Aversive tickling was successfully used with two blind, retarded, adolescent girls as a punishment procedure to reduce frequency of self-destructive head banging in one case and a variety of attention-getting behaviors in the other. (Author/KW)

Five hundred thirteen behaviorally disturbed retarded and borderline retarded males from a Scottish therapeutic community were studied retrospectively and by cross-sectional analysis 10 years after the community terminated. (Author)

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)

Several decades of scientific inquiry on the effect of malnutrition on brain function in early life are summarized, and the findings are related to more current trends in child eating patterns and the use of special dietary regimes for children with learning disabilities. (SW)

Presented is the case study of a multiply handicapped institutionalized boy (3.8 years old) with presenting problems of self-injury, refusing food, and inability to walk. (IM)

The document reports a study to determine if there is a higher incidence of behavior disorders or language differences in a group of 50 2-year-old Ss who have multiple minor physical anomalies as compared to a group with four or fewer anomalies, and to determine if there is a significant correlation between behavior disorders and language…