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The Use of Behavioural Self-Control as a Teaching Tool

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2016

Diana Roe  and
Sandi Plummer
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Abstract

This paper examines the use of self-control techniques as a teaching tool to change children’s behaviour, and to generalize that behaviour change to other settings. Four case studies are presented to illustrate the use of self-assessment, using the child’s own criteria for rating behaviour, self-modelling with videotapes of the child in the classroom, and self-monitoring using a wrist counter. It is concluded that self-control techniques can be a valuable way of teaching special children to discriminate and evaluate how they are behaving.

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Viewpoints and Reports
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Australasian Journal of Special Education , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , November 1985 , pp. 24 - 27
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Copyright © The Australian Association of Special Education 1985

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