TY - JOUR
T1 - Modifying socially withdrawn behavior
T2 - A playground intervention for students with internalizing behaviors
AU - Marchant, Michelle R.
AU - Solano, Brock R.
AU - Fisher, Adam K.
AU - Caldarella, Paul
AU - Young, K. Richard
AU - Renshaw, Tyler L.
PY - 2007/11
Y1 - 2007/11
N2 - There is little research regarding interventions for children with internalizing behaviors in schools, both within classrooms and in nonclassroom environments. In response to this need, a nonclassroom treatment package, consisting of (a) social skills instruction, (b) mediated self-management, and (c) a reinforcement system, was implemented to modify the socially withdrawn behavior of 3 elementary students. The effects of this treatment package were evaluated on the school playground - during recess - by recording both the number of communicative acts and the total time spent engaged in appropriate peer play for each target student. All target students showed marked improvement in their playground, social interaction. Future research should be conducted with similar populations, using variations of the described methods in other school settings.
AB - There is little research regarding interventions for children with internalizing behaviors in schools, both within classrooms and in nonclassroom environments. In response to this need, a nonclassroom treatment package, consisting of (a) social skills instruction, (b) mediated self-management, and (c) a reinforcement system, was implemented to modify the socially withdrawn behavior of 3 elementary students. The effects of this treatment package were evaluated on the school playground - during recess - by recording both the number of communicative acts and the total time spent engaged in appropriate peer play for each target student. All target students showed marked improvement in their playground, social interaction. Future research should be conducted with similar populations, using variations of the described methods in other school settings.
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U2 - 10.1002/pits.20265
DO - 10.1002/pits.20265
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:35348932050
SN - 0033-3085
VL - 44
SP - 779
EP - 794
JO - Psychology in the Schools
JF - Psychology in the Schools
IS - 8
ER -