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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 Research on Specific Secondary Interventions.

McIntosh, K., Campbell, A., Carter, D., & Dickey, C. (2009). Differential effects of a tier 2 behavioral intervention based on function of problem behavior. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 11, 2.82-93.

Beard-Jordan, K., & Sugai, G. (2004). First Step to Success: An early intervention for elementary children at risk for antisocial behavior. Behavioral Disorders, 29, 396-409.

Cheney, D., Flower, A., Templeton, T. (2008). Applying response to intervention metrics in the social domain for students at risk of developing emotional and behavioral disorders.Journal of Special Education, 42, (2) 108-126.

Carter, D.R. & Horner, R.H. (in press). Adding functional behavioral assessment to First Step to Success: A case study. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions.

Chafouleas, S.M., Christ, T.J., Riley-Tillman, T.C., Briesch, A.M., & Chanese, J.M. (in press).Generalizability and dependability of Daily Behavior Report Cards to measure social behavior of preschoolers.School Psychology Review.

Chafouleas, S., Riley-Tillman, C., Sassu, K., LaFrance, M., Patwa, S., (2007) Daily behavior report cards: An investigation of the consistency of on-task data across raters and methods.Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions. 9(1), 30-37.

Fairbanks, S., Sugai, G., Guardino, D., & Lathrop, M (2007). Response to intervention: Examining classroom behavior support in second grade. Exceptional Children, 73(3), 288-310.

Filter, K. J., McKenna, M. K., Benedict, E. A., Horner, R. H., Todd, A. W., & Watson, J. (2007). Check in/ check out: A post-hoc evaluation of an efficient, secondary-level targeted intervention for reducing problem behaviors in schools. Education and Treatment of Children, 30(1), 69-84.

Hawken, L. H. & Johnston, S. (in press).Preventing severe problem behavior in young children: The Behavior Education Program. Journal of Early and Intensive Behavior Intervention 

Hawken, L. & Horner, R. (2003). Evaluation of a targeted group intervention within a school-wide system of behavior support, Journal of Behavioral Education, 12, 225-240.

Hawken, L. H. & MacLeod, K. S., & O’Neill, R. (2007). Effects of function of problem behavior on the responsiveness to the Behavior Education Program. Manuscript submitted for publication.

Hawken, L. S., MacLeod, K. S. & Rawlings, L. (2007). Effects of the Behavior Education Program (BEP) on problem behavior with elementary school students. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 9, 94-101.

Hawken, L. (2006). School psychologists as leaders in the implementation of a targeted intervention: The Behavior Education Program (BEP). School Psychology Quarterly, 21, 91-111.

March, R. E., & Horner, R.H. (2002). Feasibility and contributions of functional behavioral assessment in schools. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 10, 158-170.

McCurdy, B. L., Kunsch, C., & Reibstein, S. (2007). Secondary prevention in the urban school: Implementing the Behavior Education Program. Preventing School Failure, 12-19.

Miller, M., Fenty, N., & Scott, T. M. (in press). An examination of the effects of social skills instruction in the context of small group reading. Preventing School Failure.

Todd, A. W., Kaufman, A., Meyer, G., & Horner, R. H. (in press). The Effects of a Targeted Intervention to Reduce Problem Behaviors: Elementary School Implementation of Check In - Check Out. Journal of Positive Behavioral Interventions