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Download full textWade, David – 1974
A 10-year-old boy with inappropriate social behavior was placed in a program of positive reinforcement and response cost. The boy earned plastic coins for good behavior and lost coins for inappropriate behavior. Rewards for given levels of earnings included extra recess time and field trips. Inappropriate behaviors decreased from a mean of 6.8…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Elementary Education, Emotional Disturbances
Peer reviewedKeith, Kenneth D.; Lange, Brian M. – Mental Retardation, 1974
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Exceptional Child Research, Followup Studies
Klann, Harriet; Shannon, Neil – 1974
A contract and point system were used to decrease the pilfering behavior of an 11-year-old boy. Under the contract system, the boy kept a daily record of his progress and earned points toward a trip to the planetarium. After introduction of the contract the pilfering dropped from at least two times a week to none at all. (LS)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Elementary Education, Emotional Disturbances
Miller, Barbara S.; Miller, William H. – Education of the Visually Handicapped, 1976
A 13-year-old congenitally blind black girl was involved in a study designed to demonstrate the effectiveness of a longitudinal behavior modification approach in extinguishing "blindisms" (persistent autistic-like behaviors) in a variety of settings. (SB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Blindness
Peer reviewedChristensen, Donald E. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1975
The combined effects of methylphenidate (Ritalin) and a token reinforcement program in controlling the classroom behavior of 16 hyperactive, institutionalized retarded youngsters (9- to 15-years-old) was investigated. (Author)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Change, Children, Drug Therapy
And Others; Bracey, Susan – Australian Journal of Mental Retardation, 1975
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Change, Children, Exceptional Child Research
Szyarto, Ruth; And Others – Rehabilitation Literature, 1976
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Change, Disabilities, Emotional Disturbances
Peer reviewedDubey, Dennis R.; Kaufman, Kenneth F. – Journal of Pediatrics, 1978
Six clinical programs (N=55) and one controlled, experimental program (N=25) were carried out in which parents of hyperkinetic children (ages 3-18 years) were trained in ten-week workshops to alleviate behavior problems by means of behavior modification and child management practices. Journal availability: C.V. Mosby Company, 11830 Westline…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Children
Peer reviewedCalvert, Donald R.; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1972
Descriptors: Auditory Tests, Behavior Change, Deaf Blind, Early Childhood Education
Peer reviewedGarrard, Kay R.; Saxon, Samuel A. – Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 1973
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Deafness, Emotional Disturbances, Exceptional Child Research
Peer reviewedGresham, Frank M. – School Psychology Review, 1983
This study, an approach to controlling "acting-out" behaviors of handicapped children in elementary schools, describes the use of a home-based dependent group contingency to eliminate the destructive behavior (fire-setting, vandalizing property) of a mildly retarded eight-year-old boy. (Author/PN)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Case Studies, Contingency Management, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedBath, Kent E.; Smith, Stuart A. – Mental Retardation, 1974
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Exceptional Child Research, Institutionalized Persons, Mental Retardation
Froman, Robin D.; Owen, Steven V. – 1975
Investigated with a 26-year-old male graduate student were the immediate and long-term effects of social reinforcement and feedback on the incidence of stuttering. The S's speech dysfluencies were recorded under baseline and intervention conditions in three settings: two classes the S taught and a weekly hour-long conversation period with peers.…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Exceptional Child Research, Feedback, Graduate Students
Peer reviewedLucero, William J.; And Others – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1976
The effects of withdrawal of food, withdrawal of attention, and the simultaneous withdrawal of food and attention on the rate of self-injurious behavior of three profoundly retarded girls (10-18 years old) during mealtime were investigated. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Eating Habits, Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Child Research
Peer reviewedPace, Denise M.; Forman, Susan G. – Psychology in the Schools, 1982
Exposed students in four second-grade classes exhibiting disruptive behavior to response cost programs with varying initial reinforcement and fine levels. Results indicated all treatments were highly effective, as all groups underwent maximum behavioral change. Suggests degree of aversiveness of procedure did not appear to be strongly related to…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques
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