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    The Role of Time-Out in a Comprehensive Approach for Addressing Challenging Behaviors of Preschool Children

    1/1/04 - G. Dunlap, L. Fox , M.L. Hemmeter, P. Strain

    This What Works Brief is part of a continuing series of short, easy-to-read, “how to” information packets on a variety of evidence-based practices, strategies, and intervention procedures. The Briefs are designed to help teachers support young children’s social and emotional development. They include examples and vignettes that illustrate how practical strategies might be used in a variety of early childhood settings and home environments. Time-out is a form of discipline that can be...

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    The Temperament Task Orientation Cluster among Preschool Educators

    1/1/08 - Theresa M. Nowak, Katherine McCormick, Rena Hallam

    "Adding a disability to the transition process compounds the barriers to positive school adjustment. The concept of transition for young children with special needs is complex and involves a number of constructs."

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    Transition to Kindergarten: Policy Implications for Struggling Learners and Those Who May Be at Risk for Learning Disabilities

    1/1/07 - Sheldon Horowitz, Laura Kaloi, Susan Petroff

    "Five major policy recommendations are made in this paper that, if implemented, would have a significantly positive impact upon transition to kindergarten and subsequent school success for struggling young learners, especially those with learning disabilities."

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    Using Choice and Preference to Promote Improved Behavior

    1/1/04 - G. Dunlap, D. Liso

    This What Works Brief is part of a continuing series of short, easy-to-read, “how to” information packets on a variety of evidence-based practices, strategies, and intervention procedures. The Briefs are designed to help teachers support young children’s social and emotional development. They include examples and vignettes that illustrate how practical strategies might be used in a variety of early childhood settings and home environments. Offering choices to children involves allowing...

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    Using Environmental Strategies to Promote Positive Social Interactions

    1/1/04 - T. Bovey , P. Strain

    This What Works Brief is part of a continuing series of short, easy-to-read, “how to” information packets on a variety of evidence-based practices, strategies, and intervention procedures. The Briefs are designed to help teachers support young children’s social and emotional development. They include examples and vignettes that illustrate how practical strategies might be used in a variety of early childhood settings and home environments.Painting at an easel, playing a game on a...

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    Using Functional Communication Training to Replace Challenging Behavior

    1/1/04 - G. Dunlap, M. Duda

    This What Works Brief is part of a continuing series of short, easy-to-read, “how to” information packets on a variety of evidence-based practices, strategies, and intervention procedures. The Briefs are designed to help teachers support young children’s social and emotional development. They include examples and vignettes that illustrate how practical strategies might be used in a variety of early childhood settings and home environments. Functional Communication Training (FCT) is a...

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    Waiting for the bus that never comes…an analogy for inclusion in 2009

    1/1/09 - Phyllis Jones

    When I was a young girl living in the North East of England, our main form of transport out of the small town was a public bus. My family and I would sit in the bus shelter waiting for the bus to arrive with a sense of positive anticipation of the trip we were going to take. However, on occasion we would wait and the bus would not arrive at the scheduled time; sometimes the bus was late and sometimes it did not come at all. On many of these occasions, we had to return home or change our...

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    What Are Children Trying to Tell Us? : Assessing the Function of Their Behavior

    1/1/04 - L. Fox, M. Duda

    This What Works Brief is part of a continuing series of short, easy-to-read, “how to” information packets on a variety of evidence-based practices, strategies, and intervention procedures. The Briefs are designed to help teachers support young children’s social and emotional development. They include examples and vignettes that illustrate how practical strategies might be used in a variety of early childhood settings and home environments. Functional Behavioral Assessment (FBA) is used...

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    Where the Girls Are: The Facts about Gender Equity in the Classroom

    1/1/08 - Christianne Corbett, Catherine Hill, Andresse St. Rose

    Where the Girls Are: The Facts About Gender Equity in Education makes clear that girls’ gains have not come at the expense of boys. In addition, the report goes beyond gender to look at other factors that influence student achievement—specifically family income level and race/ethnicity—and finds that many girls as well as boys are not acquiring the educational skills needed to succeed in the 21st-century economy. This report illustrates that while educational trends for both girls and...

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    Zero Tolerance versus Positive Behavioral Supports: An Effective School-Wide Accountability System for Student Behavior

    1/1/07 - Howard M. Knoff

    This presentation addresses disproportionality in discipline rates among minorities in the US

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