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RECESS: Research and Development of a Behavior Management Package for Remediating Social Aggression in the School Setting

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The Utilization of Classroom Peers as Behavior Change Agents

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The RECESS program is a comprehensive behavior-management package for use with socially negative/aggressive children in grades K-3. “RECESS” is an acronym for “Reprogramming Environmental Contingencies for Effective Social Skills.”

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  1. Division of Special Education, College of Education, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, 97403, USA

    Hill M. Walker

  2. Oregon Research Institute, Eugene, Oregon, 97401, USA

    Hyman Hops

  3. Bureau of Child Education and Departments of Special Education and Human Development, University of Kansas, Kansas City, Kansas, 66044, USA

    Charles R. Greenwood

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  1. Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

    Phillip S. Strain

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Walker, H.M., Hops, H., Greenwood, C.R. (1981). RECESS: Research and Development of a Behavior Management Package for Remediating Social Aggression in the School Setting. In: Strain, P.S. (eds) The Utilization of Classroom Peers as Behavior Change Agents. Applied Clinical Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2180-2_8

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