An approach to the teaching of behavioral science in the undergraduate medical curriculum is described. The course was designed to familiarize the students with the practical application of principles of behavior change to medical problems. (LBH)

A program of motor and kinesthetic games was used to decrease the print phobia of 20 dyslexic boys. (DB)

A pedaling training program was devised for eight children (3-to 8-years-old) of varying degrees of retardation. (Author)

Factors contributing to youthful drug abuse include the declining consensus about values in our society, the generation gap, changes in the family and peer group pressure. As drug dependency deepens, the influence of conditioning and individual psychodynamics is greater than social and group factors. Drug education is ineffectual because…

Sixteen deaf-blind, retarded, preschool postrubella children (mean age 6 years) were tested in an operant procedure which allowed them to select preferred illumination feeback as reinforcement for operating a simple two-choice lever switch. (Author/MC)

Describes a summer camp for children with learning and adjustment to school problems. Behavior modification is the basis of the remediation program. (ST)

The present study represents further tests of hypothesis about peformance in verbal conditioning derived from a demand characteristics approach. (Author)

Described is a program for 110 multiply handicapped (deaf and emotionally disturbed) children between the ages of 5 and 18 years which utilizes behavior modification strategies. (DB)

Article discusses selected observations on behaviorally oriented approaches to counseling, defines behavioral counseling, and examines current techniques. (Author/RK)

Discusses Piaget's and Skinner's approaches to instruction and indicates the possibility of a muddled education system through the superimposition of the new theories on the older ones. (CC)

The study investigated the effect of a videotape instructional routine in combination with contingent application of token reinforcements on attendant child interaction (nine female attendants and five children) in a residential facility for developmentally retarded children. (Author/GW)