Case studies illustrate use of positive reinforcement to improve academic achievement of a low achieving 9-year-old boy, and use of group contingency procedures to modify deviant behavior of a fourth-grade boy. (KW)

Analysis of the data indicated that parent ratings clearly differentiate child patients from their siblings and from nonclinic children on three of four Behavior Problem Checklist factor scales: Conduct Disorder, Personality Disorder, and Inadequacy-Immaturity. Parents rated nonclinic children as more deviant than siblings of child patients.…

Examined are two alternatives to the use of electric shock to control destructive or repugnant behaviors in severely retarded or schizophrenic children: continued use of noncorporal punishment, and widescale application of appropriately arranged contingencies of positive reinforcement. (KW)

Achievement-impeding classroom behaviors in France and the United States were analyzed and compared. (KW)

Condensed from a report of a 1971 conference sponsored by the U.S. Office of Child Development and the U.S. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health and Scientific Affairs. (Editor)

Use of drugs have been advocated for the child who has been diagnosed as having minimal brain dysfunction--an idea examined in Congressional hearings of the House Privacy Subcommittee, September 1970. Article is a critique of the hearings. ((DM)

Effective colleague relationships depend upon ethical action paths which express changing values and define standards. (Editor/IR)

Hyperkinetic children are usually helped by a coordinated program of medication, parent and child counseling, and teacher consultation. Medication usually facilitates everything else that is done for the child. Therefore, referral to and cooperation with the prescribing physician deserves special attention. (Author)

Groups symptoms, and suggests resources and energy be concentrated on educational and psychological intervention, rather than on causes. (NH)