Elizabeth Talbott, Jaime L. Zurheide, G. Karabatsos, Skip Kumm
{"title":"Similarity in Teacher Ratings of the Externalizing Behavior of Twins: A Meta-Analysis","authors":"Elizabeth Talbott, Jaime L. Zurheide, G. Karabatsos, Skip Kumm","doi":"10.1177/0198742920902374","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0198742920902374","url":null,"abstract":"Valid and reliable teacher ratings serve as the foundation for screening and assessment of youth with behavioral disorders and twin studies offer an opportunity to study those ratings. We conducted a meta-analysis of 15 empirical investigations of aggressive and rule-breaking behavior using teacher ratings in the context of a twin research design. We retrieved n = 53 correlations from n = 7,885 pairs of monozygotic (MZ) twins and n = 67 correlations from n = 11,696 pairs of dizygotic (DZ) twins with two goals: (a) to test the best-fitting models for predicting similarity (correlations) in teacher ratings of MZ and DZ twin pairs and (b) to identify significant predictors in the respective models. We found that, for both MZ and DZ twins, the best-fitting model included all predictors and interactions. In the MZ model, we found a significant positive interaction between the percentage of same teachers who completed the ratings and male twins; in the DZ model, we found a significant negative interaction between the percentage of same teachers who completed the ratings and opposite sex twins. Teacher ratings converged and diverged in expected ways, advancing research in the context of the attributions-bias-context (ABC) model of informant ratings.","PeriodicalId":47249,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral Disorders","volume":"46 1","pages":"80 - 95"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2020-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/0198742920902374","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42439107","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
B. Lloyd, Kayla R. Randall, Emily S. Weaver, Johanna L. Staubitz, Naomi Parikh
{"title":"An Initial Evaluation of a Concurrent Operant Analysis Framework to Identify Reinforcers for Work Completion","authors":"B. Lloyd, Kayla R. Randall, Emily S. Weaver, Johanna L. Staubitz, Naomi Parikh","doi":"10.1177/0198742919837647","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0198742919837647","url":null,"abstract":"Although functional analysis is a powerful tool for testing the function of challenging behavior, it is not always feasible or appropriate to include as a component of functional behavior assessment (FBA). Alternative experimental analysis methods are needed to inform individualized interventions in schools, particularly for students who engage in passive forms of problem behavior. We evaluated a concurrent operant analysis (COA) framework to identify reinforcers for appropriate replacement behaviors for four students referred for FBA and reported by teachers to engage in low levels of work completion. After completing two COAs per student (researcher-as-therapist and teacher-as-therapist), we used alternating treatments designs to compare the effects of an intervention matched with COA outcomes to intervention conditions that were not matched to COA outcomes on levels of work completion and task engagement. COA outcomes corresponded across therapists for three of four participants and intervention results validated COA outcomes for two of these participants. Although results of this initial investigation seem promising, more research on COA frameworks is needed to determine their utility to guide reinforcement-based interventions in schools.","PeriodicalId":47249,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral Disorders","volume":"45 1","pages":"102 - 85"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2020-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/0198742919837647","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48878329","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ryan G. Carlson, R. Hock, M. George, Gerda Kumpiene, M. Yell, Esther D. McCartney, Davis E. Riddle, M. Weist
{"title":"Relational Factors Influencing Parents’ Engagement in Special Education for High School Youth With Emotional/Behavioral Problems","authors":"Ryan G. Carlson, R. Hock, M. George, Gerda Kumpiene, M. Yell, Esther D. McCartney, Davis E. Riddle, M. Weist","doi":"10.1177/0198742919883276","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0198742919883276","url":null,"abstract":"This study examined the relational factors influencing school engagement for parents of high school youth with emotional/behavioral disorders. Fourteen parents of high school students (12 mothers, two fathers) who received special education services participated in semistructured interviews. Formal qualitative analyses of audiotaped phone interviews revealed some positive and some negative experiences by parents, the importance of coparenting to increase supportiveness to their child (and dimensions of effective coparenting), and recommendations from them for improving family engagement processes. In general, parents appreciated and recommended proactive and positive communication and collaboration with school staff emphasizing student strengths, being genuinely and meaningfully involved in the Individualized Education Program (IEP) process, with adequate time allowed for this involvement, and for staff to be organized and engaged in working with them. Findings are discussed in relation to ideas for practice and policy enhancement, and future research directions.","PeriodicalId":47249,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral Disorders","volume":"45 1","pages":"103 - 116"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2020-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/0198742919883276","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48657920","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E. A. Common, K. Lane, E. Cantwell, Nelson C. Brunsting, W. Oakes, K. Germer, L. A. Bross
{"title":"Teacher-Delivered Strategies to Increase Students’ Opportunities to Respond: A Systematic Methodological Review","authors":"E. A. Common, K. Lane, E. Cantwell, Nelson C. Brunsting, W. Oakes, K. Germer, L. A. Bross","doi":"10.1177/0198742919828310","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0198742919828310","url":null,"abstract":"We conducted this systematic review to map the literature and classify the evidence-based status of teacher-directed strategies to increase students’ opportunities to respond (OTR) during whole-group instruction across the K-12 continuum. Specifically, we conducted this review to determine whether OTR could be classified as an evidence-based practice according to Council for Exceptional Children’s Standards for Evidence-Based Practices in Special Education. We examined the extent to which 21 included studies addressed quality indicators and evidence-based practice standards using a modified, weighted criterion for methodologically sound studies. Three studies met all eight quality indicators and 11 studies met or exceeded 80% of quality indicators following a weighted criterion to define methodologically sound studies. Results indicated teacher-directed OTR strategy of response cards in K-12 school settings to be a potentially evidence-based practice. Educational implications, limitations, and future directions are discussed.","PeriodicalId":47249,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral Disorders","volume":"45 1","pages":"67 - 84"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2020-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/0198742919828310","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47477307","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nicholas A. Gage, Todd Haydon, Ashley S. Macsuga-Gage, Emily M. Flowers, Lyndsie A. Erdy
{"title":"An Evidence-Based Review and Meta-Analysis of Active Supervision","authors":"Nicholas A. Gage, Todd Haydon, Ashley S. Macsuga-Gage, Emily M. Flowers, Lyndsie A. Erdy","doi":"10.1177/0198742919851021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0198742919851021","url":null,"abstract":"Active supervision—defined as circulating, scanning, interacting with students, and reinforcing demonstrations of expected academic and social behaviors by a teacher or other staff member—is often considered a component of safe and secure schools. Yet, the evidence base supporting the effectiveness of active supervision has not been synthesized or evaluated for its quality. Therefore, we conducted an evidence-based review and meta-analysis of empirical research evaluating the effects of active supervision in schools. We identified 12 research studies evaluating active supervision, assessed the quality of each study, and calculated effect sizes for student behaviors, including disruptive behavior. Results from the four studies meeting data requirements for estimating standardized mean difference effect sizes suggest that, on average, active supervision reduced problem behavior by almost 2.0 standard deviation units. Only four studies met the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) design standards and the results of those were mixed, thus not meeting the WWC evidence-based criteria. Limitations and recommendations for future research are discussed.","PeriodicalId":47249,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral Disorders","volume":"45 1","pages":"117 - 128"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2020-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/0198742919851021","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44339953","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nicholas A. Gage, Nicolette M. Grasley-Boy, Michael Lombardo, Lucas Anderson
{"title":"The Effect of School-Wide Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports on Disciplinary Exclusions: A Conceptual Replication","authors":"Nicholas A. Gage, Nicolette M. Grasley-Boy, Michael Lombardo, Lucas Anderson","doi":"10.1177/0198742919896305","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0198742919896305","url":null,"abstract":"Disciplinary exclusions, particularly out-of-school suspension and expulsions, are a pressing concern for schools, as research demonstrates that they are associated with myriad deleterious outcomes such as increased risk for poor academic achievement, school dropout, and contact with juvenile justice. Research suggests that School-Wide Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (SWPBIS), a prevention and intervention framework for addressing school-based problem behavior, can have a significant and meaningful impact on reducing the likelihood of student suspensions and expulsions. In this study, we conceptually replicated a series of previous studies conducted in other states and examined the effect of universal SWPBIS on disciplinary exclusions in California. Using propensity score matching, we examine differences in suspension and expulsion rates for 98 schools implementing universal SWPBIS with fidelity and 98 comparison schools not implementing SWPBIS. Results suggest that schools implementing SWPBIS with fidelity have significantly fewer suspensions. No effects were found for expulsions. Implications and recommendations for future research are discussed.","PeriodicalId":47249,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral Disorders","volume":"46 1","pages":"42 - 53"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2019-12-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/0198742919896305","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41596347","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abigail Novak, Daniel V. Poling, Rebecca L Muller, David J. Peyton
{"title":"Gender Differences in Risk and Protective Factors Among Youth With EBD: Findings From the NLTS2","authors":"Abigail Novak, Daniel V. Poling, Rebecca L Muller, David J. Peyton","doi":"10.1177/0198742919894288","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0198742919894288","url":null,"abstract":"Using data from the National Longitudinal Transition Study 2 (NLTS2), we examined risk and protective factors associated with post-secondary outcomes among youth with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD). Results indicate that, compared to their male peers, females with EBD demonstrated higher levels of social and behavioral skills and higher grades. We also discovered discrepancies between teacher reports and female students’ self-reports of academic, social, and behavioral competencies, suggesting females with EBD underestimate their own skills or that teachers are not fully aware of these students’ areas of difficulty. We discuss implications of these results related to existing prevention and intervention strategies for females with EBD.","PeriodicalId":47249,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral Disorders","volume":"46 1","pages":"29 - 41"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2019-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/0198742919894288","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46426280","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Deanne Unruh, Miriam Waintrup, Charlotte Y. Alverson, M. Erickson, C. MaGee
{"title":"Stakeholders’ Perspectives of Reentry to School and Community for Young Offenders With Disabilities: An Ecological Approach","authors":"Deanne Unruh, Miriam Waintrup, Charlotte Y. Alverson, M. Erickson, C. MaGee","doi":"10.1177/0198742919891414","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0198742919891414","url":null,"abstract":"Reentry services for young offenders need to be youth-focused and inclusive of the multiple entities that support a youth’s return to the community. The purpose of this study was to gain a better understanding from stakeholders’ perspectives, based on experience, to identify challenges and facilitators to support young offenders’ reengagement in school and successful return to their community postincarceration. Fifty-four qualitative interviews of key stakeholders involved in the reentry process were conducted across 4 years of a young offender with disabilities’ reentry program in the Northwest. Stakeholders included youth, parents, school personnel, parole/probation officers, and other community agency personnel. An ecological framework coding scheme was used to qualitatively analyze the interviews. Findings validate the importance a key adult/mentor (i.e., transition specialist) plays in a youth’s school engagement. In addition, developing strong working relationships within and across schools, juvenile services, and other key agency personnel was supportive of a young offender’s reentry process.","PeriodicalId":47249,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral Disorders","volume":"46 1","pages":"175 - 186"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2019-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/0198742919891414","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49572161","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. A. Garbacz, T. Beattie, Tanya Novotnak, E. Kurtz-Nelson, Miranda Zahn, Huna Yim-Dockery, Jessica Cohenour, Phoebe Jordan
{"title":"Examining the Efficacy of Conjoint Behavioral Consultation for Middle School Students With Externalizing Behavior Problems","authors":"S. A. Garbacz, T. Beattie, Tanya Novotnak, E. Kurtz-Nelson, Miranda Zahn, Huna Yim-Dockery, Jessica Cohenour, Phoebe Jordan","doi":"10.1177/0198742919888844","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0198742919888844","url":null,"abstract":"This exploratory study examined the efficacy of Conjoint Behavioral Consultation for addressing classroom disruptive behavior for middle school students with externalizing behavior problems. In addition, the parent–teacher relationship, parent and teacher competence in problem-solving, and acceptability were examined. Participants were parents and teachers of four middle school students with externalizing behavior problems. Disruptive classroom behavior data were examined in a concurrent multiple baseline across participants design. Parent–teacher relationship, competence in problem-solving, and acceptability data were examined descriptively. Findings suggested improvements in disruptive behavior for each participant. However, limitations impeded interpretations. Parent–teacher relationship data were inconclusive. Six out of eight parents and teachers with pretest and posttest data reported improvements in their competence in problem-solving. All parents and teachers perceived the consultation process favorably. Limitations and future directions are discussed.","PeriodicalId":47249,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral Disorders","volume":"46 1","pages":"3 - 17"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2019-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/0198742919888844","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44419178","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Cross-Comparison Study of Reentry Intervention and Support for Engagement: Findings on Youth With Disabilities","authors":"S. Mathur, Heather Griller Clark, J. Gau","doi":"10.1177/0198742919886842","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0198742919886842","url":null,"abstract":"This article presents the findings of a 2-year-long quasi-experimental study of post-release engagement and recidivism for youth with disabilities. The effects of specialized Reentry Intervention and Support for Engagement (RISE) for youth with disabilities were compared with two other groups: (a) youth with disabilities who received traditional special education services, and (b) youth without disabilities who received traditional general education services in a juvenile correctional facility. Regardless of group, participants who were engaged in the community 30 days post-release were more likely to be engaged at 120 days and less likely to recidivate than nonengaged participants. However, compared with the two other groups, participants who received RISE services were more likely to be engaged in the community at 120 days post-release and have significantly lower rates of recidivism. We conclude our study by examining limitations, suggestions, implications for practice and policy, and future research.","PeriodicalId":47249,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral Disorders","volume":"20 1","pages":"163 - 174"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2019-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/0198742919886842","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"65475028","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}