Parents' reasons for failing to keep appointments at a child behavior management clinic were investigated. Explanations given frequently included: poor health status of parent or child, inadequate transportation, competing home and work responsibilities, and sudden crises. Further research is needed to assess the effects of interventions intended…

A youngster who excessively watched television was placed on a modified token economy: earned tokens were used to activate the television for set periods of time. Positive effects resulted in the child's school work, in the amount of time his family spent together, and in his mother's perception of family social support. (KH)

Telephone home survey can be used to identify child behavior problems accurately and assess their frequencies and setting conditions for "normal" children. This technique appears to provide reliable information useful in the design of community-targeted behavior management packages. (CMG)

Evaluation of training program combining "Feeling" and "Behavioral" models for families with problem children (2-8 years old) showed parents significantly increasing rate of reinforcement and decreasing rate of punishment and children significantly improving rate of compliance. In most cases improvements generalized from clinic to home. (CMG)

Forty-eight teachers and 48 parents evaluated the effectiveness and acceptability of five behavioral procedures for reducing disruptive child behavior. Teachers rated all strategies more highly than parents. Reinforcement and isolation and contractual agreement were rated highest. Procedures were rated as more acceptable for 5-year-olds than for…

Demonstrates the use of the behavior-analytic approach in remediation of behavior problems precipitated by sexual abuse of a five-year-old girl. Treatment using excessive ruminations and negative emotional responding produces stable gains over a one-year period. (SA)

Parents' and grandparents' ratings of alternative treatments for children with behavior disorders were assessed. Differential reinforcement of other behavior (DRO), time-out, response cost, spanking, and medication were applied to noncompliance, aggression, tantrums, and hyperactivity. DRO, response cost, and time-out were found significantly more…

Uses a control group study to compare the effectiveness of contingency management training and communication skills training for training parents to manage children with conduct disorders. Concludes that more subjects in the contingency management group met a criterion of clinical success than in either the communication skills or the control…

Studies the effectiveness of a free-time contingency on reducing the frequency of interruptions of 28 students in a residential treatment center high class room. Implications of the findings are discussed in terms of implementation, use of peers for data collection and impact on the target behaviors. (FMW)

Studies the effects of social skills training on four behaviorally disordered male elementary school students. Finds that training effects decreased following training, and that there was no increase in positive responses from peers. Discusses the problems of social skills training in special education classes. (FMW)