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- Title
PARENT EDUCATION INTERVENTION RESULTS IN DECREASED CHALLENGING BEHAVIOR AND IMPROVED TASK ENGAGEMENT FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES DURING ACADEMIC TASKS.
- Authors
Lequia, Jenna; Machalicek, Wendy; Lyons, Gregory
- Abstract
Children with developmental disabilities and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder often engage in challenging behavior when presented with academic demands. Parents of school-age children with such diagnoses are commonly asked to assist their child with academic tasks but may struggle to do so as a result of challenging behavior. This study evaluated the effects of a parent education intervention on the challenging behaviors and task engagement of three school-age children with disabilities during academic activities. Parent education consisted of (i) weekly didactic instruction; (ii) modeling; (iii) role-play; and (iv) in vivo coaching and performance feedback. Using a non-concurrent multiple baseline across participants with embedded individual multi-element design, this study demonstrates that a parent education intervention results in decreases in challenging behavior and increases in task engagement. These results suggest that parent education focused on addressing challenging behavior during one-to-one instruction may facilitate completion of academic tasks. Implications for practice and suggestions for future research are discussed. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
- Subjects
REINFORCEMENT (Psychology); EDUCATION of parents; BEHAVIOR disorders; BEHAVIOR modification; ACADEMIC achievement; ATTENTION-deficit hyperactivity disorder; AUTISM; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH funding; SCALE analysis (Psychology); CHILDREN with disabilities; INTER-observer reliability; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; PREVENTION
- Publication
Behavioral Interventions, 2013, Vol 28, Issue 4, p322
- ISSN
1072-0847
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/bin.1369