Secondary Tier of School-wide Positive
Behavior Support
Randomized Control Trials
Bradshaw C., Leaf, P., et al, (in
progress) Randomized control trial of secondary and tertiary interventions
added to schools already using primary prevention efforts.
This research
began 2007 and is scheduled for completion 2011.
Cheney, D., et al., (in
progress).Randomized control
trial of Check-in/ Check-out procedures.Results have been collected and are being summarized.Preliminary presentations at
professional conferences indicate functional effect between use of procedures
and both improved scores on standardized assessment instruments, and direct
observation of problem behavior.
Materials and
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