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Benassi, Victor A.; Benassi, Barbara J. – Rehabilitation Literature, 1973
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Exceptional Child Education, Handicapped Children, Operant Conditioning
Brust, D.; And Others – 1974
The Cottage A Ward Behavior Modification Project at the Orient State Institute was designed to implement behavior modification techniques with 67 retarded child residents. Major project objectives included developing self-help skills (such as toilet training); eliminating undesirable behaviors (such as head banging); teaching behavior modification…
Descriptors: Administration, Behavior Change, Children, Exceptional Child Education
Peer reviewedCarlson, John G.; Hill, Kenneth D. – Personnel Psychology, 1982
Studied the effect of gaming as an approach to reducing employee absenteeism. A longitudinal study in a small manufacturing plant, showed significant improvement in employee attitude and cooperation due to the opportunity for communication. Operant conditioning also resulted in somewhat lower absenteeism and tardiness. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Communication (Thought Transfer), Employee Attitudes, Employees
Download full textHarris, 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
Alwes, Don; And Others – 1975
Described is a Re-Ed (re-education) program for treating emotionally disturbed children (ages 6 through 12 years). The residential behavior modification program is discussed in terms of facilities (physical environment, length of program, and admission criteria), activities (such as field trips, yoga, and special education classes) staff and…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Class Activities, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Programs
Clark County School District, Las Vegas, NV. – 1973
Presented is the end of project year (1972-1973) report of an interim program to improve the academic performance and behavior of 48 educable mentally retarded and educationally handicapped adolescents 12- to 17-years-old who had been excluded from special education classes. Reported are performance measures (such as teacher developed inventories…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Change, Course Objectives, Curriculum
Nimnicht, Glen P. – 1970
The Responsive Model program assumes that the school environment should be designed to respond to the learner, and that school activities should be autotelic, or self-rewarding, not dependent upon rewards or punishment unrelated to the activity. Developmental theory, certain ideas of operant conditioning, and flexible learning sequences are used…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indians, Blacks, Developmental Programs
