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Peer reviewedKazdin, Alan E. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1973
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Exceptional Child Education, Institutionalized Persons, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedYen, Sherman – Mental Retardation, 1974
The developmental pattern of present behavior modification programs for the adult mentally retarded is evaluated. (Author)
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Change, Community Programs, Exceptional Child Education
Benassi, Victor A.; Benassi, Barbara J. – Rehabilitation Literature, 1973
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Exceptional Child Education, Handicapped Children, Operant Conditioning
Brust, D.; And Others – 1974
The Cottage A Ward Behavior Modification Project at the Orient State Institute was designed to implement behavior modification techniques with 67 retarded child residents. Major project objectives included developing self-help skills (such as toilet training); eliminating undesirable behaviors (such as head banging); teaching behavior modification…
Descriptors: Administration, Behavior Change, Children, Exceptional Child Education
Download full textHuman Resources Research Organization, Dothan, AL. Div. 6. – 1974
A 3-year Title III project provided inservice training to 183 elementary teachers in methods of improving behavior, academic performance, and affective reactions of children with socio-emotional conflicts treatable in the regular classroom. The program included summer workshops and released-time training during the school year in indepth…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Elementary Education
Curricula Improvement Center, Punta Gorda, FL. – 1972
Intended to reduce the occurrence of inattending behaviors in 400 educable mentally handicapped students and to increase and maintain attending behaviors, project EDUCATE is described as an inservice program to teach behavior modification techniques to 16 special education teachers. EDUCOURSE I is said to have resulted from a review of research,…
Descriptors: Attention Span, Behavior Change, Exceptional Child Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Harris, Alice – 1975
A program was designed to train college students in the use of behavior modification procedures with problem children in the classroom. Through application of social learning theory principles and operant conditioning, program trainees learned to reduce the innapropriate behavior of problem children in class, to prevent small difficulties from…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Emotional Disturbances, Exceptional Child Education
Alwes, Don; And Others – 1975
Described is a Re-Ed (re-education) program for treating emotionally disturbed children (ages 6 through 12 years). The residential behavior modification program is discussed in terms of facilities (physical environment, length of program, and admission criteria), activities (such as field trips, yoga, and special education classes) staff and…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Class Activities, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Programs
Clark County School District, Las Vegas, NV. – 1973
Presented is the end of project year (1972-1973) report of an interim program to improve the academic performance and behavior of 48 educable mentally retarded and educationally handicapped adolescents 12- to 17-years-old who had been excluded from special education classes. Reported are performance measures (such as teacher developed inventories…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Change, Course Objectives, Curriculum
Haring, Norris G.; Hayden, Alice H. – 1968
Sixteen papers are provided. B. F. Skinner discusses the arrangement of contingencies for learning: Lloyd Homme describes behavioral engineering; and Frank Hewett considers behavior modification in special education. Also treated are experimental education by Norris Haring, program evaluation by Arthur Lumsdaine, and administration of special…
Descriptors: Administration, Autism, Behavior Change, Behavior Development
Cass, Michael, Comp.; Schilit, Jeffrey, Comp. – 1976
Presented is an annotated bibliography with approximately 250 entries relating to the severely and profoundly retarded. Citations are listed alphabetically by author under the following categories: assessments, measurements, evaluations; associations; attending behavior; behavior modification; books; classical conditioning; cognitive development;…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Books
