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Scott, Anne – Australian Journal of Mental Retardation, 1977
A nurse involved with institutionalized retarded children analyzes the value of behavior modification and describes four behavior modification programs planned and carried out by nursing staff to modify food stealing, screaming at mealtimes, excessive requests for self assurance, and unitary incontinence. (CL)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Contingency Management, Institutionalized Persons, Mental Retardation
Krumrine, Herbert W.; Thomas, Margaret – Pointer, 1976
Described is a program in which adolescent institutionalized handicapped girls are rewarded with money for improved academic performance, behavior, and participation. (CL)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Change, Contingency Management, Handicapped Children
George Washington Univ., Washington, DC. Inst. for Educational Leadership. – 1978
The second of a two-part radio program on children in mental institutions presents transcripts of interviews with psychiatrists and emotionally disturbed adolescents. Subjects addressed include use of drugs, behavior modification, music, and theatre therapy in institutions. The transcript concludes with a narrated tour of Sheppard-Pratt, an…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Change, Case Studies, Contingency Management
Peer reviewedMansdorf, Irwin J. – Mental Retardation, 1977
A method of rapid token training was undertaken in which 20 moderately retarded institutionalized adults observed a model perform a specific behavior for which a token was awarded and exchanged for a back-up reinforcer. (CL)
Descriptors: Adults, Contingency Management, Exceptional Child Research, Imitation
Peer reviewedCarroll, Scott W.; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1978
Satiation, over-correction and differential reinforcement of other behavior resulted in the elimination of chronic clothes ripping by six institutionalized mentally retarded emotionally disturbed adolescents. (CL)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Contingency Management
Bettison, S.; And Others – Australian Journal of Mental Retardation, 1976
The long term effect of a behavior modification toilet training program developed by N. Azrin and R. Fox was investigated for eight severely and profoundly institutionalized retarded persons (7-50 years old). (CL)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Contingency Management, Daily Living Skills, Exceptional Child Research
