A study, involving four developmentally disabled children who exhibited a variety of disruptive behaviors such as self-injury and tantrums, was conducted to assess the influence of task demands and adult attention on children's behaviors. The three experimental conditions were the "EASY 100" which consisted of an easy task on which children could…

A demonstration Head Start class enrolled 12 to 15 children with problem behaviors. The class utilized behavior modification procedures with individualized programing and natural contingencies. Favorable results were noted; three case studies presented concern an aggressively disruptive child, a severely withdrawn child, and a child whose total…

Reinforcement with tokens and time-out procedures was used to control the disruptive or negative behavior of nine retarded children in a nursery school setting. (Author)

Case studies illustrate use of positive reinforcement to improve academic achievement of a low achieving 9-year-old boy, and use of group contingency procedures to modify deviant behavior of a fourth-grade boy. (KW)

Jogging was used to modify disruptive behavior as part of the classroom routine for 12 learning disabled elementary-grade boys. The number of incidents of each of five negative behaviors were reduced by half following the 10-minute jogging routine. (SBH)

Investigated in a longitudinal study were the variables affecting the efficacy of a token economy used with 16 institutionalized severely and profoundly mentally retarded males (16-24 years old) exhibiting disruptive behaviors. (Author/CL)

To develop and evaluate methods and techniques for the utilization of the principles of behavior modification in the education of behaviorally disordered children in the public schools, eight boys (ages 7 1/2 to 10 1/2, IQ range 84 to 116) constituted an experimental special class group. Their program emphasized bringing under control deviant…

Three experiments concerning the modification of student behavior problems in the classroom are described. Experiment I analyzed the differential effects of three different treatments (token reinforcement, social reinforcement, cost contingency or negative reinforcement) in the modification of deviant behavior in an experimentally controlled…

The use of operant conditioning techniques in a classroom for educationally handicapped children was studied to determine if it would result in a reduction of maladaptive behavior. The subjects consisted of an experimental and a control group of elementary school children, with an IQ range in the experimental class of 88 to 119. The experimental…

Three experiments were conducted in a variety of settings to test the effectiveness of differential reinforcement of other behavior in reducing high rates of inappropriate behavior in 6 mildly and severely retarded children (8-14 years old). (Author/CL)