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New and updated modules are uploaded today (19 April 2012).
The New English Translation (NET) Bible was updated to correct some issues:
- Pro 11:1 missing d in elight (last word).
- No space after punctuation: Exo 17:10, Rut 1:8, Rut 1:12, Rut 1:13, 2Sa 22:30, Job 32:11
- No space between two words: Jos 4:9, Rut 1:8, Rut 1:19, Hos 10:11, Nah 1:4, Nah 3:8
The following are the new Bible modules uploaded:
- English Majority Text Version 2011 Edition (EMTV) - Courtesy of Paul Esposito (majoritytext.com)
- The New EMTV Greek Study Bible 2011 Edition based on Majority Text. The Byzantine Majority New Testament is extremely literal. The Majority Text Manuscripts which the KJV, NKJV and MKJV all came from are the time-tested, trusted manuscripts that were all this world knew, for some 1500 years; The manuscripts used by Erasmus, Luther, Calvin, and all the reformers.
- The Complete Apostles' Bible (Septuagint O.T. and EMTV N.T.), released here as The Logos Bible. The Logos Bible has many revisions, including restoring the text back to "verse format," subject headings, and quotation marks for the Old Testament. This combination of Old and New Testaments is the first of its kind, pairing the Greek Septuagint translation of the Old Testament with the "Majority Text," which is a text compiled out of all the existing Greek manuscripts (over 5000 have been discovered).
- A modern translation created by editing the Twentieth Century New Testament translation, and derived from the Greek Wescott-Hort text.
- A modern translation created by editing the Twentieth Century New Testament translation, and derived from the Greek Wescott-Hort text.
- An English translation of the New Testament. Originally published in three parts between 1898 and 1901, it is considered the first translation of the Bible into modern English. After further revisions based on suggestions from readers, the final version was published in 1904.
Please note that the above non-English Bibles (Polish, Romanian and Serbian) also included Bible book names in their native language which will be used by MySword 3.1 (to be released soon) in the Bible view display as well as in the Verse Selector. This is one aspect of localization that will be available in the next version of MySword. The other aspect is the localization of the UI via downloadable language modules.
You may download these Bibles by going to the Download page:
Alternatively, you can also download them directly via MySword running in your Android device. Just go to Menu->More->Download modules. Then select the module type, language (if any), then the modules, and start downloading.
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During the Second Annual Indiana Human Trafficking Awareness Conference at Indiana University Southeast, Jen Middleton, a professor at the University of Louisville, revealed statistics gathered from a 2016 Youth Experiences Survey conducted last October.
Respondents ranged from 12 to 25 years old, each of whom were accessing homeless services at the time of the anonymous, 60-question survey.
Over 40 percent of those surveyed indicated that they were victims of sex trafficking, a rate higher than similar surveys conducted elsewhere in the country.
"We definitely think our rate was a little bit higher in part because we asked the questions anonymously versus having them report and be identified to a person through an interview process," Middleton said. "That is different than other studies. It is still higher than the other YES that was done anonymously in Arizona, which had a 25 percent to 33 percent rate."
Aside from the anonymity, Middleton said a number of factors have led to high levels of sex trafficking in the area.
"In Kentucky, we have the highest homelessness rate for youth who are in school in the nation," Middleton said. "Homeless and runaway youth who are out there, who don't have a strong connection with family, who are isolated and in need of a place for shelter or basic needs are more likely to be victimized for trafficking."
According to Middleton, factors like the opioid epidemic that continues to ravage the region have also created opportunities for sex traffickers.
"A lot of times, someone who is in a situation where they are dependent on drugs, their dependency could be used by a trafficker or someone else to exploit them and engage them in these types of activities against their will," Middleton said. "Once someone gets [the victim] into a trafficking situation, someone could use drugs to then make [the victim] more dependent on them as their trafficker and then continue to exploit them."
Middleton also pointed to the area being a major thoroughfare for travel in the country as a potential cause for the high number of victims.
"From a geographical standpoint, we have several major highways that run through our parts of the state coming up through Louisville," Middleton said. "We know from cases that have been identified and prosecuted that there are some routes coming up from Nashville and Atlanta all the way up to Michigan as well as Chicago. There are major routes there, similar to drug trafficking routes. Those routes are also available and being used by traffickers of children and people."
Middleton hopes that by making the community aware of the staggering findings, more steps will be taken to address the problem more aggressively.
"I think that is a call to action to pay attention and provide better support and services," Middleton said. "This is an indicator that it's happening in our community and that it's happening at a significant rate. That could also be used to raise community awareness and education about sex trafficking and human trafficking. There is a lot we can do as a community to not only intervene and combat it, but to prevent it."
Editor, John C. DePrez Jr.; Executive Editor, Carol Rogers; Publishers: IBRC and IAR


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Boys Soccer: Wingers' season ends in Byron
The Red Wing boys soccer team hit a new high Tuesday with its Section 1A first-round victory over Faribault. But in Thursday's quarterfinal match at Byron, the Wingers were deflated as the season came to a close with a 2-0 loss.
"We tried really hard to counter and just couldn't really get anything to go our way," said Red Wing head coach Brian Quigley. "We didn't really capitalize on our offensive pushes. … We needed a goal to slow them down and none went in, and they ended up slowing us down."
For the first 62 minutes of Thursday's match, the sixth-seeded Wingers and third-seeded Bears were deadlocked until Byron got a breakaway goal with 18 minutes left in the game.
Then 15 minutes later, the Bears cemented the victory with their second score.
"Getting that first goal in, that took the wind out of our sails," Quigley said. "Then they get the goal with three minutes left in the game and the guys were down after that. They kind of stopped earlier than I hoped they would."
Thursday's loss came sooner than Red Wing had hoped, but it still was a milestone season for the Wingers. For the second straight year, Red Wing set a new school record in wins (eight), went 6-1 in section play over the regular season and hosted the first home playoff game in school history.


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Professor Eric Pawson - Research
New Zealand Historical Atlas
This publication, with 100 coloured plates, was launched by the Prime Minister in November 1997, after seven years work by a team whose work was guided by an advisory committee under the chairmanship of Eric Pawson. He was also the Contributing Editor. The deputy editor of the project was Russell Kirkpatrick, a former PhD student and Fellow of the department, whose role was the creation of the imaginative representational cartography that has done so much to make the reputation of the Atlas.
The Atlas has won prestigious awards (Bartholomew International Cartography Award (UK); Excellence in Cartography Award at the Canadian International Cartographic Exhibition, Readers' Choice Ward in the Montana Book Awards), been very favourably reviewed, and after five years has sold nearly 40, 000 copies. Some of its plates are now available on the Ministry of Heritage and Culture's website illustrating the on-line New Zealand Dictionary of Biography.
- M.McKinnon (ed), New Zealand Historical Atlas, David Bateman, Auckland with Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, 1997.
New Zealand Environmental Histories Project
Eric Pawson, with Tom Brooking of Otago's History Department, has edited Environmental Histories of New Zealand, a collection of eighteen essays published by Oxford University Press in 2002. The book is divided into five chronological/thematic sections. Eric's particular interests are in urban environmental history, an aspect of the field that is often neglected, and in the histories and representations of marginalised environments such as mountains. He is working with Steve Dovers of the Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies, at the Australian National University, on the nature of interdisciplinarity in environmental history.


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TWO thirds of year 11 pupils in Warrington picked up five or more A* to C grades in their GCSEs.
Figures confirmed by the council this evening show 67.7 per cent hit that milestone with 56.3 per cent getting five A* to C, including English and Maths.
Other stand out stats included
• 18.3 per cent of pupils achieved at least one A* grade compared with 6.7 per cent nationally
• 89.5 per cent of pupils achieved at least one A*-C grade compared with 68.8 per cent nationally.
In addition nearly half (43.4 per cent) of all young people achieved at least one A* or A grade and three pupils achieved 10 A*s.
Clr Jean Carter, executive board member for children and young people's services, said: "We want to congratulate young people in Warrington who are getting results today.
"These results are a credit to all the hard work and determination shown by students and the excellent teaching and support from teachers, school staff, governors and parents.
"There has been significant amount of change this year to the system so we did anticipate we might see variations in results.
"There is volatility in results nationally with a particular drop in GCSE English results being reported.
"We are still to analyse subject level results but concerns with English results have been reported by a number of schools.
"However, young people have worked extremely hard and we will now be doing everything we can to support them and help them onto the next path whether that be in education or training.
"We wish all our young people the best of luck for the future."
Advisers will be on hand on Wednesday for young people who need tips on their future.
The council's Careers for Young People service is holding the event at their centre in Times Square, between 1pm and 4pm.
Or call the centre on 424900 or visit careersforyoungpeople.co.uk or visit the facebook page facebook.com/careersforyoungpeople.


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Tesla Motors, a start-up focused on high-performance electric cars, appears to be in a bit of trouble.
Although Tesla just raised an additional $40 million, it is asking for $400 million in low-interest loans from the federal government as part of the $25 billion loan package to the auto industry.
Yeah, I know that Tesla is working on cool electric technology for high-performance cars that could help our country ease its heroin-like addiction to foreign oil. That said, are the Valley-based VCs and big-wigs who back Tesla really serious?
Tesla may be a technological marvel and it is located in Silicon Valley, but Tesla is not an IT start-up per se. In the automotive industry, it can take billions of dollars and many years to get a product to market. Didn't the VCs anticipate this type of money and time commitment up front?
As the old saying goes, "When the only tool you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail." Valley VCs seem to live by this mantra, believing that all business is like the technology business. You know, fund some smart guys with an idea and development chops, get a 1.0 product out, and then enhance the product as you create a sales and marketing team, build channels, and sign customers.
If you execute well with this formula, you may have a lucrative exit in three to five years. The problem is that other industries don't work this way. The next wave of technology breakthroughs will require big dough and lots of patience--a combination that is really an anathema to VCs.
Good luck, Tesla, but Washington ain't Interop. You can throw lots of clean-energy market hype around, but there won't be much support in Congress to bail out VC firms, Valley multimillionaires, and a shoe-string manufacturer of cars for fat cats. There are too many others who really need the money.


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Zack Ryder Teases New YouTube Show
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Will The Bahamas Games ever return?
Guardian Sports Reporter
Published: May 24, 2012
Former Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture Charles Maynard has little faith in the current minister, Dr. Daniel Johnson or the promise that The Bahamas Games will return under his watch.
Dr. Johnson, who recently took office as the new minister with the responsibility for sports in the country, is preparing for the games that were put on hold many years ago. He views the games as "the greatest feeder system the country has," and wanted to make sure that the country is ready for another successful hosting of the games.
"The Bahamas Games brought the best from each island to compete together and this is how we discovered some of the names that we now see," said Johnson. "These people are now premier names in track and field and the other sports. They were discovered by someone, one day, and of course got the chance, so it is our job to open opportunities for new and young people, and show a habit of excellence."
At one point, The Bahamas Games was held once every two years. The last hosting was in 2001, under the theme: "We've got the power". That was the fifth games since the official launch in 1989. The games, designed to bridge the gap through sports, saw more than 2,500 athletes, coaches, officials and administrators from 13 Family Islands, get together in New Providence for various sporting disciplines in 2001.
Many attempts to revive the games were made several years back by both governments, but according to Maynard, a lack of facilities was the main reason why his government was unable to reintroduce the games.
"In their last term in office they canceled The Bahamas Games in order to build sports facilities in the Family Islands, so I have very little faith that they are going to do that (host the games)," said Maynard. "They didn't do it then and I don't expect them to do it now. We left plans in place to complete the sports center's redevelopment, to do sports facilities in Abaco, Eleuthera and Exuma. I would hope that they would continue on with those plans. We had already submitted budget proposals for them as well and so, we will just wait and see exactly what their strategy is for sports development.
"One of the things that we did do, is reinstate the facilities that were demolished under their watch so that you can host a Bahamas Games. The problem was that the national baseball and softball stadiums were demolished and we had to get those going. We were working closely with the federations in order to ensure that their junior programs, not only in Nassau, but throughout the country, were producing the kind of talent that we needed. That was seen in the results that we were having at the junior level in track and field, volleyball, baseball, basketball, straight across the line. We were quite pleased with the level of development of our young people throughout the country. We were ready to reinstate The Bahamas Games as The Bahamas Youth Games and not the way it used to be structured. We had conversations with the federations so we can do that. Again, we hope that they continue on with the plan that we left in place for that."
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Kim Kardashian may have shared a little too much with stepbrother Brody Jenner.
On Sunday's episode of Keeping Up with the Kardashians, Brody Jenner walks in on his stepsister while she is shooting some sexy pics for her absent husband, Kanye West.
The family was in Thailand for a family vacation earlier this year before Kim and Kanye's wedding. Unfortunately, West couldn't make the trip, so Kardashian decided to make sure her man didn't forget her while she was away. So what's a woman in love to do? Take endless selfies and pose for some sexy photoshoots to show West what he was missing, of course.
The awkward sibling encounter happened when the 33-year-old reality star slipped into a body-baring sheer white dress — which was VERY revealing. Unfortunately for both of them, Brody, 30, walked in as her assistant was taking the sexy photos of her.
Brody immediately ran out of the room, shouting "Whoa!" and cursing as Kardashian attempted to cover up, while screaming, "Oh my god!"
"What are you doing?" Brody questioned. "What the f--k!"
A rather traumatized Brody went straight to brother Brandon and his sister-in-law to tell the tale.
"[Kim's] assistant was taking photos of her while she was in this see-through, white, a** out….and I just walked in on it."
As if it wasn't bad enough, Brandon and his wife, Leah, questioned whether he was turned on by his stepsister.
"You got a little turned on by your sister," Brandon said, to which Brody responded nonchalantly, "maybe just a half c--b."
The white dress shoot was just one of many photos that Kardashian snapped during her vacation — there were selfies taken left and right. One was captioned, "Wish you were here," presumably referring to West.
In one of the shoots, she stripped down to a nude bikini, which she posted on Monday as a throwback to their vacation as the episode aired.
Image via Kim Kardashian, Instagram


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I have just been tagged by everd at the Learning Landscapes blog for the eight random facts meme
First, the Rules:
1) Post these rules before you give your facts
2) List 8 random facts about yourself
3) At the end of your post, choose (tag) 8 people and
list their names, linking to them
4) Leave a comment on their blog, letting them know
they've been tagged
My all-time favourite book is The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder
I love porridge for breakfast
I spend too much time on the computer
I have been at my current school for six and a half years
I can't remember the last movie I saw (that's because my memory is bad, not because I haven't seen a film for years)
When I was 12 I wanted to be a doctor
I have three hens in my back yard (we call them chooks in Australia)
I once spent a month in Central America
So how about it, you guys. You've been tagged!
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Forty stallholders – double the number of the usual monthly farmers' market – did a roaring trade at Chippenham's first food and drink festival.
The inaugural festival celebrated local producers and tickled tastebuds in the High Street, Market Place and Emery Gate shopping centre on Sunday.
Locally made pies, cakes, pastries, breads, ice cream, preserves, ciders and beers, cheeses, chilli products, truffles and olives were on sale.
The festival was organised by the same people who bring the farmers' market to the town each second Sunday of the month.
Organiser Sue Thomson said: "The value of quality local food and drink contributes to the way in which people perceive Chippenham, as a place to invest in as well as visit.
"Buying locally means food and drink is traceable and supports local businesses and keeps money in the local economy. Ninety-five per cent was Wiltshire-based, because we are near to [county] boundaries here. The accepted definition of local is within 30 miles."
Chippenham itself was represented by Tiddleywink Treats, Rosie's Relish and Pickle, Acorn Cakes and FHC Churros, and a hog roast by Butler's Butchers was a third gone in under an hour.
Miss Thomson said: "It was a really relaxed, pleasant day and a great success for the traders. There was a fairly constant gentle sea of people in the High Street. It would be good to think this will now become an annual event."
She said it would probably be held in autumn next time.
"We may move it because there's so much already going on in the summer," she said.
"If we do have it in September, we'll be able to do a full-on chilli tasting, because chillis don't come out until later in the year. You just know people are going to try the hottest and then regret it!"
Catherine Maxwell from Any Body Can Cook! led a workshop making faces on crackers, aimed at getting children interested in healthy eating. Miss Thomson said: "I think it's important to make healthy eating fun for kids. It's amazing how good grated carrot or frilly lettuce looks for hair."
The event was sponsored by Wiltshire Council, Emery Gate, Digiprint, Good Energy and Barrett Homes. For more details email admin@wiltshire farmersmarkets.co.uk


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The former Jake Harper depicter says he's apologetic for insulting Lorre's show, 'but otherwise, I don't regret saying what I said.'
Angus T. Jones has spoken up about his "Two and a Half Men" departure. In an interview with KHOU news station in Houston, Texas, the 20-year-old actor who now sports full beard revealed why he decided to quit the CBS sitcom.
"It was making light of topics in our world that are really problems for a lot of people," he said of the long-running comedy series. "And I was a paid hypocrite because I wasn't OK with it, but I was still doing it."
Jones caused a controversy in late 2012 as he branded the show "filth" and urged people not to watch it. He felt bad for the way he left the show, realizing, "That's [Chuck Lorre's] baby. And I just totally insulted his baby, and to that degree I am apologetic, but otherwise, I don't regret saying what I said."
The former Jake Harper depicter is now studying in Colorado and working with the World Harvest Outreach Church in Houston. He's not interested in returning to acting, but there's "a few different productions that do Bible-based stories" he might consider.


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The Tony-winning actress is confirmed to tackle the role of Commander Paylor in the last two entries of the 'Hunger Games' movie series.
Another new addition to the last two installments of "The Hunger Games" movie franchise is announced. 28-year-old singer/actress Patina Miller is cast to play Commander Paylor in both "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1" and "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2".
Paylor is a high-ranking officer in the rebellion military force. She plays a significant role in the future of Panem, leading the protests against the tyrannical and corrupt Capitol and [SPOILER ALERT!] eventually becoming the new President of Panem at the end of the Suzanne Collins trilogy book.
Francis Lawrence, who directs the second installment "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire", will back to helm the next two movies. "Catching Fire" is due November 22 this year, followed by the first "Mockingjay" on November 21, 2014 and the last one on November 20, 2015.
Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth will return as Katniss, Peeta and Gale respectively. They are joined by Lily Rabe (Commander Lyme), Julianne Moore (President Alma Coin), Natalie Dormer (Cressida, a resident director from the Capitol who joins rebellion along with her camera), and Evan Ross (Cressida's assistant Messalla).
Miller has multiple accolades as a Broadway star. She got a Tony nomination for Best Actress in a Musical, thanks to her role as Delores Van Cartier in "Sister Act", and eventually won the title this year for her performance in a revival of "Pippin." On TV, she has appeared on soap opera "All My Children". "Mockingjay" will mark her big screen debut.


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High clouds moving inland brought a spectacular sunrise Tuesday, while closer to the surface the air was flowing in the opposite direction.
And that pattern will prevail through the day, the National Weather Service says, kicking off a warm spell that could drive inland highs into the low 90s by Wednesday.
High-pressure air is on the rise over the Great Basin, pushing light winds our way from the east. Tuesday should be partly cloudy with highs of 84 to 89 inland, 75 on the coast.
Wednesday will be sunny as highs move into the 88- to 93-degree range inland, 79 to 84 degrees on the coast. Winds from the east could rise to 15 mph in the morning.
On Thursday a low-pressure disturbance dropping down from British Columbia will begin to take the edge off the warming. Highs should be 82 to 87 inland, 75 on the coast under mostly sunny skies.
Then low pressure will take hold Friday, driving temperatures down and beefing up the marine layer.
Highs should hit about 80 inland, 72 on the coast, with mostly sunny skies after a partly cloudy morning with patchy fog.
The cooling should consolidate over the weekend: 72 inland Saturday, 72 Sunday, while the beaches manage about 68 Saturday, 67 Sunday.
Saturday will start with clouds and patchy fog, then turn partly cloudy. Clouds will thicken again overnight and bring a slight chance of rain that lingers into Sunday morning.
Sunday will be otherwise cloudy, then mostly cloudy.
And Monday will be mostly sunny after partly cloudy skies and patchy fog in the morning, with highs reaching about 76 inland, 69 on the coast.
Forecasters say there are signs of more warming and drying early next week as high pressure moves our way from the Pacific.
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AUCKLAND – Tahiti and New Zealand are emerging futsal nations, currently ranked second and third in Oceania respectively. The match was the first FIFA-sanctioned international to be held in Tahiti. Similarly, New Zealand's international series with Australia last year was theirs.
Aito Arii proved a handful for New Zealand with their speed and movement, with the visitors also taking some time to adjust to the sweltering conditions and unfamiliar concrete court surface.
Over 2,000 fans packed into the intimate venue with Futsal Whites coach Scott Gilligan describing the fanatical support as being the hosts "sixth man" and playing a part in New Zealand's slow start.
"I think the emotion of the occasion got to us a bit in the opening stages, we made some uncharacteristic individual errors and were 2-0 down inside 10 minutes," Gilligan said.
After a cagey opening, the Tahitians took control of the match with a trio of well taken goals, while chances for New Zealand proved few and far between – Bakr Al Saudi rolled a shot across the face of the goal from a wide angle and James Vaughan poked a shot past the post after robbing a Tahitian defender near the 'D'.
Tahiti led 3-0 at the break but an improved NZ emerged in the second stanza, and Tai Barham's goal from a shot on the turn early on brought the Futsal Whites back into contention.
But Tahiti, led by the sublime skills of newcomer Tino Smith, were always dangerous on the counterattack and they squandered several clear chances to put the game beyond doubt.
Despite some late pressure from the Futsal Whites, Tahiti managed to wind the clock down in assured fashion, much to the delight of the home fans.
The two sides meet again on Monday (NZ time), with the final match on Wednesday.
Festival des iles | Match 1
At Stade Napoleon Spitz, Papeete
Tahiti 3
New Zealand 1
Halftime: 3-0


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Action Plan: A written document that serves to record a planning team's work regarding what services and supports are deemed most appropriate and of highest priority to help a person achieve their preferred lifestyle.
Akathisia: A side effect of neuroleptic or antipsychotic medication that results in a state of uncontrollable motor restlessness.
Antecedent: A stimulus such as a verbal cue, physical prompt, person or event that precedes a behavior.
Antisocial Behavior: An individual who 1) engages in problem behaviors that are quantitatively and qualitatively more severe and extended when compared to minor rule breaking and; and 2) tends to violate social norms and principles on which his or her social culture is constituted.
Applied Behavior Analysis: The science of studying the observable patterns of behavior and environmental interactions. The techniques allow the observer to have clear knowledge of how specific interventions or techniques may be affecting certain behaviors.
Assessment: The process of gathering information in order to make a decision about what actions should be taken.
Assistive Technology: Any device or service that helps a person to live, learn, work, or play more independently.
Automatic Reinforcer or Automatic Reinforcement: Reinforcement that occurs from within the individual in which there is no identifiable social reinforcer. Sometimes these are referred to as sensory or self-stimulatory reinforcers, but it is often not clear what exactly is serving as reinforcement for these behaviors.
Aversive Stimulus: A stimulus that is presented or removed contingent on the occurrence of a behavior. When the stimulus is presented contingent on behavior and decreases the future likelihood of that behavior, it is called a punisher. When the aversive stimulus is removed contingent on behavior and increases the likelihood of that behavior, it is called a negative reinforcer.
Avoidance Behavior: A behavior that prevents the occurrence of an aversive event.
Baseline: The condition or phase in which there is no intervention. The baseline data are then compared to data collected during an intervention to determine whether behavior change has occurred.
Bar graph: A format for representing data similar to a line graph except that the bar graph does not have distinct data points representing successive response measures through time. It is most often used when the data to be compared are not related to one another or to give a visual summary of the performance of a person or group during the different conditions of an experiment.
Behavioral Disinhibition: When a medication causes behaviors to change in an unintended way so that behavior that was previously not seen or occurred at a low level, now occurs at a high level.
Behavior Support Plan: A written plan that is developed based on a functional assessment of problem behavior. Behavioral support plans contain multiple intervention strategies designed to modify the environment and teach new skills.
Behavior Support Plan: A complete description of the assessments and interventions conducted and/or planned for an individual's problem behavior. The plan contains specific information regarding the functional assessment and quality of life measures conducted, the hypothesis statement stating the possible function of problem behavior, an explicit description of the antecedent and consequent interventions implemented or planned, and the new skills that will be taught to replace the problem behavior.
Blind (regarding medication): Unknowledgeable about whether an intervention (usually a medication) is in place or not. May also refer to knowing what the intervention is, what study group a person is in, or whether an intervention is even in place or not.
Carryover Effects: When the effects of what is experienced in one condition of an experimental sequence carries over to the behavior in the following condition of the sequence (e.g., behavior from a condition involving difficult task results in higher levels of problem behaviors in the next condition even though easy tasks are being presented).
Challenging Behaviors: Behavior that conflicts with the living or learning of others or is in violation of social norms, such as aggression, self-injury, property destruction, apathy, disruption, and screaming.
Circle Of Support: A group of persons who come together for person-centered planning. These individuals should know the individual and their preferences well, and make a long-term commitment to participate in the development and evaluation of a person-centered plan.Coercive Interaction: Coercive interactions develop between two people when one person engages in a negative behavior to achieve a social outcome and the other person responds in an equally negative fashion. The ongoing exchange between the two individuals increases in intensity until one of them gives up. The origin of this hypothesis is associated with G. Patterson and M. Sidman.
Collaboration: Two or more individuals or agencies working to accomplish common goals.
Competing Behavior Diagram: A tool for brainstorming within a team context to build a collaborative positive behavior support plan that is logically linked to the hypothesis statement(s) developed in the functional assessment.
Communication Problems: Difficulties expressing or receiving written or spoken language.
Component analysis: When the independent variables are systematically presented separately and in combination to determine their individual effects on the dependent variable. This is also referred to as a parametric study.
Conduct Disorders: In children younger than 18, a repetitive and persistent pattern of behavior in which the basic rights of others or major age-appropriate societal norms or rules are violated. Such behavior includes aggression to people and animals, destruction of property, deceitfulness or theft, and serious violations of rules.
Consequence: The stimulus or event that occurs immediately following a behavior.
Contextual Fit: Refers to the extent to which a behavior support plan is compatible with the values and skills of the individuals who will be implementing the interventions, and can be implemented given the resources and supports available.
Contextual Fit: The extent to which a positive behavior support plan is a good fit for the individuals who will be implementing the interventions. A positive behavior support plan considers the values, skills, and resources available to implement the interventions.
Contextual Variables: A changing aspect of a situation that is related to the immediate context such as a learning context, a family context, or a particular relationship.
Contingency: The relationship that develops between a behavior and a consequence. If a consequence is presented after a behavior occurs, the consequence is said to be contingent on the behavior.
Continuous Recording: A type of recording procedure in which
some aspect of the
Continuous Reinforcement: When reinforcement is delivered each time a behavior occurs, it is said to be on a schedule of continuous reinforcement.
Consequence: The stimulus or event that occurs immediately following a behavior.
Cornelia de Lange Syndrome: (Brachmann-de Lange Syndrome) A developmental malformation syndrome associated with mental retardation, limb reduction abnormalities and distinctive facial features. In addition, congenital heart defects, gastro-oesophageal reflux and hearing impairment are also associated with Cornelia de Lange. Self-injury is common in the syndrome. Specific biochemical or chromosomal abnormality associated with the syndrome are unknown.
Correlational: The co-variation of two or more variables that indicate the likelihood of a common relationship or interaction between those variables.
Crisis Prevention Plan: Developed by an interdisciplinary team to provide family members, teachers, and staff with a clear plan for interrupting and redirecting serious problem behaviors. The crisis prevention approach is only one part of the PBS planning process.
Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration: Agencies from different disciplines (e.g., social work, mental health, and disabilities) working together to solve common problems.
Cultural Heritage: Particular historical and other factors that are specific to a person's cultural background such as the part of the county from which they come (i.e. the South), a particular religious background, or their country of origin.
d-amphetamine (Dexedrine®): The generic and brand name for a central nervous system stimulant used to decrease disruptive behavior and hyperactivity and to improve academic performance by increasing attention span.
Deficit Model: A problem-solving model that starts with identifying weaknesses or deficits rather than strengths of individuals.
Dependent variable: What is being measured; the focus of the intervention. The dependent variable usually a behavior but it can be other subject matter as well.
Diagnostic Overshadowing: This occurs when the diagnosis of mental retardation may overshadow and preclude any psychiatric diagnosis. Any strange or abnormal behaviors are attributed to being mentally retarded rather than mentally ill.
Differential Reinforcement: A procedure that involves systematically reinforcing specific desirable behaviors while not reinforcing other behaviors.
Direct Observation: Observing an individual to clearly identify when problem behaviors occur, what happens right before a problem behavior, what the problem behavior looks like, and how people respond to the occurrence of problem behavior. Direct observation data are used to develop a hypothesis about why problem behavior occurs and to confirm that a hypothesis is correct.
Direct Observation (Descriptive) Functional Assessment – This method is used to identify the relationship between the occurrence of problem behaviors and the environmental events that occur closely in time to the behavior. This is done by collecting information on: the frequency of the problem behavior, events that occur before and after the behavior, and other behaviors that may be in the same response class as the problem behavior that could be used as replacement behaviors in an intervention. The information collected in a functional assessment is used to identify and confirm hypotheses regarding the function maintaining behavior.
Discriminative Stimuli: When an antecedent becomes a cue for a specific behavior and sets the occasion for this behavior to occur.
Discriminative Stimulus - The stimulus or event that directly precedes a problem behavior that serves as an antecedent for problem behavior. Discriminative stimuli are often said to serve as a "trigger" and set the occasion for problem behavior to occur.
Dopamine: A neurotransmitter or receptor that may be affected by a drug. Medications can have the effect of being an agonist and stimulate the receptor system, or it can be an antagonist and block the reuptake of a neurotransmitter, such as dopamine.
Dual Diagnosis: A person with both the diagnosis of a psychiatric disorder such as a mood disorder, and the diagnosis of mental retardation.
Duration: A dimension of behavior, specifically the time from
the onset of the
Environmental Setting: The physical events, routines, activities, and individuals surrounding an individual. Environmental events are the specific situations that exist within a setting during a given time period.
Environmental Variables: A changing aspect of a situation that is related to the immediate environment such as the physical environment of a building, the climate outside, or barriers to communication or movement that are evident in the environment.
Escalating Sequence of Problem Behaviors: A number of problem behaviors (i.e. whining, spitting, throwing, kicking) that appear on a continuum from lower to higher levels of intensity. Knowledge of the escalating sequence of problem behavior is used to intervene early in a chain of problem behaviors.
Escape Behavior: A response that results in the removal of an aversive stimulus. The removal of this aversive stimulus is an example of negative reinforcement.
Escape Extinction: When a behavior that has historically been reinforced by the removal of a response is no longer reinforced, escape extinction has occurred.
Essential Lifestyle Plan: A variation of person-centered planning that provides professionals who work with people with disabilities with a clear snapshot of how the person wants to live and what the professionals need to know or do to support the person. They communicate who and what is important to the focus person and what others need to know and do in order to create this ideal lifestyle.
Establishing Operation: An event that changes a person's response to reinforcers and punishers in the environment and which is similar to the term setting event. Setting events (and establishing operations) affect how powerful discriminative stimuli and consequences are on behavior.
Ethnic Heritage: Particular historical and other factors that are specific to a person's ethnicity.
Expectancy effect: The degree to which knowing that something will happen affects the outcome of the study or the measurement of behavior.
Experimental Analysis of Behavior: The scientific study of the functional relationship between behavior and the environment, which involves laboratory research with both animals and humans.
Experimental control: An experimenter's ability to reliably produce a specified behavior change by manipulating the independent variable.
Extinction: A procedure, which involves withholding reinforcement for a previously reinforced response and which consequently, results in a decrease in the probability or likelihood of that response.
Extinction Burst: When a behavior that is no longer reinforced
temporarily increases in frequency, duration, or intensity before it
Facilitators: People who serve as leaders in a person-centered planning process, making sure that the goals of the process are met, and that the person's preferred lifestyle is articulated and pursued.
Follow-up period: A period of time after an independent variable has been introduced in which data are not collected as frequently as they were initially. There is often a break in the data collection between the experimental period and the follow up period in which data are collected periodically (e.g., once a month) to see if treatment effects are maintained.
Frequency: A dimension of behavior, specifically, the number of times a behavior occurs in a specific time period. The number of responses (frequency) divided by the time equals the rate of the behavior.
Functional (Experimental or Analog) Analysis: A functional behavioral assessment method that involves evaluating specific antecedents and consequences under controlled experimental conditions in everyday settings where the behavior is most likely to occur (e.g., home or school). There are two ways to design a functional analysis: one in which both the antecedents and consequences are manipulated and one in which just the antecedents to the problem behavior are manipulated.
Functional Assessment: Also known as Functional Behavioral Assessment. The process of collecting information in order to develop a hypothesis regarding the variables that maintain and predict problem behavior. Functional behavioral assessment strategies include indirect assessment methods, direct observation, and functional analysis.
Functional Behavioral Assessment: A tool that is used to gather information to create an environment that makes problem behavior unnecessary and to develop interventions so that new skills can be taught to replace problem behavior with socially appropriate ones. Functional behavioral assessment, also called functional assessment, is a critical part of positive behavior support.
Functional relationship: A relationship between a behavior and an environmental event (or events) in which the occurrence of the behavior is controlled by the occurrence of the environmental event. A functional relationship is demonstrated in a research design by manipulating the environmental event and showing that the behavior changes if and only if the environmental event occurs.
Generalization: Generalization is said to have occurred if a behavior change lasts over time, appears in settings other than the one in which an intervention was applied, and/or spreads to other behaviors that were not the direct focus of the intervention.
Gestural Prompt: A physical movement or signal from another person that guides a correct response.
Group Action Planning: A variation of person-centered planning for persons with disabilities that involves inviting an individual's family, friends, and community supports to form an alliance for the purpose of creating opportunities for inclusion within neighborhoods, programs, and communities.
Guardian: A person who is given legal authority by a state court to serve as another individual's legal spokesperson including making medical, legal, and other decisions.
Gustatory Stimulation: Referring to stimulation related to the act of tasting or the sense of taste.
Habituation: The weakening of a response after repeated presentations of a stimulus. For instance, people who live near train tracks or airports become habituated to the noises associated with these settings.
Homeostatic: (Homeostatic Theory) A theory proposing that certain levels of stimulation are optimal for an individual. According to the homeostatic theory, individuals engaging in stereotypy do so in order to compensate for under and over-stimulating environments.
Hypothesis: An end product or summary of the functional assessment. An hypothesis statement provides information about environmental events that may increase the likelihood of problem behavior, the environmental events that precede problem behavior, and the probable function of the problem behavior.
Hypothesis Statement: A statement regarding what may be maintaining a problem behavior. It contains information regarding the possible setting events related to the problem behavior, the antecedents that trigger problem behavior, a description of the problem behavior itself, and the consequences that may be maintaining the problem behavior.
Inclusion: A school reform movement that involves interdisciplinary teams working together to support students with disabilities within typical classroom settings. Inclusionary classrooms promote an atmosphere of learning that is beneficial to all students.
Independent variable: The arrangement of environmental events that are manipulated during a study, often an intervention of some kind.
Indirect or Informant Functional Assessment: A method of collecting information about the possible functions that a problem behavior may serve that can be used in hypothesis development. These methods rely on obtaining information via checklists, questionnaires, or interviews from informants or caregivers that know the person well.
Informal Supports: Provisions for a person's preferred lifestyle that are not part of a formal service network or provider. These might include family members, clergy, or friends.
Institutional Constraints: Limitations experienced when providing services in a particular way that are present in organizations (such as human service agencies) and institutions (such as state governments).
Intensity: A dimension of behavior, specifically, the physical
force or magnitude of the
Interdisciplinary Team: A group of people from different fields and those who are close to the individual with whom the team supports. The interdisciplinary team meets to problem solve and develop action plans for improving the quality of life of the focus person. Examples of possible team members include the focus individual, parents or other family members, teachers, therapists, job coaches, speech therapists, psychiatrists, psychologists, or nursing personnel.
Intermittent Reinforcement: When reinforcement is delivered for only some of the occurrences of a behavior, it is said to be on a schedule of intermittent reinforcement. Reinforcement can vary on an intermittent schedule based on time passing and the number of responses made.
Interobserver Agreement or Reliability: The judgments of two independent observers who simultaneously measure the target behavior to see how closely they agree on the occurrence or nonoccurrence of the behavior.
Interobserver agreement or reliability: When the observations of behavior are assessed by comparing the judgments of two independent observers simultaneously measuring the target behavior to see how closely they agree on the occurrence or nonoccurrence of the behavior.
Interrater agreement: Same as interobserver agreement except that it compares the judgment of two independent raters, usually on a standardized rating scale.
Interval Recording: A type of behavior recording procedure in
which the observation
Interventions: Efforts to change a particular set of circumstances such as changing a person's behavior, curing a disease, or changing the way an organization provides a service.
Latency: A dimension of behavior, specifically the time from some stimulus to the onset of the behavior.
Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome: An inheritable disorder that affects how the body uses RNA and DNA which are the proteins that determine which proteins are produced for use in cellular processes. This neurological disorder is associated with severe self-injury, mental retardation, spastic cerebral palsy and other symptoms.
Level of behavior: The increase or decrease in a behavior from the beginning to the end of a phase. The bigger level of change that occurs, the more powerful the effect of the intervention.
Line graph: A simple visual format for displaying data that is based on representing data in a two-dimensional area formed by the intersection of two perpendicular lines. Each point is represents a specific relationship between two dimensions describe by intersecting lines.
Local Supports: Provisions for a person's preferred lifestyle that are part of the individual's immediate and local community such as local family members, teachers, and friends.
Long-Term Consequences: The outcomes of a particular action that may not take effect until perhaps weeks, months or years later.
McGill Action Planning Summary: A variation of person-centered planning that focuses on helping people with disabilities to achieve independence and inclusion.
Mentoring: A process that involves pairing a new teacher with a colleague who has more experience in order to create a supportive atmosphere and an opportunity for sharing practical, hands-on information that may not have been addressed in pre-service education.
Methylphenidate (Ritalin®): Generic and brand name for a mild central nervous system stimulant used, among other purposes, to treat attention deficit disorder and attention deficit disorder hyperactivity
Modeling Prompt: A type of guidance or teaching in which a person demonstrates how to engage in a correct response.
Monitoring: Providing oversight regarding a particular function such as person-centered planning.
Multicomponent Intervention Plan: A comprehensive behavioral support plan that contains multiple strategies that are implemented in settings where problem behaviors occur.
Multidimensional: An item or issue that has many facets or can be considered from many perspectives such as abortion, financing schools, or providing services for persons with disabilities.
Multielement (or Alternating Treatments) Design: An experimental design in which the order of the conditions being tested are randomized or presented in a different order each time. This type of design controls for order effects when the conditions are presented in the same order.
Multiply Controlled Behavior: When a behavior is maintained by more than one type of reinforcement.
Natural Contexts: Situations that occur naturally in a person's life such as learning, working, problem-solving, and relating to friends.
Natural Supports: Provisions for a person's preferred lifestyle that occur naturally in a person's context, such as family members and friends who are already a part of the individual's daily life.
Negative Reinforcement: A type of reinforcement in which the occurrence of the behavior is followed by the contingent removal or avoidance of an aversive stimulus and increases the future probability of that behavior.
Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome: This is a life-threatening complication of antipsychotic treatment that often occurs shortly after the medication has been started, but can occur later. It involves muscular rigidity and dystonia, mutism, agitation, sweating and increased pulse and blood pressure. It is very rare.
Neuropeptide Opiod: Opiods are morphine-like substances that exist naturally in everyone's neurochemical system and provide pain relief. Opiods are part of the neurotransmitter peptide system.
Neurotransmitters: Chemical substances that convey nerve impulses across the synapse. Neurotransmitters send nerve impulses from one nerve cell to another.
Normalization: A philosophy or set of principles that focuses on making available to persons with disabilities everyday life conditions that are as close as possible to the norms of society.
Observer drift: A phenomenon that occurs over time in which observers gradually depart from the original definition of the behavior.
Operant Behavior: Any behavior in which the probability of occurrence is changed by its history of reinforcement (or punishment).
Operant Conditioning: When modifications to an environment result in a functional relationship between a voluntary behavior and its consequences making the behavior more likely to occur (as in reinforcement) or not occur (as in punishment) under similar circumstances in the future.
Operational Definition: Identifying and defining a specific behavior so that it will be measured consistently from observer to observer. An operational definition often includes a description of a person's specific behaviors; it is objective and clear-cut.
Operational Definition: Identifying and defining a specific behavior so that it will be measured consistently from observer to observer. An operational definition often includes active verbs describing specific behaviors that a person exhibits; it is objective and unambiguous.
Objective Measures: Ways of measuring things that are based on a high degree of consensus, and are fairly independent of the perceptions of the person doing the measuring.
Order or Sequence Effects – A problem with experimental designs in which the conditions are always presented in a specific order leading to unintended changes in behavior that are not due to the independent variable that one is studying (e.g., unintended effects in the easy task condition as a result of the presentation of a difficult task immediately preceding it).
Organically Based: (Organic Theory) Biological factors of an individual that can impact the likelihood of problem behavior.
Otitis Media: An infection or inflammation of the middle ear.
Outcomes: The results of an intervention. In positive behavioral support, desired outcomes include an improved quality of life in addition to reductions in problem behavior.
Partial Interval Recording: A method of collecting data that requires the observer to record simply whether the behavior was present or absent at any time during the interval.PBS: (Positive Behavior Support) A comprehensive set of strategies that are meant to redesign environments in such a way that problem behaviors are prevented or inconsequential, and to teach individuals new skills, making problem behaviors unnecessary.
Person-Centered Planning: The process of gathering information and goal development that has an individualized focus. The person for whom the planning is done is present at the meeting and the input from that person guides or directs the planning process. It focuses on identifying a vision, and resources and supports needed to achieve that vision.
Person-Centered Values: The principles of person-centered planning that include: 1) an emphasis on preferences, talent, and dreams of the person with a disability; 2) participation by the person with the disability and their family, friends, and other significant supports; 3) defining a vision of the lifestyle the individual would like to have and the goals needed to achieve that vision; 4) identifying the supports and/or services the individual needs to reach their goals; and 5) organizing resources and supports that are as local, informal, and generic as possible.
Personal Futures Planning: A variation of person-centered planning that focuses on helping people with disabilities to achieve independence and inclusion.
Phase change line: Vertical lines are drawn upward from the horizontal axis at those points in time to indicate when there are significant changes in the independent variable.
Physical Prompt: A type of prompt in which the trainer physically assists the learner to engage in the correct behavior. Physical prompts often involve hand-over-hand guidance of the behavior.
Pica: Swallowing inedible objects such as clothing, cigarette butts, or paperclips.
Placebo: An agent or intervention that appears exactly like the intervention (usually a medication), however there is not an active medication present. Sometimes referred to as a "sugar pill."
Planning Alternative Tomorrows with Hope: A variation of person-centered planning that shares its common values and strategies.
Planning Team: The group of individuals who come together to convene and continue the person-centered planning process.
Positive Behavioral Support: A comprehensive set of strategies meant to redesign environments in such a way that problem behaviors are prevented or inconsequential, and to teach students new skills, making problem behaviors unnecessary.
Positive Reinforcement: A type of reinforcement in which the occurrence of the behavior is followed by the presentation of a stimulus that increases the future probability of that behavior.
Prader Willi Syndrome: Individuals with this disorder often have insatiable feeling of hunger. Their eating disorder and compulsive behavior is often associated with behavior problems. The syndrome is caused by a deletion or maternal duplication in a specific region of chromosome 15.
Preventative Strategies: Behavioral support plans that are implemented before problem behavior has a chance to occur. Preventative strategies involve redesigning the environment and teaching new skills.
Proactive: The use of knowledge and experience to prevent problems or unwanted situations from reoccurring.
Proactive Interventions: The use of knowledge and experience to implement strategies before problem behavior or undesirable situations have a chance to occur.
Problem Behavior: Behavior such as aggression, self-injury, property destruction, apathy, disruption, and screaming, which impede the learning of a child or adult, and has a negative impact on the quality of life for both the individual and those closest to him or her.
Problem Behavior: Behavior which conflicts with the living or learning of others or is in violation of social norms, such as aggression, self-injury, property destruction, apathy, disruption, and screaming.
Product Recording: A type of behavior recording in which the
outcome or permanent
Prompt: Guidance used to increase the likelihood that a person will correctly engage in a desired behavior. Prompts can include environmental cues for correct responding or be provided by an individual via verbal, gestural, or physical guidance.
Prompt Fading: The gradual and systematic removal of visual, gestural, or physical guidance (prompts) when teaching a new skill or decreasing a behavior.
Provider: A person or agency who provides support to an individual, such as developmental disability, mental health, or child welfare services.
Psychotropic Medication: Any drug or medication that is used to stabilize or improve mood, mental status, or behavior.
Psychological Supports: Provisions for a person's preferred lifestyle that have to do with the individual's psychological needs such as counseling, medications, and therapies.
Punishment: A consequent stimulus that reduces the probability a behavior will occur.
Punishment: The process in which a consequence immediately following a behavior decreases the future probability of that behavior.
Quality of Life: A variety of elements in a person's life including predictability, environmental stability, level of social belonging, empowerment and control, well being and satisfaction.
Rate: The frequency of the behavior divided by the time of the observation period. (e.g., responses per minute).
Reactive Strategies: Behavioral support strategies that are implemented after a behavior occurs.
Reactivity: The phenomenon in which the process of recording
behavior causes the
Real-time recording instruments: A recording method in which
you record the exact
Reflective Activity: Professionals are asked to respond to a question or comment to demonstrate their understanding of a skill or content in a case study situation. Example: Describe the functions maintaining Tom's behavior described in the supplemental reading.
Reinforcement: The process in which a consequence immediately following a behavior increases the future probability of that behavior.
Reliability: The consistency or stability of a measure or test from one use to the next.
Replacement Behaviors: Positive social and communication behaviors that serve the same function as the problem behavior and are usually the best targets for the basis of an intervention.
Respondent Behavior: Responses that are reflexive in nature and are automatically induced or elicited by certain stimuli such as shivering, sweating, salivating, vomiting, coughing and pupil constriction.
Replacement Behaviors: Positive social and communication behaviors that serve the same function as the problem behavior. Interventions strategies that teach new skills replacing problem behavior with a functionally equivalent response are an important part of the positive behavior support plan
Respondent Conditioning: A process in which a neutral stimulus is paired with another stimulus that causes a physiological response that is reflexive, not voluntary.
Respondent Learning: (Also called classical or Pavlovian conditioning). A process in which a neutral stimulus is paired with another stimulus that causes a physiological response that is reflexive, not voluntary. A child who eats pumpkin pie ice cream on the day she catches a really bad stomach flu may become nauseous whenever pumpkin pie ice cream is offered to her in the future.
Response Class: A group or class of behaviors that share enough common characteristics to produce the same consequence.
Response Class: a group of behaviors that vary topographically (what they look like), but that are all maintained by the same reinforcer.
Response Cost: A punishment procedure that involves removing a reinforcer contingent on the occurrence of an undesirable behavior.
Rett Syndrome: A severe progressive neurological disorder that causes developmental regression in the areas of expressive language and hand use. It occurs only in girls. The syndrome is associated with a progressive loss of cognitive function, decreases in the ability to communicate, seizures, respiratory disturbance, stereotyped hand-wringing and hand-to-mouth movements.
Risperidone (Risperdal®): An atypical antipsychotic or neuroleptic medication that is often used to treat aggression, self-injury and other behavior problems. It was initially developed to treat symptoms associated with schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders.
Schedule of Reinforcement: Defines which responses will be followed by the delivery of the reinforcer.
Segregated Setting: A physical location where a person lives or works that is intentionally separated from the rest of the individual's community, usually for reasons of disability or behavioral issues.
Self-Determination: Taking charge of one's own life and playing an active role in important decision-making processes. Characteristics that have been used to describe self-determination include self-evaluation, personal responsibility, choice, preference, autonomy, self-regulation, psychological empowerment, and self-realization.
Self-management Plan: Helps people to learn to change their own behavior and accomplish tasks on their own. Usually involves self-monitoring and/or self-reinforcement.
Self-monitoring: A type of direct observation data collection
in which the client
Sensory Stimulation: Engaging in behaviors to obtain an internal experience.
Serotonin: A neurotransmitter or receptor that plays a role in hunger and appetite, sleep, and other biological processes. Many medications increase the level of serotonin in the system by blocking or inhibiting it's reuptake in the synaptic system.
Setting Event: An event that changes a person's response to reinforcers and punishers in the environment and which is similar to the term establishing operation. Setting events (and establishing operations) affect how powerful discriminative stimuli and consequences are on behavior.
Shaping: When a person's behavior is reinforced using successive approximations toward the target behavior. Shaping is used to teach skills that are not currently in someone's repertoire by gradually reinforcing behaviors that are closer and closer to the intended behavior.
Short Term Consequences: The outcomes of a particular action that are realized fairly quickly, perhaps within minutes, hours or days of the event.
Single Subject Design: A research strategy that allows one to evaluate the performance of an individual rather than a group. A single subject research design identifies the effect of variables on the behavior of an individual.
Social Network: A web of interconnected people who directly or indirectly interact with or influence the student and family. May include but is not limited to family, teachers and other school staff, friends, neighbors, community contacts, and professional support.
Social Outcome: These outcomes occur when the product of a behavior is a social interaction with another person.
Social Roles: The functions or tasks of a person's life that are related to socially expected or maintained sets of behaviors such as parental support, leadership roles, and friendships.
Staff Development: Educational opportunities that continue throughout a professional's career and unite staff members as they implement new innovations within an organization. Ideally, staff development should include the active input of everyone within the organization while encouraging collaboration, dialogue, and reflection.
Standardized Practice: Deliberately creating a set of standards for a particular professional setting to which all individuals are expected to conform. Examples include standardized testing in schools, medical practices, and collecting data for some types of research.
Stereotypy: (Also called self-stimulation) Behavior that occurs in rhythmic, repetitive patterns that do not appear to serve an adaptive function. Examples of stereotypy include rocking, hand flapping, and self-injury. Stereotypical behaviors interfere with learning, social interaction, and quality of life.
Stimulus Control: A relationship is established between an antecedent and a behavior whereby the behavior is more likely to occur in the presence of a particular discriminative stimulus (SD) because the behavior has been reinforced more often when that stimulus was present. A discriminative stimulus that signals that reinforcement is not likely to occur is referred to as an S-delta.
Stimulus Fading: The gradual elimination of a discriminative stimulus that is part of a behavioral contingency.
Subjective Measures: Ways of measuring things that are NOT based on a high degree of consensus, and are fairly dependent upon the perceptions or opinions of the person doing the measuring.
Support Network: A group of people who provide the necessary emotional, physical, educational, and financial assistance and encouragement so that a person can pursue their preferred lifestyle.
System: A set of related or interacting variables that function together for a specific purpose. Systems are dynamic and often change over time.
System-Level Interventions: Attempts to change or improve human service systems such as education, mental health, and developmental disabilities.
Systems Perspective: A view of a problem or a solution that is developed by methodically attending to the strengths and weaknesses of the social, educational, and other human service systems that serve persons with disabilities.
Tardive Dyskinisia: Occurs when a antipsychotic medication is started or discontinued and involves abnormal, involuntary, irregular movements of muscles of the head, limbs, and trunk.
Threaded Discussions: Threaded discussions appear at the end of some of the lessons in each section. A threaded discussion refers to an online communication process that allows a student to post an answer to a question and place it online. Everyone can see your answer on Blackboard and can respond to statements that are made. In this way, an online conversation is possible.
Time sample recording: A behavior recording procedure in which the observation period is divided into intervals, and the behavior is recorded during a part of each interval. In time sample recording, the observation intervals are discontinuous.
Titrate: To change the amount of something someone receives over time. Can involve increasing or decreasing the amount. It is also sometimes called "tapering" when referring to a medication.
Topography: The physical or visible characteristics of a behavior; the way a behavior looks when it is observed.
Tourette Syndrome: A syndrome that is often associated with verbal or motor tics such as throat clearing, saying strange or insulting words, facial grimaces, and body jerks that are uncontrollable by the individual.
"Trainer of Trainers" Model: A teaching strategy based on the idea that training a small number of professionals who learn new techniques then follow a plan for systematically passing this information on to their peers within an organization.
Transfer of Stimulus Control: When the discriminative stimuli are changed from artificial or fixed prompts to more naturally occurring stimuli. Procedures used to transfer stimulus control from the prompt to the discriminative stimulus include prompt fading and prompt delay.
Trend: The overall direction taken by the data being collected. Trends are described in terms of direction (increasing, decreasing, or zero change), the slant of the trend line, and the amount of inconsistency or variability of the data in a trend line.
Trend: The overall direction taken by a data path. Trends are described in terms of their direction (increasing, decreasing, or zero trend), degree of trend, and extent of variability of data point around the trend.
Variable: A changing entity of a situation or interaction that directly or indirectly alters the outcome.
Variable: A changing aspect of a situation or interaction that directly or indirectly alters the outcome.
Variability: The extent to which measures of behavior under the same environmental conditions differ from one another.
Verbal Prompt: A verbal signal from another person that guides a correct response.
Visual inspection or visual analysis: A systematic form of examination of graphic displays of data that is conducted to determine whether there was 1) a meaningful change in the behavior, and 2) to what extent the change in behavior can be attributed to the experimental manipulation of the independent variable.
Vulnerable Populations: Those groups or categories of people that require special consent and/or consideration when using as a test population. These populations include children, the elderly, individuals with psychiatric disorders, and individuals with developmental disabilities.
Wrap-Around Approach: Typically associated with mental health approaches for serving children with severe emotional disturbances. The approach involves using person-centered approaches that place the individual and his/her family in control of important decisions about mental health supports and services.
Whole interval recording: A method of data collection that requires that the behavior be present throughout the entire interval if it is to be scored as an occurrence.
X-axis: A straight, horizontal line that represents the passage of time and the presence, absence, and/or value of the independent variable. Also referred to as the abscissa.
Y-axis: A vertical line drawn upward from the left-hand end of the horizontal axis. Also referred to as the ordinate.


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Wellington International Airport is located on the Rongotai isthmus,
7 km southeast of central Wellington, New Zealand's capital city.
Airlines and Major Destinations include:
Wellington Airport's original domestic terminal was built, as a temporary measure, inside a corrugated iron hangar, and
was not replaced for many decades. It was known for being overcrowded. A major new domestic terminal was completed in 1999,
and construction is under way to lengthen the south end of the 1936-metre runway by 90 m, in order to come within compliance
with ICAO safety regulations. There are also scoping studies underway for a north end runway extension.
Since 1998 Wellington airport has been two-thirds privately owned by Infratil, with the remaining third owned by the
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YORK City in the Community are running football camps at eight difference venues during the summer holidays.
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All courses run from 10am to 3pm during week days and are targeted mainly at five to 12-year-olds, although there is a girls only camp for five to 14-year-olds, as well as advanced and goalkeeping camps for eight to 12-year-olds.
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This week at Bemidji High School: Regular seasons nearing their end
The goal of all high school sports teams is to be playing their best at the end of the regular season and for some of the Bemidji squads that time is at hand.
Monday the girls gymnastics squad hosted Perham and the Lumberjacks have only two more opportunities to test themselves prior to the section meet on Feb. 16.
On Jan. 31 BHS will travel to Park Rapids and the regular season will end Feb. 2 at home against Detroit Lakes.
Monday's meet gave the Jacks an accurate indication of what it will take to do well at the section meet because Perham is one of the top teams in the section.
The girls and boys skiers also are nearing the end of their regular seasons. Because of poor snow conditions the Lumberjacks have seen limited competition this winter. Bemidji has participated in only five of its eight scheduled meets but the Jacks hope to close the year with a bang as they host an invitational at Buena Vista on Saturday and another at Three Island County Park on Jan. 31.
Those meets will represent the final tune-ups for the section competition which is scheduled for Feb. 5 at Camp Ripley.
The end of the regular season also is within sight for the girls hockey team. Saturday at the Sanford Center BHS continued its late-season success when it scored four goals in the final period to spill River Lakes 4-1.
Saturday's victory gave the Jacks a 6-1-1 record in the past eight games and vaulted Bemidji over .500 for the first time this winter with a 7-6-5 mark.
This week the Lumberjacks continue their four-game homestand with today's game against East Grand Forks and Thursday's contest against Crookston. Both games will be played at the Community Arena.
On Saturday Bemidji heads to Alexandria for a 3:15 p.m. game.
The regular season will end with a home game against Moorhead (Jan. 29) and road tests at Roseau (Jan. 31) and Brainerd (Feb. 2).
The boys hockey team experienced mixed results over the weekend. On Friday Bemidji throttled Monticello 9-1 but Saturday night the Lumberjacks were dominated 8-1 by Hermantown.
The weekend results gave BHS a 6-11-1 record heading into Friday's game at East Grand Forks. On Saturday the Lumberjacks will hit the road once again, traveling to Alexandria for a 7:30 p.m. game which will complete a girls/boys doubleheader.
The basketball teams both lost over the weekend. On Friday the girls (3-13) dropped a 50-44 home game to Crosby-Ironton while the boys (1-12) were defeated 79-72 Saturday at Fargo South.
Today the girls host Fargo South for their only action of the week. The boys team has two games as it entertains Grand Rapids Thursday and heads to Cloquet on Friday.
The wrestlers are coming off a very productive weekend which saw Bemidji finish second at Saturday's 17-team invitational hosted by Thief River Falls.
BHS claimed three individual championships as Logan Crosby won the title at 126 pounds, Kade Johnson at 170 and Alex Johnson at heavyweight.
Dylon Sauceda finished second at 120 pounds and Brian Maas was third at 113.
The wrestlers will put on a few miles this week as they travel to Alexandria today and to Badger-Greenbush-Middle River on Thursday. In today's triangular the Lumberjacks will tangle with the home team at 5 p.m. and Little Falls at 6:30 p.m.
The swimmers and divers also are in action today as they travel to Detroit Lakes for a dual meet.
On Saturday BHS was fourth of six teams at the Section 5 True Team meet held at the high school pool while Detroit Lakes placed third.
The Jacks were led by Tyler Hemp who was third in the 100 breast stroke. Hemp also was fifth in the 200 free as were Sam Howard in diving and Matt Arndt in the 100 breast stroke.
Following tonight's action Bemidji will have two more regular-season meets on its schedule - Feb. 2 at Hibbing and Feb. 7 at Duluth East. The Lumberjacks will host the Section 5A meet Feb. 22-23.


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This article was published 16/6/2013 (1528 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
THEY came, they saw and they oh-so absolutely conquered.
The UFC army rolled into Winnipeg like Roman legions over the last few days for UFC 161 and by the time the last fight was done at close to midnight Saturday at the MTS Centre, it had thrilled the 14,754 fans and left fans across the globe watching on pay-per-view thirsty for more.
The card may have started out with a couple of shiners and a busted lip after losing two fighters to injury prior to the event, but the 11 bouts served up offered a little of everything, from finesse to brutal pounding, strange decisions and knockout blows.
Aficionados called the card "lacklustre," but there certainly weren't many in attendance complaining about the spectacle that came with UFC's first visit here. And there will be a second appearance, according to UFC president Dana White.
"It was awesome from the first fight," said White. "The place was packed and they were all going crazy. It was a really great experience to come into a new market like this with fans that were that pumped up. The place was awesome. It couldn't have been any better."
Here's a recap of what went down in the octagon at UFC 161:
And the winner is...
On top of the results, the UFC hands out its own honours at the end of every card. White declared the James Krause vs. Sam Stout battle as Fight of the Night (Krause won by a guillotine choke in the dying moments of the last round) and Krause also won Submission of the Night. That put an extra $100,000 in bonuses into Krause's pocket while Stout picked up 50k.
The KO of the Night went to Shawn Jordan, who scored a TKO of Pat Barry 59 seconds into the first round of their fight, a result that earned him another $50,000.
The main event
Rashad 'Suga' Evans scored a split decision over Dan Henderson in a battle of UFC stars trying to stop losing streaks and pump some life back into their careers. The former light heavyweight champion ended a two-fight losing skid to improve to 23-3-1.
Henderson, one of the most decorated fighters in MMA history, fell to 29-10.
"I had to step it up in the last round," said Evans. "I got dropped in the first round, and I thought I was winning the round till then, but I won the second for sure and I knew I needed to come on more in the third.
"I was a man on a mission in the last round. I was not going home losing tonight. I got a lot of respect for Hendo, and I'm happy to have got the win."
Winnipeg's Roland Delorme, who grew up in St. Norbert, stood in front of a media scrum after his fight with a couple of cuts on his face and a pair of eyes swelling up by the minute. But there was also a size-large smile on the man's face after he scored a unanimous decision over Edwin Figueroa. Delorme's entrance into the MTS Centre and the fans chanting his name throughout the bout provided one of the top moments of the night.
"I heard the 'Rolly!' chants," Delorme said. "Maybe that's what gave me that extra push to really get a 'W.' I haven't fought in my hometown for three years so it felt good.
"Today is euphoric for me. It feels like my career has come full circle. I started fighting in Winnipeg at the Convention Centre way back in the day in front of 1,500 people, now I got to fight in front of 15,000 people at the MTS Centre.
"I tried to stay calm as much as possible but at the same time it's hard. It's hard when you walk out into your hometown and they're screaming your name and the crowd's roaring. That's a feeling I'm never going to forget...That's something I'll take with me for the rest of my career and my life."
Six of the seven Canadians on the card -- Delorme, Yves Jabouin (Montreal), Mitch Clarke (Saskatoon), Sean Pierson (Toronto), Ryan Jimmo (Edmonton) and Alexis Davis (Niagara Falls, Ont.) -- all had their arms raised in victory afterward. Stout, who hails from London, Ont. was the only Canadian to lose, falling to Krause.
It's an old saying in boxing and in MMA: Fighters should never leave a fight in the hands of the judges... "knuckleheads" as White referred to them after watching Jake Shields score a split decision over Tyron Woodley. Split decisions aren't unusual, but two judges gave two of the three rounds to Shields; the third gave all three to Woodley.
That prompted White to use his Twitter account to express his disgust: 'Does anyone think Jake won that fight!?! WTF???' and 'Woodley got ROBBED!!'
Afterward the UFC boss continued to express his disgust with the result.
"That fight sucked. It was a s -- fight. I almost went home. It was a bad fight all around and an even worse decision."
Saskatoon's Mitch Clarke won his fight and then broke down in the cage when the result was announced -- his first since joining the UFC. Afterward, he teared up in a media scrum.
"This is a very emotional night for me. It doesn't seem real, like a dream come true," he said. "I'm sorry to use a clich©. I wanted to fight in the UFC since 2006, when I was a lazy Judo player who was drinking and doing other things that weren't good for me. Having a goal to get to the UFC changed me, it make me a better person, I got rid of so many negative forces in my life.
"I spent 20 hours a week, every week, since then working towards this night. I was crushed in the Octagon once I got here -- I lost two in a row -- but obviously the UFC saw something in me and gave me a chance. I am so happy now I can't explain it. "
The UFC 161 took in a gate of $3.15 million, an MTS Centre single-event record.
"Overall, I'd say it was a good night," said White. "Was it a record-breaking night of knockouts and finishes and excitement? No. But it was a solid card.
"I love this country... just not in the winter."
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George Longstaff
World renowned cycle
frame builder
1946 - 2003
I was shocked and saddened when I learnt of George's death from friend in the USA. At first I didn't believe it and had to check on the Longstaff Cycles website to see if it was true. It was. George had suffered a severe heart attack and died on the morning of Sunday, 5th of October 2003, aged 56. At the time of his collapse George was out on a Longstaff Owners Club ride, captaining his tandem trike with Bev, his wife, as the stoker. I had always enjoyed the drive up the M6 to Chesterton and I had visited the Longstaff Cycle Centre on several occasions. George was always helpful and didn't seem to mind me bombarding him with questions and taking photographs of him from awkward angles. Indeed, he would just carried on with the task in hand and often told amusing stories which he often laughed at himself!
George's workmanship speaks for itself and his name lives on
in the machines that he crafted.
Collecting my frame in March 1998 at the Longstaff workshop.
This obituary from 'Cycling Weekly' October 25th 2003.
GEORGE Longstaff, much respected frame-builder and life long cyclist of Newcastle-Under-Lyme, Staffordshife, died while piloting a tandem trike on Sunday October 5. Longstaff and his wife Bev, who was riding as stoker, where leading a Longstaff Owners' Club run. Longstaff was a well-know and exceptionally talented and forward thinking engineer.The bicycles, tandems and tricycles he designed and built have a well-deserved reputation for quality. He also adapted cycling equipment for disabled cyclists. CTC Technical officer Chris Juden commented: "George's ingenuity provided so many ways to keep people awheel that I often though: 'What would we do without George?' "But never did I think that we would actually have to confront that question - or not so soon. The cycling world will be poorer with out him." CTC director Kevin Mayne commented: On behalf of the CTC, I would Like to send my condolences to George's family and friends. He was a gifted generous and open-minded man whose passing is a real loss to the cycling community."
I bumped into George at a bike show at the N.E.C 2000.
Longstaff Cycles website
A visit to Longstaff Cycles
Nic's Longstaff