The Effects of Peer Mediated Check In, Check Out with a Self Monitoring Component on Disruptive Behavior and Appropriate Engagement in the Classroom
ii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS iii LIST OF TABLES ix LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS x LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS xi CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1 Review of the Literature 3 Students as Interventionists. 7 Self Monitoring. 13 Purpose of the Study 16 Research Questions 17 CHAPTER II METHOD. 18 Participants and Setting. 18 Target Students 19 Marcus. 20 Jamie 20 Bianca 20 Student Interventionists 21 Ty 21 v Sarah 21 Harriet 22 Setting 22 Materials 22 Student Risk Screening Scale (SRSS) 22 Daily Behavior Report Card (DBRC) 23 Interventionist Training Script 24 Self Monitoring Training Script 24 Student Interventionist Treatment Integrity Checklist 24 Student Interventionist Checklists, Check in, Check out 25 CICO Home Report 25 Behavioral Intervention Rating Scale (BIRS) 25 Children's Intervention Rating Profile (CIRP) 26 Dependent Measures and Observation Procedures 26 Experimental Design and Data Analysis 28 Measurements of Effect Size 29 Procedure 29 Screening. 29 Baseline 30 Preference Assessment. 30 vi Training 30 Student Interventionists. 30 Target Students. 32 Intervention 32 Withdrawal 34 Return to Intervention 34 Acceptability 34 Procedural and Treatment Integrity 34 Procedural Integrity for Training 34 CICO Treatment Integrity 35 Target Student Treatment Integrity 36 Inter observer Agreement 36 CHAPTER III RESULTS 38 Direct Observations of Student Behavior 38 Visual Analysis 38 Marcus. 38 Jamie 40 Bianca 42 Daily Behavior Report Card Data 46 Effect Sizes 47 vii Social Validity 48 Teacher Ratings 48 Student Ratings 48 CHAPTER IV DISCUSSION. 49 Research Questions 49 Research Question 1 49 Research Question 2 50 Research Question 3 50 Research Question 4 51 Limitations 52 Implications for Practice 53 Summary 53 APPENDIX A IRB Approval Letter 55 APPENDIX B Daily Behavior Report Card 56 APPENDIX C Interventionist Example Training Script CICO 57 APPENDIX D Self Monitoring Example Training Script. 60 APPENDIX E CICO Interventionist Treatment Integrity 61 APPENDIX F Intervention Checklist for Check in 62 APPENDIX G Intervention Checklist for Check out 63 APPENDIX H CICO Home Report 64 viii APPENDIX I Modified Behavioral Intervention Rating Scale 65 APPENDIX J Children's Intervention Rating Profile/ Modified Version 69 APPENDIX K Modified DBRC for Baseline 70 APPENDIX L Feedback Script 71 REFERENCES