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	<title>Behavior Modification</title>
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	<description>A resource about classroom management and behavior change methods</description>
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		<title>Behavior contracts that work</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over on Smart Classroom Management, the site where he presents tips based on his book, Michael Linsin offers three reasons for not using behavior contracts. After a brief introduction that is generally pretty accurate, he argues that (a) &#8220;behavior contracts label students,&#8221; (b) &#8220;external rewards are short term,&#8221; and (c) &#8220;follow through is a bear.&#8221; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://behaviormod.info/2010/01/17/behavior-contracts-that-work/</link>
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		<title>News account about classroom management</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In &#8220;Controlling a classroom isn&#8217;t as easy as ABC&#8221; Seema Mehta of the Los Angeles (CA, US) Times describes teachers&#8217; struggles and successes with classroom management. She also reports what teachers say are important and unimportant components of management. 
Not only does she describe conflicts in the classrooms, but the recommendations she received about management [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://behaviormod.info/2009/12/15/news-account-about-classroom-management/</link>
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		<title>HB, Sidney Bijou</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today is the anniversary of the birth of Sidney W. Bijou, one of the pre-eminent figures in the history of analysis and management of behavior. Professor Bijou passed away 11 June 2009.
Professor Bijou&#8217;s work provided the foundation and exemplars for much of what we do today. His three-volume application of behavioral principles to children&#8217;s development, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://behaviormod.info/2009/11/12/hb-sidney-bijou/</link>
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		<title>Positive-negative ratios</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over on The Adventures of Miss Behavior, Enedelia Sanner has a post about getting data on her children&#8217;s behavior before introducing interventions. As I suspect is true for most folks, she doesn&#8217;t always gather baseline data, even though she&#8217;s an informed behavior analyst. In the post she makes some good points about the value of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://behaviormod.info/2009/09/15/positive-negative-ratios/</link>
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		<title>Iwata wkshop Sep. 09</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Professor Brian Iwata, who has extensively studied functional behavior analysis, will conduct a two-day workshop entitled &#8220;Functional Analysis &#038; Treatment of Severe Behavior Disorders&#8221; in Philadelphia (PA, US) on 28 &#8211; 29 September 2009. Psychologists may earn 11 CE credits, BCBAs &#038; BCABAs 12 Type 2 CE credits. Walt Antonow, who manages these workshops, advised [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://behaviormod.info/2009/09/03/iwata-wkshop-sep-09/</link>
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		<title>Deterring bullying</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over on Slate, Alan Kazdin and Carlo Rotella tell parents what it takes to deter bullying. Under the headline &#8220;Bullies: They can be stopped, but it takes a village,&#8221; Professors Kazdin and Rotella explain what not to do and what works. They draw on real research about the issue, not just people&#8217;s reports and impressions.
Let&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://behaviormod.info/2009/08/16/deterring-bullying/</link>
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		<title>Physical punishment repudiated</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over on 60-Second Science Blog, the news source of Scientific American, Karen Schrock reported that a task force of the American Psychological Association (APA) released a report recommending that caregivers eschew physical punishment. Ms. Schrock noted that at least one member of the task force disagreed with the recommendations, but that most members endorsed it. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://behaviormod.info/2009/08/11/physical-punishment-repudiated/</link>
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		<title>Sid Bijou passed away</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I only today learned that Sidney Bijou passed away 11 June 2009. There&#8217;s an obituary at Web site of the Association of Professional Behavior Analysts. 
Update, 21 July: The New York Times published an obituary.  
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		<link>http://behaviormod.info/2009/07/20/sid-bijou-passed-away/</link>
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		<title>Florida Autism conference</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Scott Center at Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne (FL, US) will host its second annual conference on Autism 6 November 2009. The theme for this year is &#8220;Power and Potential of Communication,&#8221; and the featured speakers includ Mark Sundberg, Jim Carr, and Bridget Taylor. 
Link to the conference Website and to the Scott [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://behaviormod.info/2009/07/20/florida-autism-conference/</link>
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		<title>CSPV</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For those who are interested in preventing school violence, here&#8217;s a reminder of a resource that I expect will be generating more and more helpful products in the coming years: the Consortium To Prevent School Violence (CPSV).
 The Consortium to Prevent School Violence (CPSV) seeks to promote the effective implementation of school violence prevention practices [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://behaviormod.info/2009/06/11/cspv/</link>
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