A review of self-management outcome research conducted with children and youth who exhibit behavioral disorders is presented. As indicated by the moderate to large treatment effects, self-management procedures have been shown to be effective in promoting the social and academic behaviors of children and youth who exhibit behavioral disorders. Further, the obtained treatment effects appear to be durable and suggest that such procedures may be a viable option to externally managed programs. The findings also suggest that the treatment effects fail to generalize unless the procedures are systematically programed.
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