
School-Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
Kent McIntosh and Angus Kittelman
in Peers as Change Agents: A Guide to Implementing Peer-Mediated Interventions in Schools
School-Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (SWPBIS) refers to a systematic framework for service delivery in schools whereby evidence-based interventions are implemented ...
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Implementing Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports: A Framework for Mental Health Promotion
Donald Kincaid and Natalie Romer
in Fostering the Emotional Well-Being of our Youth: A School-Based Approach
This chapter provides an overview of positive behavior interventions and supports (PBIS) and how mental health interventions can be embedded into this framework. The authors describe the ...
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Peer-Mediated Group Supports
Christopher H. Skinner, Tara Moore, and Jessica F. Eshbaugh
in Peers as Change Agents: A Guide to Implementing Peer-Mediated Interventions in Schools
Peer-mediated group supports are distinguished from peer-mediated behavioral interventions due to their potential to affect the behavior of a large number of students in an efficient ...
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Peers as Change Agents: A Guide to Implementing Peer-Mediated Interventions in Schools
Tai A. Collins and Renee Oliver Hawkins (eds)
This volume includes a variety of intervention strategies utilizing peers as change agents in school-based interventions. The book presents an updated conceptualization of peer-mediated ...
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Antecedent (Preventive) Intervention
James K. Luiselli
in Effective Practices for Children with Autism: Educational and behavior support interventions that work
This chapter discusses antecedent (preventive) interventions for children with autism and illustrates how antecedent and setting events in achild's environment can be arranged to prevent ...
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Using Positive Reinforcement to Decrease Challenging Behavior
Lee Kern and Anastasia Kokina
in Effective Practices for Children with Autism: Educational and behavior support interventions that work
Thischapter focuses on the use of positive reinforcement as a strategy for addressingbehavior problems. It begins with an overview of the purpose and rationale ofpositive reinforcement ...
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Tier I Basics
Lindsay M. Fallon, Marlana R. Mueller, Kathryn D. Kurtz, and Sadie C. Cathcart
in Handbook of Behavioral Interventions in Schools: Multi-Tiered Systems of Support
Tier I interventions are implemented on a school-wide or class-wide level and are intended to limit the development of problem behaviors. This chapter describes the preventive focus and ...
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Innovation in Parenting Programs
Matthew R. Sanders, Karen M. T. Turner, and Trevor G. Mazzucchelli
in The Power of Positive Parenting: Transforming the Lives of Children, Parents, and Communities Using the Triple P System
Innovation has characterized the whole field of behavioral family intervention since its inception. This chapter reflects on the innovative developments that have occurred over the past ...
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Children with Anxiety Problems
Vanessa E. Cobham
in The Power of Positive Parenting: Transforming the Lives of Children, Parents, and Communities Using the Triple P System
Anxiety is one of the most common psychological complaints reported by children and is associated with significant psychosocial and physical health problems, a poor prognosis, and ...
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Parenting Support in the Context of Primary Health Care
Karen M. T. Turner and Carol W. Metzler
in The Power of Positive Parenting: Transforming the Lives of Children, Parents, and Communities Using the Triple P System
Primary care providers such as family doctors, pediatricians, and community child health nurses are a trusted first port of call for parents seeking advice on parenting issues, and routine ...
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Children with Externalizing Behavior Problems
Trevor G. Mazzucchelli and Matthew R. Sanders
in The Power of Positive Parenting: Transforming the Lives of Children, Parents, and Communities Using the Triple P System
Externalizing behavior problems characterized by behaviors such as aggression, destruction of property, and stealing are among the most common childhood adjustment problems and the most ...
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Positive imagery: creating goals, developing new skills, and problem solving
Ann Hackmann, James Bennett-Levy, and Emily A. Holmes
in Oxford Guide to Imagery in Cognitive Therapy
This chapter discusses positive imagery (used to denote imagery procedures that start from the generation of positive imagery, rather than evoking negative images and trying to transform ...
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Group Contingencies
Tai A. Collins, Renee O. Hawkins, Kamonta Heidelburg, and Keisha Hill
in Handbook of Behavioral Interventions in Schools: Multi-Tiered Systems of Support
Group contingencies describe interventions in which a reward is delivered to a group of individuals based on meeting a predetermined target level of performance. Group contingencies have ...
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Interdependent Group Contingencies
Daniel M. Maggin, Christerallyn A. J. Brown, and Skip Kumm
in Peers as Change Agents: A Guide to Implementing Peer-Mediated Interventions in Schools
Interdependent group contingencies involve a common consequence based on the behavior of all members of the group, as groups may have to meet a behavioral criterion together or all group ...
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General Model of Service Delivery for School-Based Interventions
Stephen P. Kilgus and Nathaniel P. von der Embse
in Handbook of Behavioral Interventions in Schools: Multi-Tiered Systems of Support
Substantial research has been devoted to various models of intervention delivery within school systems. Multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) is an educational service-delivery model in ...
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Technology-Assisted Delivery of Parenting Programs
Karen M. T. Turner, Sabine Baker, and Jamin J. Day
in The Power of Positive Parenting: Transforming the Lives of Children, Parents, and Communities Using the Triple P System
Increasingly, parents are looking to the Internet for information and advice about parenting. This presents an opportunity to broaden the reach and availability of evidence-based parenting ...
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A Collaborative Partnership Adaptation Model
Karen M. T. Turner, Matthew R. Sanders, Louise J. Keown, and Matthew Shepherd
in The Power of Positive Parenting: Transforming the Lives of Children, Parents, and Communities Using the Triple P System
There is a need to increase access to evidence-based parenting support in disadvantaged and marginalized communities; however, cultural fit of a mainstream program may be a significant ...
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Applications of Positive Parenting: An Introduction
Trevor G. Mazzucchelli
in The Power of Positive Parenting: Transforming the Lives of Children, Parents, and Communities Using the Triple P System
Since its inception, developers of the Triple P—Positive Parenting Program have been concerned with the generalization of positive parenting skills and how learning in one context can be ...
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Working Effectively with Indigenous Families
Karen M. T. Turner, Lauren M. Hodge, Michell Forster, and Cari D. McIlduff
in The Power of Positive Parenting: Transforming the Lives of Children, Parents, and Communities Using the Triple P System
An awareness of the complex social and political context for parenting in Indigenous cultures is important to the success of parenting interventions. This chapter shares experiences of ...
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Core Principles and Techniques of Positive Parenting
Matthew R. Sanders and Trevor G. Mazzucchelli
in The Power of Positive Parenting: Transforming the Lives of Children, Parents, and Communities Using the Triple P System
Positive parenting is an approach to raising children that aims to promote children’s optimal development. It concerns the activities of parenting that create a nurturing environment that ...
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