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		<title>Why not only positives?</title>
		<link>http://behaviormod.info/2010/08/30/why-not-only-positives/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:24:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classroom management]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Increasing responding]]></category>
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Teacher A: Wouldn&#8217;t it be wonderful if we didn&#8217;t have to use any aversive procedures. Punishment is such a drag.
Teacher B: Yes! I agree. Positive reinforcement is sooo powerful&#8212;shaping, schedules, maintenance, and all that. You can do just about everything with it.
Teacher A: Really. I mean, we should make our classes totally positive this year. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No spanking</title>
		<link>http://behaviormod.info/2010/05/11/no-spanking/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 13:07:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Look under &#8216;posters &#38; stickers&#8217;
I am pleased to call readers&#8217; (both of you) attention to NoSpank.net. Although much of the advocacy presented there promotes parenting and teaching practices that have limited scientific bases, the organizing feature is a rejection of the use of physical violence as a disciplinary method. I support that effort. 
There are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Better and Worse Ways of Giving Directions</title>
		<link>http://behaviormod.info/2010/03/21/better-and-worse-ways-of-giving-directions/</link>
		<comments>http://behaviormod.info/2010/03/21/better-and-worse-ways-of-giving-directions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:08:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classroom management]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One mistake that adults sometimes make in giving directions to children and youths is to phrase directions as questions. Another is to give directions as if they are advice. Here are some examples of each: 

Asking questions:

O.K., everyone, why don&#8217;t you turn in your work now?
Where are your pen and paper supposed to be?
Jimmy, don&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Behavior contracts that work</title>
		<link>http://behaviormod.info/2010/01/17/behavior-contracts-that-work/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 13:51:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classroom management]]></category>
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		<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>
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		<title>News account about classroom management</title>
		<link>http://behaviormod.info/2009/12/15/news-account-about-classroom-management/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:02:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<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>
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		<title>Positive-negative ratios</title>
		<link>http://behaviormod.info/2009/09/15/positive-negative-ratios/</link>
		<comments>http://behaviormod.info/2009/09/15/positive-negative-ratios/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:29:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classroom management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Data collection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self-management]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[bullying]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://behaviormod.info/?p=216</guid>
		<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>
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		<title>Deterring bullying</title>
		<link>http://behaviormod.info/2009/08/16/deterring-bullying/</link>
		<comments>http://behaviormod.info/2009/08/16/deterring-bullying/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 11:43:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<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>
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		<title>Physical punishment repudiated</title>
		<link>http://behaviormod.info/2009/08/11/physical-punishment-repudiated/</link>
		<comments>http://behaviormod.info/2009/08/11/physical-punishment-repudiated/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:59:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<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>
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		<title>More NPR seclusion-restraint</title>
		<link>http://behaviormod.info/2009/05/22/more-npr-seclusion-restraint/</link>
		<comments>http://behaviormod.info/2009/05/22/more-npr-seclusion-restraint/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 14:19:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classroom management]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hooray for US National Public Radio! In a follow-up to the segment of Talk of the Nation that aired yesterday, there are notes about &#8220;Discipline Success Stories.&#8221; According to the page, &#8220;NPR Producer Susannah George asked some additional educators and counselors to tell her a story about a child who acted out, and what they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Notes about reducing misbehavior</title>
		<link>http://behaviormod.info/2009/05/21/notes-about-reducing-misbehavior/</link>
		<comments>http://behaviormod.info/2009/05/21/notes-about-reducing-misbehavior/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 18:34:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The recent discussions in the press and the US Congress about seclusion and restraint prompted me to draft these preliminary notes about alternatives that are available to school personnel. Generally, one does not need to resort to putting students in isolation or holding them to the ground. 
Schools that employ evidence-based practices have a wealth [...]]]></description>
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