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Marisela Aguilar1, Kara Samaj2, P Raymond Joslyn1
1Department of Psychology, West Virginia University, 53 Campus Drive, Morgantown, WV 26505 USA.
Abstract:
Group contingencies have an extensive literature base indicating their effectiveness in alternative education. Of the three types of group contingencies, interdependent and independent are the most researched in alternative education. A recent systematic literature review indicates that, to date, there has not been a published evaluation of a dependent group contingency in alternative education. The current study is a clinical demonstration of a dependent group contingency effectively reducing challenging behavior in an elementary alternative education classroom.
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