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Home-School Reinforcement: A Case Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 October 2014

David J. Leach  and
Alan Ralph
David J. Leach*
Affiliation:
Murdoch University
Alan Ralph
Affiliation:
Murdoch University
*
Psychology Section, School of Social Inquiry, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia. 6150
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Abstract

A home-based reinforcement programme was implemented to decrease classroom rule violations by a 16-year-old boy with a long history of disruptive behaviour in a secondary school classroom. The critical features of the intervention are described and discussed, including the fading procedure employed to maintain the behavioural gains exhibited during the programme's operation. The usefulness of minimal interventions, such as home-based reinforcement programmes, in the management of problem behaviour in schools is discussed, and comment is made on some possible benefits to behavioural practice of the collaborative style of intervention exemplified.

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Behaviour Change , Volume 3 , Issue 1 , March 1986 , pp. 58 - 62
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Copyright © The Author(s) 1986

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