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Jeffrey, D. Balfour – Mental Retardation, 1972
Operant and imitative techniques were used in programing generalization of verbal behavior in a child. (Author)
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Imitation, Mental Retardation, Verbal Learning
Hickson, Mary; Santin, Sylvia – Special Education in Canada, 1972
Descriptors: Children, Exceptional Child Research, Mental Retardation, Moderate Mental Retardation
Hester, Bob F.; And Others – Southern Journal of Educational Research, 1976
An institutionalized, retarded, adult male's response to verbal commands was increased through the use of positive control of a discriminative stimulus. Operant conditioning was noted as a possible means of enabling retarded individuals to acquire behaviors fundamental to a self-help repetoire. (Editor)
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Educational Research, Mental Retardation, Positive Reinforcement

Altman, Reuben; And Others – Psychological Reports, 1972
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Educational Research, Handicapped Children, Imitation

Mosley, James L. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1971
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Mental Retardation, Motivation, Performance Factors
Buddenhagen, Ronald G. – 1971
Behavior modification as an attack upon the problem of mutism in mongoloid children establishes the basis of the text. Case histories of four children in a state institution present the specific strategy of speech therapy using verbal conditioning. Imitation and attending behavior, verbal chaining, phonetic theory, social reinforcement,…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Down Syndrome, Exceptional Child Education, Institutionalized Persons

Cairns, Robert B.; Paris, Scott G. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1971
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Exceptional Child Research, Mental Retardation, Reinforcement

Rydberg, Sven – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1971
Descriptors: Attention Span, Beginning Reading, Discrimination Learning, Learning Processes
Locke, Bill J. – Amer J Ment Deficiency, 1969
Descriptors: Behavior, Exceptional Child Research, Institutionalized Persons, Mental Retardation

Maglieri, Kristen, A.; DeLeon, Iser G.; Rodriguez-Catter, Vanessa; Sevin, Bart M. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2000
A study found verbal reprimands, delivered contingent upon eating prohibited foods, were sufficient to decease the food stealing of a girl (age 14) with Prader-Willi syndrome. Warning stimuli were then successfully used to help her discriminate between permitted/prohibited foods during sessions in which food stealing was not directly observed.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Modification, Eating Disorders, Females

Bricker, William A.; Bricker, Diane D. – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1972
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Children, Exceptional Child Research, Failure

MacCubrey, Jean – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1971
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Downs Syndrome, Drafting, Exceptional Child Research

Das, J. P. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1970
Descriptors: Attention Span, Exceptional Child Research, Learning Processes, Mental Retardation

Schroeder, Gerald L.; Baer, Donald M. – Developmental Psychology, 1972
Increase in probe accuracy following concurrent training was consistently greater than following serial training. (Authors)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Exceptional Child Research, Handicapped Children, Imitation
Locke, Bill J. – Amer J Ment Deficiency, 1969
Descriptors: Behavior, Communication (Thought Transfer), Exceptional Child Research, Institutionalized Persons
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