The article describes a program in which paraprofessionals taught behavior modification contingency management techniques to parents of developmentally disabled children who lived beyond the range of the community residential facility. (DLS)

Described is the parent education component of a St. Louis, Missouri, program for the severely handicapped (5-21 years old) which focused on instruction in behavior modification skills. Noted are the organization of the first program of 10 weekly sessions, a continuation program for parents who completed the first program, the "hard to reach"…

Twenty-eight families who indicated an interest in learning child management skills were included in a training program involving four groups from three elementary schools in Lincoln, Nebraska. Sessions were held once a week for 7-12 weeks. The parents were taught child management skills through the use of operant techniques which they utilized in…

Reported is the 1969-70 school year of Vermont's Consulting Teacher Program (Chittenden Central) during which consultants assisted 29 elementary school teachers in providing special educational services to 109 students, of whom the majority were placed in regular classrooms. Program services are described as encompassing direct consultation,…

Reported is the 1969-70 school year of Vermont's Consulting Teacher Program (Chittenden South) in which a consulting teacher assisted three teachers and two teacher aides to measure, monitor and modify the deficit learning behavior of 10 students in regular elementary school classes, and assisted five mothers to carry out successful projects with…