Combining ecobehavioral assessment, functional assessment, and response to intervention to promote more effective classroom instruction

Remedial and Special Education

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 334-344

  Watson, Silvana M R ^a   Gable, Robert A ^a   Greenwood, Charles R ^b  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; ecobehavioral assessment; functional assessment; response to intervention

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959790618     PISSN: 07419325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0741932510362219     Document Type: Article

References (71)

1. Arreaga-Mayer C.,Carta J.J.,Tapia Y.Behavioral analysis in education: Focus on measurable superior instruction. Gardener R.Sainato D.M.Cooper J.O.Heron T.E.Heward W.L.Eshleman J.W.Grossi T.A., ed. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole; 1994:225-239.
2. Arreaga-Mayer C.,Perdomo-Rivera C.Ecobehavioral analysis of instruction for at-risk language minority students.Elementary School Journal. 1996;96:245-258.
3. Arreaga-Mayer C.,Utley C.A.,Perdomo-Rivera C.,Greenwood C.R.Ecobehavioral assessment of instructional contexts in bilingual special education programs for English language learners at risk for developmental disabilities.Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities. 2003;18:28-40.
4. Berliner D.C.Our impoverished view of educational research.Teachers College Record. 2006;108:945-995.
5. Bijou S.W.,Peterson R.F.,Ault M.H.A method to integrate descriptive and experimental field studies at the level of data and empirical concepts.Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. 1968;1:175-191.
6. Bulgreen J.A.,Carta J.J.Examining the instructional context of students with learning disabilities.Exceptional Children. 1992;59:182-191.
7. Burns M.K.,Dean V.J.,Klar S.Using curriculum-based assessment in the responsiveness to intervention diagnostic model for learning disabilities.Assessment for Effective Instruction. 2004;29:47-56.
8. Burns M.K.,Jacob S.,Wagner A.R.Ethical and legal issues associated with using response-to-intervention to assess learning disabilities.Journal of School Psychology. 2008;46:263-279.
9. Carta J.J.,Atwater J.B.,Schwartz I.S.,Miller P.A.Application of ecobehavioral analysis to the study of transitions across early education settings.Education and Treatment of Children. 1990;13:298-315.
10. Carta J.J.,Greenwood C.R.Ecobehavioral assessment: A methodology for examining the evaluation of early intervention programs.Topics in Early Childhood Special Education. 1985;5:88-104.
11. Carta J.J.,Greenwood C.R.,Atwater J.Ecobehavioral System for the Complex Assessment of Preschool Environments: ESCAPE. Kansas City: University of Kansas, Juniper Gardens Children's Project, Bureau of Child Research; 1985:.
12. Carta J.J.,Greenwood C.R.,Schulte D.,Arreaga-Mayer C.,Terry B.Code for Instructional Structure and Student Academic Response: Mainstream version (MS-CISSAR): Observer training manual. Kansas City: University of Kansas, Juniper Gardens Children's Project, Bureau of Child Research; 1987:.
13. Cheney D.,Flower A.,Templeton T.Applying response to intervention metrics is the social domain for students at risk of developing emotional or behavioral disorders.Journal of Special Education. 2008;42:108-126.
14. Christenson S.L.,Anderson A.R.Commentary: The centrality of learning context for students' academic enabler skills.School Psychology Review. 2002;31:378-393.
15. Evans W.H.,Gable R.A.,Evans S.S.Making something out of everything: The promise of ecological assessment.Diagnostique. 1993;18:175-185.
16. Fuchs D.,Mock D.,Morgan P.L.,Young C.L.Response to intervention: Definitions, evidence, and implications for the learning disabilities construct.Learning Disabilities Research & Practice. 2003;18:157-171.
17. Gable R.A.Hard times and an uncertain future: Issues that confront the field of emotional/behavioral disorders.Education and Treatment of Children. 2004;27:341-352.
18. Gable R.A.,Hendrickson J.M.,Sealander K.Using a scatterplot to identify classroom correlates of student learning and behavior problems.Beyond Behavior. 1997;8:25-27.
19. Gable R.A.,Hendrickson J.M.,Warren S.F.,Evans W.H.,Evans S.S.The promise and pitfalls of an ecological perspective on children's behavioral disorders.Severe Behavior Disorders Monograph. 1988;11:156-166.
20. Greenwood C.R.A longitudinal analysis of time to learn, engagement, and academic achievement in urban versus suburban schools.Exceptional Children. 1991;57:521-535.
21. Greenwood C.R.Science and students with learning and behavioral problems.Behavioral Disorders. 2001;27:37-52.
22. Greenwood C.R.,Abbott M.,Tapia Y.Reading in the classroom: Systems for the observation of teaching & learning. Vaughn S.Briggs K.L., ed. Baltimore: Brookes; 2003:53-81.
23. Greenwood C.R.,Arreaga-Mayer C.,Carta J.J.Identification and translation of effective teacher-developed instructional procedures for general practice.Remedial and Special Education. 1994;15:140-151.
24. Greenwood C.R.,Carta J.J.,Atwater J.Ecobehavioral analysis in the classroom.Journal of Behavior Education. 1991;1:59-77.
25. Greenwood C.R.,Carta J.J.,Kamps D.,Arreaga-Mayer C.Ecobehavioral analysis and developmental disabilities: The twenty-first century. Schoeder S., ed. New York: Springer; 1990:33-63.
26. Greenwood C.R.,Carta J.J.,Kamps D.,Delquadri J.C.Ecobehavioral Assessment System Software (EBASS Version 3.0): Practitioner's manual. Kansas City: University of Kansas, Juniper Gardens Children's Project; 1997:.
27. Greenwood C.R.,Carta J.J.,Kamps D.,Terry B.,Delquadri J.C.Development and validation of standard classroom observation systems for school practitioners: Ecobehavioral Assessment Systems Software (EBASS).Exceptional Children. 1994;61:197-210.
28. Greenwood C.R.,Delquardi J.C.Dictionary of behavioral assessment techniques. Hansen M.Bellack A.S., ed. New York: Pergamon; 1988:120-122.
29. Greenwood C.R.,Delquardi J.C.,Stanley S.O.,Terry B.,Hall R.V.Assessment of ecobehavioral interaction in school settings.Behavioral Assessment. 1985;7:331-347.
30. Greenwood C.R.,Delquadri J.C.,Stanley S.O.,Terry B.,Hall R.V.Human assessment: Cognition and motivation. Newstead S.E.Irvine S.H.Dan P.D., ed. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Nijhoff; 1986:319-340.
31. Greenwood C.R.,Horton B.T.,Utley C.A.Academic engagement: Current perspectives on research and practice.School Psychology Review. 2002;31:328-349.
32. Greenwood C.R.,Peterson P.,Sideridis G.Conceptual, methodological, and technological advances in classroom observational assessment.Diagnostique. 1995;20:73-99.
33. Greenwood C.R.,Schulte D.,Kohler F.W.,Dinwiddie G.I.,Carta J.J.Advances in behavioral assessment of children and families. Prinz R.J., ed. Baltimore: JAI; 1986:69-98.
34. Gresham F.M.Current status and future directions of school-based behavioral interventions.School Psychology Review. 2004;33:326-343.
35. Gresham F.M.Response to intervention: An alternative means of identifying students as emotionally disturbed.Education and Treatment of Children. 2005;28:328-344.
36. Gresham F.M.,Watson T.S.,Skinner C.H.Functional behavioral assessments: Principles, procedures, and future directions.School Psychology Review. 2001;30:156-172.
37. Gunter P.H.Paper presented at the CCBD Forum on Literacy and Social Development Connection; Norfolk, VA;.
38. Hall R.V.,Delquadri J.C.,Greenwood C.R.,Thurston L.Mentally handicapped children: Education and training. Edgar E.B.Jenkins J.R.Pious C.G., ed. Baltimore: University Park Press; 1982:107-140.
39. Hart B.,Risley T.R.Meaningful differences in the everyday experience of young American children. Baltimore: Brookes; 1995:.
40. Hendrickson J.M.,Gable R.A.,Novak C.,Peck S.Functional assessment as strategy assessment for teaching academics.Education and Treatment of Children. 1996;19:257-271.
41. Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004, 20 U.S.C. § 1400 et seq. (2004).
42. Kamps D.M.,Leonard B.R.,Dugan E.P.,Boland D.,Greenwood C.R.The use of ecobehavioral assessment to identify naturally occurring effective procedures in classrooms serving children with autism and other developmental disabilities.Journal of Behavioral Education. 1991;1:367-397.
43. Kamps D.M.,Leonard B.R.,Greenwood C.R.Advances in behavioral assessment in children and families. Prinz R.J., ed. London: Kingsley; 1991:201-237.
44. Knutson J.S.,Simmons D.C.,Good R.,McDonagh S.H.Specifically designed assessment and instruction for children who have not responded adequately to reading intervention.Assessment for Effective Intervention. 2004;29:47-58.
45. Kozol J.Savage inequalities: Children in America's schools. New York: Crown; 1991:.
46. Lane K.L.,Bocian K.M.,MacMillan D.L.,Gresham F.M.Treatment integrity: An essential-but often forgotten-component of school-based interventions.Preventing School Failure. 2004;36:36-43.
47. Lee S.-H.,Soukup J.H.,Little T.D.,Wehmeyer M.L.Student and teacher variables contributing to access to the general education curriculum for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities.Journal of Special Education. 2009;43:29-44.
48. Mace F.C.,Yankanich M.A.,West B.J.Toward a methodology of experimental analysis and treatment of aberrant classroom behavior.Special Services in the Schools. 1988;4:71-88.
49. McIntosh K.,Brown J.A.,Borgmeier C.J.Validity of functional behavior assessment within a response to intervention framework. Evidence, recommended practice, and future directions.Assessment for Effective Intervention. 2008;34:6-14.
50. McLoyd V.C.Socioeconomic disadvantage and child development.American Psychologist. 1998;53:185-204.
51. Response to intervention: Policy considerations and implementation. Alexandria, VA: Author; 2005:.
52. Nelson J.R.Paper presented at the CCBD Forum on Literacy and Social Development Connection; Norfolk, VA;.
53. Reith H.,Evertson C.Variables related to effective instruction of difficult-to-teach children.Focus on Exceptional Children. 1988;20:1-8.
54. Repp A.C.,Deitz D.E. D.Ecobehavioral analysis and developmental disabilities: The twenty-first century. Schoeder S., ed. New York: Springer; 1990:122-140.
55. Robertson L.,Woolsey M.L.,Seabrooks J.,Williams G.Data-driven assessment of teacher candidates during their internships in deaf education.American Annals of the Deaf. 2004;148:403-411.
56. Salvia J.,Ysseldyke J.E.Assessment. 8th ed.Boston: Houghton Mifflin; 2001:.
57. Sasso G.M.The retreat from inquiry and knowledge in special education.Journal of Special Education. 2001;34:178.
58. Sheridan S.M.,Gutkin T.B.The ecology of school psychology: Examining and changing our paradigm for the 21st century.School Psychology Review. 2000;29:485-502.
59. Shinn M.R.Identifying students at risk, monitoring performance, and determining eligibility within response to intervention: Research on educational need and benefit from academic intervention.School Psychology Review. 2007;36:601-617.
60. Shonkoff J.P.,Phillips D.A.From neurons to neighborhoods: The science of early childhood development. Washington, DC: National Academy Press; 2000:.
61. Soukup J.H.,Wehmeyer M.L.,Bashinski S.M.,Bovaird J.A.Classroom variables and access to the general curriculum for students with disabilities.Exceptional Children. 2007;74:101-120.
62. Stanley S.O.,Greenwood C.R.Code for Instructional Structure and Student Academic Response (CISSAR): Observer's manual. Kansas City: University of Kansas, Juniper Gardens Children's Project, Bureau of Child Research; 1981:.
63. U.S. 108th Congress. (2004). Public Law 108 446. Retrieved February 20, 2005, from http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS59918.
64. Veerkamp M.B.,Kamps D.M.,Cooper L.The effects of classwide peer tutoring on the reading achievement of urban middle school students.Education and Treatment of Children. 2007;30:21-51.
65. Wallace T.,Anderson A.R.,Bartholomay T.,Hupp S.An ecobehavioral examination of high school classrooms that include students with disabilities.Exceptional Children. 2002;68:345-359.
66. Wehby J.H.,Lane K.L.,Falk K.B.Academic instruction for students with emotional and behavioral disorders.Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders. 2003;11:194-198.
67. West R.Paper presented at the CCBD Forum on Literacy and Social Developmen Connection; Norfolk, VA;.
68. Yell M.L.,Drasgow E.Assessment for eligibility under IDEIA and the 2006 regulations.Assessment for Effective Intervention. 2007;32:202-213.
69. Ysseldyke J.E.,Christenson S.L.Evaluating students' instructional environment.Remedial and Special Education. 1987;8:17-24.
70. Ysseldyke J.E.,Christenson S.L.Functional assessment of academic behavior: Creating successful learning environments. Longmont, CO: Sopris West; 2002:.
71. Ysseldyke J.,Kosciolek S.,Spicuzza R.,Boys C.Effects of a learning information system on mathematics achievement and classroom structure.Journal of Educational Research. 2003;96:163-173.