An overview is presented of systematic behavioral analysis as a method for modifying both social and cognitive behaviors through reinforcement. Various techniques are explained: response differentiation, shaping, chaining, fading, extinction, timeout, and response cost. (SJL)

Provides a brief guide that teachers and administrators might use as the foundation for training sessions with inexperienced volunteers interested in tutoring upper elementary or secondary level students who have failed to acquire basic reading skills. (Author/RK)

Describes a strategy of successfully teaching about sexually transmitted diseases that steers away from the lecture format of teaching and focuses more upon the behavior aspects of learning, i.e., problem solving and decision making. The basic premise of the method, the processes involved, and the five stages of the process are briefly outlined.…

Within the last few years a "new wave" of therapeutic techniques for teaching the mentally retarded has emerged in this country. Describes how the behavior of two demonstration groups of mentally retarded children utilize the accomodations of role playing and behavior modification to develop social skills. (Author/RK)

Faceworking, or allowing a student to "save face," enables teachers to deal with mild discipline problems without creating unnecessary conflicts. Presented are ways teachers can use excusing, humoring, or ignoring, to enable students to maintain their self-esteem while at the same time modifying their behavior. (KC)