A third-grade girl who did not speak in school was treated by school personnel using principles of behavior modification. A step-by-step procedure was designed which first encouraged speech in a one-to-one setting with an adult. Gradually elements of the regular school situation were introduced. Several months following termination of treatment,…

The purposes of this paper are: (1) to examine the extent to which behavior modifiers who work in classroom settings have given attention beyond lipservice to the need for longitudinal or follow-up data; and (2) to discuss problems in the methodology and design of followup research. (Author)

The results of this study suggest a practical alternative to increase the effectiveness of discipline in the home and school. Parents and teacher might well rehearse (reinstate) with the child the transgression sequence just prior to the discipline. (Author)

Management procedures were successfully employed to decrease the frequency with which first-grade children left small instructional centers. Observations made on the percent of the children's appropriate social and academic behaviors showed increases during the modification conditions. Also, the time the teacher spent in responding to…