Eight institutionalized male juvenile delinquents participated in a 13 session course on principles and techniques of self-management. The course was conducted in the Visual Response System, a specially designed classroom in which each student responds on an overhead projector built into his desk. (Author)

The Cottage A Ward Behavior Modification Project at the Orient State Institute was designed to implement behavior modification techniques with 67 retarded child residents. Major project objectives included developing self-help skills (such as toilet training); eliminating undesirable behaviors (such as head banging); teaching behavior modification…

Reported is a competency based internship program at Western Carolina Center for the Mentally Retarded for undergraduate students in special education at Appalachian State University. Explained are the consumer based approach embodied in applied training programs, the goal of providing practical and reality-based applications of knowledge…

Twenty-eight families who indicated an interest in learning child management skills were included in a training program involving four groups from three elementary schools in Lincoln, Nebraska. Sessions were held once a week for 7-12 weeks. The parents were taught child management skills through the use of operant techniques which they utilized in…

Described is the behavioral program for autistic children in use at the Valley View School District in Illinois. Sections cover the following topics: (1) characteristics of the autistic child (basic impairments, special skills, and secondary behavior problems), (2) basic principles of operant conditioning, (3) description of the methods used in…

Reported is the 1969-70 school year of Vermont's Consulting Teacher Program (Chittenden Central) during which consultants assisted 29 elementary school teachers in providing special educational services to 109 students, of whom the majority were placed in regular classrooms. Program services are described as encompassing direct consultation,…

Evaluated was a pilot study on the use of behavior modification with 116 delinquent boys (8- to 15-years-old) committed to a residential treatment center. Upon assignment to classes, each S was placed on an individual contract which, when completed, was worth points redeemable for such things as candy and potato chips. Ss were administered the…

A program for modifying classroom behavior of emotionally disturbed and other children (in grades 3 through 7) based on modeling is described, and specific behaviors and evaluation items for the program are provided along with their rationale. Research is reviewed in Part I and topics are covered, such as: the three effects of modeling…

Reported is the 1969-70 school year of Vermont's Consulting Teacher Program (Burlington) during which two consulting teachers-in-training assisted 16 teachers and four aides in providing special educational services for 27 handicapped learners enrolled in regular elementary classrooms and two handicapped learners in special classes. The report…

Reported is the 1970-71 school year of Vermont's Consulting Teacher Program (Burlington) during which one consulting teacher, one consulting teacher intern, and one consulting teacher-in-training assisted 37 teachers and three aides in providing special educational services for 79 students in regular elementary classrooms and two students in…

Reported is the 1970-71 school year of Vermont's Consulting Teacher Program (Chittenden Central) during which consultants assisted 36 regular and special classroom teachers in individualizing the instruction of 88 handicapped elementary school students. Such program objectives are identified as the retraining on two levels of 40 regular class…

Reported are service and research projects which consultants from Vermont's 1970-71 Consulting Teacher Program (Chittenden South) helped teachers to implement to improve the social and academic behaviors of 269 handicapped learners in regular elementary classes. Such program aspects as inservice education, consulting activities, parent…

Presented are three examples of the use of the behavior model to provide special education within regular high school classrooms. The first example describes a math teacher's use of minimum objectives and free-time reinforcement in individual contingency and team contingency situations to motivate students to complete assignments. It is explained…

A program was designed to train college students in the use of behavior modification procedures with problem children in the classroom. Through application of social learning theory principles and operant conditioning, program trainees learned to reduce the innapropriate behavior of problem children in class, to prevent small difficulties from…

Reported is the 1968-69 school year of Vermont's Consulting Teacher Program (Burlington) during which eight regular elementary school teachers successfully completed the first half of an inservice program in behavior modification, programing, consulting, and research skills; and provided special educational services for 50 handicapped learners in…