This Digest summarizes what is known about the use of positive behavioral support (PBS) and functional analysis (FA) to change the behaviors of students with a variety of disabilities. The paper notes that both PBS and FA differ from traditional behavioral management in focusing on systems, settings, and lack of skill. The 1997 reauthorization of…

Focusing entirely on tobacco use, this book offers parents a powerful program for preventing or ending their children's tobacco addiction. The book provides practical strategies and suggestions to show parents how to help their children to make wise health choices and prepare them to meet their physical, social, and emotional needs without…

Guiding teachers in the development of the understanding of student behavior was the aim of this article in initiating a three stage training program in behavior analysis and modification techniques within the Title 111 schools of the Barstow Unified School District, Barstow, California. (Author/RK)

This ten classroom-hour instructional model combines skill, cognitive and affective experiences in dental health. An integration of the skills and cognitions with affective reactions promotes positive feelings and improved values regarding dental health. Motivation principles and feedback systems give the students and the instructor incentive and…

A 12-month project for 27 institutionalized, severely retarded children who functioned at the early childhood level involved training teachers in behavior modification methods and employing a skill center curriculum encompassing motor skills, vocabulary, communication and social behavior. (Author/MC)

Thirteen high school students were trained by an undergraduate psychology student daily in 6-hour sessions for one week and subsequently modified behaviors of five severely retarded children. (MC)

Disruptive children in an after-school remedial reading class were taught to match teachers' evaluations of their behavior in the context of a token reinforcement program. (Editor)

Special music therapy programs are designed for children with many types of learning disabilities. Emphasis is on supporting each child's individual development. (ST)

Data revealed a similar pattern of personality, environment, and behavior differences between all nonuser and user groups, suggesting a pervasive social-psychological constancy. The same variables were also predictive of the shift from nonuse to use over time among the high school students but not the college students. (JB)

Presented are case histories emphasizing the developmental or behavioral problems of six hearing impaired preschool children whose parents were learning behavior modification techniques in a parent home training program. (Author/GW)

Discusses the problems to be solved in designing behavior modification systems for teacher education. (Author/RK)

An observational account of one pattern of organization and control, as observed in a Headstart preschool program. (DM)

Extensive three year study of program involving resident school psychiatrist in extremely mobil setting. Medical help can reduce behavior problems but not academic retardation. Recommendations are offered to increase effectiveness of guidance programs for disadvantaged, culturally different pupils. (CJ)