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities (RPSD), 2007
The best research studies are more noteworthy for the issues they raise than for the questions they answer. Being informative is good; being heuristic is better. The two papers under consideration are heuristic as well as informative. Thus, Wong, Kasari, Freeman, and Paparella (2007) provide an answer to the question of what might influence the…
Descriptors: Verbal Learning, Teaching Methods, Heuristics, Play
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Carr, Edward G. – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities (RPSD), 2006
This article raises four questions pertaining to the problem of using school-wide positive behavior support (SWPBS) with students who have severe disabilities. First, are there any limits to the applicability of SWPBS? Second, does SWPBS potentiate, or strengthen, the effects of tertiary (individual) support, thereby ensuring the greatest good for…
Descriptors: Severe Disabilities, Regular and Special Education Relationship, Inclusive Schools
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Horner, Robert H.; Dunlap, Glen; Koegel, Robert L.; Carr, Edward G.; Sailor, Wayne; Anderson, Jacki; Albin, Richard W.; O'Neill, Robert E. – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities (RPSD), 2005
Nonaversive behavior management is an approach to supporting people with undesirable behaviors that integrates technology and values. Although this approach has attracted numerous proponents, more adequate definition and empirical documentation are still needed. This article presents an introduction to the nonaversive approach. Important…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Positive Reinforcement, Stimuli, Behavior Disorders