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Peer reviewedClements, J. Eugene; Tracy, D. B. – Exceptional Children, 1977
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Cues, Elementary Education, Emotional Disturbances
Avery, Byllye Y. – Pointer, 1974
Eleven institutionalized psychotic children 4- to 13-years-old received 13 weeks of traffic safety training using operant conditioning. (CL)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Children, Emotional Disturbances, Exceptional Child Education
Simpson, Richard L.; Sasso, Gary M. – AAESPH Review, 1978
Chronic rumination (voluntary vomiting and reconsumption of the vomitus) was eliminated in a ten-year-old severely emotionally disturbed boy through an overcorrection procedure. (CL)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Emotional Disturbances, Exceptional Child Research, Operant Conditioning
Peer reviewedNey, Philip G. – Journal of Autism and Childhood Schizophrenia, 1973
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Change, Emotional Disturbances, Exceptional Child Research
Peer reviewedShorkey, Clayton T.; Taylor, John E. – Child Welfare, 1973
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Case Studies, Emotional Disturbances, Injuries
Borthwick, Burton – Special Education in Canada, 1972
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques, Emotional Disturbances
Peer reviewedKoegel, Robert L. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1974
Appropriate play with toys was studied in two autistic children (8 and 6-years-old) with high occurrences of self-stimulatory behavior. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Autism, Behavior Change, Emotional Disturbances
Peer reviewedNelson, C. Michael; And Others – Behavior Therapy, 1973
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Emotional Disturbances, Exceptional Child Research
Peer reviewedTawney, James W.; And Others – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1973
Identified are misconceptions of behavior modification procedures according to which behavior modification is connected mistakenly with noncontingent reinforcement, partial change of a teacher's behavior, decelerations of inappropriate behaviors only, dependency producing technology, teacher dominated activity, a single type of classroom…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Emotional Disturbances, Exceptional Child Education
Peer reviewedStevens-Long, Judith; Rasmussen, Marilyn – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1974
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Change, Emotional Disturbances, Exceptional Child Research
Download full textWade, David – 1974
A 10-year-old boy with inappropriate social behavior was placed in a program of positive reinforcement and response cost. The boy earned plastic coins for good behavior and lost coins for inappropriate behavior. Rewards for given levels of earnings included extra recess time and field trips. Inappropriate behaviors decreased from a mean of 6.8…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Elementary Education, Emotional Disturbances
Rousseau, Frank – 1971
Discussed briefly are techniques of behavior change used in behavioral programing for emotionally disturbed elementary school children with behavior problems. The author considers the child's ecology as a significant influence on the child's behavior, by which he means all the experiences and relationships that a child encounters in his…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Elementary School Students, Emotional Disturbances
Carter, Ronald D.; Poeschel, Susan M. – 1972
Described is a program to provide educational services for severely emotionally disturbed (autistic or childhood schizophrenic) children based on behavior modification principles. Both formal and informal tests of performance are given in the areas of preacademic and readiness tasks. Each child is individually tutored in language, pre-reading,…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Change, Emotional Disturbances, Exceptional Child Education
Peer reviewedGarner, Howard G. – Exceptional Children, 1976
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Emotional Disturbances, Exceptional Child Education
Peer reviewedSchulman, Jerome L.; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1978
The biomotometer, an electronic device that simultaneously measures activity and provides auditory feedback to the subject, was used in combination with material reinforcers in two experiments attempting to modify activity level in two children (one hyperactive, one psychotic and hyperactive). (Author/SBH)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Children, Electronic Equipment, Emotional Disturbances
