Effects of a videotape feedback package on the peer interactions of children with serious behavioral and emotional challenges.
Peer interactions are among the greatest challenges experienced by children who have severe emotional and behavioral problems. This study evaluated an intervention package designed to increase the ratio of these children's desirable to undesirable interactions. The package included three principal components: (a) observation of videotapes following regularly scheduled peer activity sessions; (b) self-evaluation of the children's peer interactions observed on the videotapes; and (c) delayed feedback and reinforcement for desirable peer interactions. Five students from two elementary schools participated. Multiple baseline designs and one reversal were used to evaluate the effects of the intervention package. The results showed that the intervention produced lower levels of undesirable peer interactions and higher ratios of desirable to undesirable interactions for all participants. The results are discussed in regard to their conceptual and applied implications and in terms of specific directions for future research.
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Department of Child and Family Studies, Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa 33612.
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Clarke
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Childs
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White
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Stewart
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D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D004495:Education of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities / Q000379:methods*; D005246:Feedback; D005793:Generalization, Psychological; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D010379:Peer Group; D012919:Social Behavior; D012931:Social Environment; D012951:Socialization; D014743:Videotape Recording