Traditional behavioral strategies used with adolescents with behavior disorders are reviewed and nontraditional approaches incorporating behavioral and cognitive psychology into social skills training and anger control training are described. (CL)

Six social skills curricula for elementary or secondary level behavior disordered students are described: "The ACCEPTS (A Curriculum for Children's Effective Peer and Teacher Skills) Social Skills Curriculum,""Skillstreaming the Elementary School Child,""Skillstreaming the Adolescent,""Getting Along with Others,""Social Skills Curriculum," and…

The article describes "Teaching, Learning, and Caring" (TLC), a program designed for partially mainstreamed behavior disordered adolescents (ages 14-18). Eight TLC skill areas are the focus of interpersonal skills training: communication mode, empathy, goal identification, cue sensitivity, alternative thinking, skills implementation, consequential…

A systems approach to educating autistic students which is employed as a working model in Dallas (Texas) incorporates individual needs within the context of the family and educational environments. Early childhood, elementary, and secondary issues are delineated in the three major areas of communication, socialization, and independent functioning.…