A critique of the behavior modification technique of overcorrection, used primarily with mentally handicapped individuals to reduce undesirable forms of behavior, is presented. (BD)

A particularly severe case of self-injurious behavior in a multiply (visually, mentally, and emotionally) handicapped 10-year-old girl was successfully treated by response contingent shock, combined with rewards. (DB)

Two new variations of overcorrection (a behavior modification technique) in the treatment of the self-injurious behaviors (cigarette-butt-eating and hair pulling) of a 57-year-old profoundly mentally handicapped woman are discussed. (BD)

Two studies measured the feasibility of DRO (differential reinforcement of other behavior) and VT (variable time) reinforcement in reducing body rocking stereotypy of institutionalized severely and profoundly retarded adults (N=2 and 5). (CL)

Four procedures for improving the performance of nine motor tasks were compared with six physically handicapped and mentally retarded Canadian Ss, ages 12-25, five of whom were cerebral palsied. (BB)

Reviewed are methods of treating self injurious behavior in mentally retarded persons with emphasis on the ethical considerations and the justification for aversive therapy. (DB)

Social isolation (timeout) was successfully used to control self injurious behavior in a profoundly retarded institutionalized 15-year-old girl. (DB)

Two severely retarded adults were successfully trained (using modeling and programed cons equation) to use either the article-noun sequence or only the noun when describing pictorial stimuli. (DB)