News tagged with behavioral interventions
Poor behavior doesn't always lead to poor academics
Despite popular belief, a new study published in the latest issue of the Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions (published by SAGE) finds that students who have poor behavior in the classroom do not always have poor grades.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 29, 2011 |
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Positive behavioral interventions programs found to improve student behavior and learning
Adopting the evidence-based procedures of School-Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (SWPBIS) helped 21 elementary schools reduce student suspensions, office discipline referrals and improve student academic ...
Sep 22, 2010 |
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Combining medication and psychosocial treatments may benefit patients with early-stage schizophrenia
Patients with early-stage schizophrenia who receive a combination of medication and a psychosocial intervention appear less likely to discontinue treatment or relapse -- and may have improved insight, quality of life and ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 06, 2010 |
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Better interventions are needed to reduce HIV risk among men who have sex with men
Although a cognitive-behavioral intervention to encourage men who have sex with men to reduce their substance use and sexual risk behavior (as both are linked) was partially successful, a similar reduction was achieved in ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Aug 24, 2010 |
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Lessons from the principal's office
The majority of students (about 80%) are never sent out of class to the principal's office or it happens only once in a year and why children are referred changes as they age, according to an article in the April 2010 issue ...
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May 07, 2010 |
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Study finds clinic-based HIV prevention is effective in reducing risk behaviors
UCSF researchers have shown that delivering HIV prevention services to people living with HIV in clinical settings can sharply reduce their sexual risk behaviors.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Mar 24, 2010 |
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Family intervention may reduce risk for depression in parents and children
Cognitive behavioral intervention for families may help prevent depression in parents with a history of depression and in their 9- to 15-year-old children, new research has found. The study is the first to test this kind ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 11, 2010 |
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Distance education for parents of children with autism found effective
Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, Singapore and Washington DC (February 1, 2010) — Through the use of instructional DVDs, parents of children with autism can learn how to teach their child to communicate and improve their behavior, ...
Feb 01, 2010 |
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MSU researcher advocates new way to treat autism
Children with autism would likely receive better treatment if supporters of the two major teaching methods stopped bickering over theory and focused on a combined approach, a Michigan State University psychologist ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 28, 2010 |
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First Step To Success steps up in Albuquerque schools
A school-based behavioral intervention program developed under a federal grant in the mid-1990s at the University of Oregon, already in widespread use, now has shown real value on a complex stage, scoring ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 30, 2009 |
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Scientific Understanding of Corruption Sought
(PhysOrg.com) -- Corruption is one of the most cited factors inhibiting economic development. It impedes political and economic growth, reduces the welfare of societies, increases income inequality and reduces trust in political ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 25, 2009 |
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Prevention program helps teens override a gene linked to risky behavior
A family-based prevention program designed to help adolescents avoid substance use and other risky behavior proved especially effective for a group of young teens with a genetic risk factor contributing toward such behavior, ...
May 15, 2009 |
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Institution of a bedtime routine improves sleep in infants and toddlers, maternal mood
A study in the May 1 issue of the journal SLEEP demonstrates that the use of a consistent bedtime routine contributes to improvements in multiple aspects of infant and toddler sleep, bedtime behavior and maternal mood.
May 01, 2009 |
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Intervention reduces children's viewing of violent TV
A team of Oregon State University researchers has successfully implemented a classroom-based intervention that reduces the amount of violent TV that children watch.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 07, 2009 |
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What Is The Best Strategy For Overcoming Constant Worries?
A group of German investigators has published a randomized controlled trial on how to overcome constant worries in the current issue of Psyhotherapy and Psychosomatics.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 07, 2009 |
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