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. 2023 May 10;16(3):885-891.
doi: 10.1007/s40617-023-00810-3. eCollection 2023 Sep.

Using Self-Monitoring to Increase Behavior Specific Praise in Elementary Classrooms

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Using Self-Monitoring to Increase Behavior Specific Praise in Elementary Classrooms

Jasmine Justus et al. Behav Anal Pract. .

Abstract

Teachers need simple, easy to implement, evidence-based interventions to use in their classrooms. A single-case multiple baseline across participants design was used to determine if the use of self-monitoring in isolation would increase educators' use of behavior-specific praise (BSP). Participants tracked their use of BSP using a hand counter when they taught content area classes (i.e., science, social studies) and during a time of transition during the generalization phase. An increase in educators' rate of BSP was seen when self-monitoring was used. Data revealed that the rate of BSP per minute was higher during the generalization phase than the intervention phase. • Cost and time efficient way to: - Teach self-monitoring - Increase staff use of BSP - Generalize use of BSP.

Keywords: Behavior-specific praise; Elementary school; Self-monitoring.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of InterestThe authors have no COIs.

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Fig. 1
Interquartile range for all participants. Note. Figure 1 shows the interquartile range for each phase for each participant. Data was used to determine variability, phase changes, and participant order
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Participant data

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