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ERIC Number: EJ842580
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009
Pages: 6
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0040-0599
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Bob Bear: A Strategy for Improving Behaviors of Preschoolers Identified as At Risk or Developmentally Delayed
Michael, Meredith; Meese, Ruth L.; Keith, Stephen; Mathews, Rachel
TEACHING Exceptional Children, v41 n5 p54-59 May-Jun 2009
Social learning theory, sociodramatic play, and the use of puppets and stuffed animals may be beneficial for improving social behaviors of preschoolers with and without disabilities. Therefore, this action research study is developed on the belief that a stuffed animal (Bob Bear) will enhance appropriate behaviors for preschool children when used by teachers as a part of their behavior management program. Teachers strategically harness sociodramatic play, helping preschoolers imagine that Bob Bear is a member of the class who can talk and display behaviors like all other children in the classroom. Thus, Bob Bear will be utilized daily as a teaching/learning tool to model, role play, and reinforce expected behaviors in the preschool classroom. The authors conclude that additional research is needed to determine whether or not this intervention strategy, used in this article for preschoolers identified as at risk or with developmental delays, might prove helpful with preschoolers having other exceptional needs. (Contains 3 figures and 1 table.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Preschool Education
Audience: Teachers
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
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