Effects of Coaching and Peer Utilization Procedures on the Withdrawn Behavior of Preschoolers
| Autor: | James F. McCoy, J. Bart Hodgens |
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| Rok vydání: | 1990 |
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| Zdroj: | Child & Family Behavior Therapy. 12:25-47 |
| ISSN: | 1545-228X 0731-7107 |
| DOI: | 10.1300/j019v12n02_03 |
| Popis: | The effects of a modified coaching and peer practice procedure on the social behavior of five withdrawn preschool children were investigated. Multiple criteria were employed in the selection of subjects (3 females, 2 males). Social initiations, peer responses, and sustained interaction were recorded sequentially during pre- and post- free paly sessions in the classroom and intervention setting on both the withdrawn children and a normative comparison group. A multiple baseline across subjects and behaviors design demonstrated that the intervention was effective in increasing subject's positive verbalizations to peer as well as inviting and joining behavior. These effects were maintained in the presence of new peers, Classroom observations revealed a significant decease in subjects' rejecting peer initiations and a trend toward increased sustained interaction. The withdrawn children did not differ from the comparison group on any classroom measure at posttreatment. Observation of the withdrawn children as ... |
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