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McLaughlin, T. F.; And Others – B. C. Journal of Special Education, 1980
The overall results indicated high academic performance under either contingency arrangement when compared to a nontreatment baseline condition. Comparisons between the individual and group contingency conditions revealed a slightly higher number of words spelled correctly during the group contingency procedures. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Contingency Management, Exceptional Child Research, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)

Hansen, Gordon D. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1979
A twin signal device that provides both escape and avoidance conditioning in enuresis control was documented with case studies of two enuretic children (eight and nine years old). In addition, a technique of fading as an adjunct to the process was utilized with one subject. (Author/SBH)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Children, Contingency Management

Denny, Michael – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1980
Wheelchair mobility training (contingent upon inappropriate stereotypic behavior) combined with social praise (contingent upon toy-play behavior) effectively reduced the inappropriate behavior of three nonambulatory, profoundly retarded Ss (14 and 15 years old) to near zero level. (Author)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Contingency Management
Drash, Philip W.; And Others – 1976
A multifaceted behavioral treatment program designed to modify noncompliance in five hyperactive preschoolers and to train their parents in techniques of maintaining compliant behavior was implemented. Results indicated that hyperactivity and noncompliance were reduced to normal limits. Parents' use of behavior modification techniques were…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Contingency Management, Exceptional Child Research
Litzenberger, Jerry; Trusty, Kim
Tested with 31 students (kindergarten through grade 5) who manifested poor and inappropriate classroom behaviors was a combination of direct intervention strategy for behavior modification and provision of a maintenance program for the classroom teacher. Strategies included the use of observation and introduction procedures; and direct…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques, Contingency Management

Gittelman-Klein, Rachel; And Others – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 1976
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Contingency Management, Drug Therapy

Moracco, John C.; Fasheh, Violet – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1978
An experimental group of 11 mentally retarded Arab children (mean age 8.8 years) were involved in a contingency-management program based on successful completion of academic work. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Contingency Management
Edwards, Joseph S. – Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 1976
Available from: Psychonomic Society, 1108 W. 34th Street, Austin, Texas 78705. Studied with 10 learning disabled children (5-9 years old) was the development of self-management skills without direct teacher supervision through the use of operant reinforcement procedures. (IM)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Contingency Management, Elementary Education
Spangler, Robert S.; And Others – 1978
Two papers describe studies to decrease inappropriate social behaviors of severely retarded students. R. Spangler and others in "The Effect of a Time-Out Procedure on the Duration of Tantrum Behavior in a 13-Year-Old Severely Retarded Male S" report on a three phase study in which a combination of verbal instructions and a timeout procedure…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Contingency Management, Exceptional Child Research

Reisinger, James John – Journal of Special Education, 1978
The generalization of cooperative behavior and proximity across classroom situations was tested with three behavior disordered children between the ages of 3.5 and 4.5 years who had low rates of cooperative behavior. (Author/DLS)
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Classroom Environment, Contingency Management, Cooperation

Ford, John E.; Veltri-Ford, Anita – Mental Retardation, 1980
Timeout from auditory reinforcement was employed to reduce rates of target responses of two mentally retarded children (9 and 11 years old). Results supported the response deceleration characteristic of timeout from auditory reinforcement and indicated its effectiveness as a response reduction technique. (Author)
Descriptors: Auditory Stimuli, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Contingency Management

Strain, Phillip S.; Wiegerink, Ronald – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 1975
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Contingency Management, Emotional Disturbances

Heaton, Ronald C.; And Others – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 1976
The effectiveness of a contingency management program for managing and educating students with histories of severe misconduct was evaluated with 46 eighth graders from three junior high schools. (Author/SBH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Contingency Management

Lyman, Robert D.; And Others – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 1975
The effects of a contingency management program utilizing a reinforcing event (breakfast) were investigated in respect to cabin-cleaning and self-report behaviors in a group of nine male campers (11 to 13 years old) at a therapeutic summer camp for emotionally disturbed children. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Contingency Management, Elementary Education
Prieto, Alfonso G.; Rutherford, Robert B., Jr. – 1977
A study involving four boys (9 to 14 years old) labeled as emotionally handicapped was conducted to examine the effect of a verbal cueing technique (involving an illogical statement which evokes psychological reactance) on behaviorally disordered children. Illogical statements made by the teacher produced positive change in target behaviors (such…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Contingency Management, Cues
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