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Showing 1 to 20 of 47 for “"evidence-based intervention"”.
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CANreduce: Findings from a randomized controlled trial testing a novel online evidence-based intervention for individuals with heavy cannabis use
… need for treatment. There is a current lack of evidence-based treatment programs for heavy cannabis use, and challenges around recruitment and retention for extant programs are common. The goals of this dissertation were to develop an online treatment program for adults with heavy cannabis use …
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Using Evidence-Based Guidelines to Evaluate Research Support for the Use of Social Stories with Children with Autism
… have gained wide acceptance and popularity as an intervention for children with autism and autism spectrum disorders, yet it is unclear whether this intervention method meets the standards of an evidence-based intervention. With a push in educational and mental health fields to use only …
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Evaluating the implementation of Options for Health in the Western Cape: an intervention aimed at increasing ARV adherence and reducing sexual risk among people on ARVs in Cape Town, South Africa
Options for Health is an evidence-based intervention for reducing sexual risk behaviour among people living with HIV. Options has been proposed as a feasible strategy for integrating HIV prevention with care and supporting adherence to antiretroviral treatment in the public healthcare sector in the …
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How Motivational Interviewing Affects the Motivation, Self-Efficacy, and Outcome Expectancies of Adjudicated Adolescents in a School Setting
… Motivational Interviewing (MI) is an evidence-based intervention that directly addresses factors useful for behavioral change. For adolescents using drugs and alcohol, MI has been identified as an evidence-based intervention (Barnett, et. al., 2012; Jensen, et. al., 2011). The current …
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Defining Business as Usual in Preschool Interventions for Challenging Behavior
… and those with disabilities. Numerous evidence-based intervention strategies exist to prevent and reduce CB, yet preschool teachers continue to voice a desire to increase their capacity to do so in the classroom due to high rates of CB continuing to be observed. This dissertation seeks …
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Peer mediated instruction and intervention through integrated play groups among preschoolers with autism : teachers' perceptions of the impact
… role in providing appropriate classroom interventions for young children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). It is necessary to discover teachers’ perceptions about these interventions for young children with ASD in order to improve the curricula and standards for working with this …
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Addressing bullying of children who stutter
… in a clinical setting. Specifically, it provided evidence-based intervention strategies that can be tailored to meet clients’ individual needs. The guide also provides suggestions for ways SLPs can collaborate with families and schools to provide the most effective treatment, as well as a …
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Development of an Intervention to Reduce Psychological Distress in Post-Treatment Upper GI Cancer Patients and Family Carers
… the development of a theoretically driven, evidence-based intervention to reduce psychological distress.
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An examination of the Good Behavior Game and behavior specific praise statements on student and teacher behavior
… The Good Behavior Game has been identified as an evidence-based intervention to manage class-wide behavior difficulties, but recently has been criticized for not being proactive in teaching appropriate classroom behavior. The relative effectiveness and acceptability of each game as a class-wide …
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Culturally Responsive JASPER Remote Support for Caregivers of Children with Autism in China
… Play, Engagement, and Regulation (JASPER) is an evidence-based intervention (EBI) that caregivers can implement to improve children’s engagement, social communication, and play. As it was developed and tested for efficacy and effectiveness primarily in North America, it remains unclear whether …
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Evaluation of resurgence following differential reinforcement of alternative behavior with and without extinction in a human-operant model
… (DRA) plus extinction for problem behavior is an evidence-based intervention for individuals diagnosed with autism. However, researchers have recently begun investigating DRA without extinction, given this treatment component may be unsafe or impractical to implement in practice. Although …
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Response Shift and Functional Outcomes in Individuals with Chronic Ankle Instability
… this condition it is imperative to establish evidence based interventions that are focused on restoring function and HRQL to pre-injury statuses.</p> <p>The overarching purpose of this dissertation was to add to the available treatment paradigms for those with CAI. To achieve this overarching …
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Improving patient safety by decreasing restraint use
… Rounding (MDR) was identified as an evidence-based intervention to address physical restraint use. A reduction in restraint prevalence was noted from 2.4% to 1.6%. This equates to a 33% reduction in restraint prevalence. Other interventions implemented during the same time frame may …
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Integrating health equity into implementation science to advance chronic disease prevention and control
… to assess adaptations made to a home-delivered evidence-based intervention focused on healthy eating and physical activity among mothers with overweight or obesity. These studies will offer insights for integrating health equity into implementation science frameworks and methods, and will …
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Predictors of Elementary-aged Students’ Writing Fluency Growth in Response to a Performance Feedback Writing Intervention
… Although performance feedback is an effective evidence-based intervention for improving the writing fluency of elementary-aged students, approximately one-third do not exhibit fluency growth (Eckert et al. 2006, 2008). The transcription skill of handwriting is a prerequisite of skilled writing …
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Short-Term Parent-Mediated Pivotal Response Treatment: Teaching Social Initiation to Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder through Question Asking
… Response Treatment (PRT) is a naturalistic evidence-based intervention based on the principles of ABA that occurs in the home and targets pivotal behaviours including social initiation. The purpose of this single-subject multiple baseline design study was to investigate whether a brief …
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A comparison of two interventions in a response to intervention (RtI) framework across student problem type
… as tier two candidates in a Response to Intervention (RtI) framework require evidence-based intervention to increase positive behaviors. This study examined the effectiveness of two tier two behavior interventions (BEP/CICO and Strong Kids small group social skills training) across two …
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BEYOND THE CLINIC: MODIFIED INTERNET-DELIVERED PARENT-CHILD INTERACTION THERAPY
… Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) is an evidence-based intervention for improving positive parenting skills and children’s outcomes. This study included a multiple baseline design across participants and tested the effects of Internet-Delivered Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (I-PCIT) on …
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Leadership Development, Succession Planning and Simulation: A Succession Plan for Organizational Success
… necessary for successful leadership performance. Evidence-based simulation was chosen as the modality to educate and evaluate potential leaders, allowing for a leadership development program designed to strengthen and enhance clinical judgment while providing cost savings to the organization …
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Mindful Mornings: Piloting a Meditation Group with Vulnerable Adults in a Drop-in Center
… in this transient and high-risk population, an intervention for stress reduction and management was explored. The findings from the needs assessment suggested that there was a need for an integrated approach for stress reduction and management. The challenge of sustaining a program was also …
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