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Wood, Constance D.; And Others – 1979
Three papers discuss aspects of The Ima Hogg Therapeutic School for emotionally disturbed children. The first paper addresses the school's behavior development and management system, which rewards self management with freedom in physical activity and uses individualized target behaviors designed to increase the child's acceptable social…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Contingency Management, Educational Programs, Emotional Disturbances
Stachowiak, James G. – 1968
This program was developed to deal more effectively with behavior problems in children through providing training and consultative services to teachers and other school personnel who work directly with children. Program goals were: (1) the development and refinement of a model approach to intervention within a school, and (2) the development and…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Consultation Programs, Intervention, Operant Conditioning
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Olofsson, Gunilla; Karan, Orv. C. – Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 1976
The present case study describes a toilet training program planned, developed, and implemented within a sheltered workshop. The client was a severely retarded woman for whom incontinence had been a life-long problem. The ease with which the program was carried out recommends its use with similar client problems. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Case Studies, Change Strategies
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Bates, John E.; And Others – American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 1975
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Children, Emotional Disturbances, Exceptional Child Education
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Allen, Bernadene V. – Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1975
Reports on a behavior modification study conducted at Stanford University in California nearly 10 years ago. Details the project and provides follow-up data eight years later. (EJT)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Intervention, Learning Processes, Minority Groups
1974
Described is the behavioral program for autistic children in use at the Valley View School District in Illinois. Sections cover the following topics: (1) characteristics of the autistic child (basic impairments, special skills, and secondary behavior problems), (2) basic principles of operant conditioning, (3) description of the methods used in…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Change, Contingency Management, Definitions
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
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Gilbert, Susan Freedman – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1979
The paper describes the referral, diagnostic, interventive, and evaluative procedures used in a self-contained behaviorally oriented noncategorical program for preschool children with speech and language impairments and other developmental delays. (CL)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Developmental Disabilities, Educational Diagnosis, Educational Programs
Bricker, Diane; Bricker, William – 1972
The report summarizes the second year of the Toddler Research and Intervention Project, which uses experimental research to devise and evaluate educational intervention techniques with approximately 28 normal or developmentally delayed children 1- to 4-years-old and their families. Described are researchers/teachers relationships, behavioral…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Curriculum, Down Syndrome, Early Childhood Education