Our hope is not that such an effort will dissolve those tensions. It is rather to use the tensions constructively to light the path that will take us from academic argument to schools that work for teachers and students. The impact of person centered planning on the content and organization of individual supports. While PCP procedures have been advocated strongly and adopted widely, there is little empirical documentation of the impact of the approach on the quality of resulting plans or the perceived impact of support on the lives of people with disabilities. The present study provides an analysis of the impact that the use of PCP had with transition-age students receiving special education services.
Positive behavior supports.
The field of positive behavior supports has grown rapidly in the last decade as a practice to address the ver real and difficult challenges posed by problem behaviors. The present article defines the current status of positive behavior support and provides a vision for where this technology will lead. The article identifies four central messages that will shape the vision for the future and discusses where we are now in relation to those central themes and where we need to go as we head into the 21st century. National Academy of Sciences Committee on Early Interventions for Children with Autism. This paper provides a summary of published research on behavioral interventions for young children with autism.