Glen Dunlap

Students with serious behavioral challenges may experience a host of negative school and life outcomes if their behavior is not addressed early in life. Of students with any category of disability, students with emotional disturbance are at greatest risk for school failure and have the poorest academic records and highest dropout rates. To help improve outcomes for these students, the research team is evaluating the efficacy of a promising intervention to provide young children in preschool ...

The purpose is to conduct an intensive analysis of a standardized intervention, "Prevent-Teach-Reinforce (PTR)," that is based on the extensive research literatures of applied behavior analysis and positive behavior support. The principal objective of the research will be to investigate the impact of the PTR intervention when applied by typical school personnel, as compared to control conditions. Secondary goals include (a) differentiating those students for whom the PTR intervention is effe...