Preliminary version presented at the meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (New York, March, 1967). Describes procedures for teaching retarded adolescents to use behavior modification techniques with younger patients. (RJ)

Twenty boys who were committed to a state institution as delinquents participated in a short-term reading program which provided structured self-instruction, high interest reading material, and reduced chances of experiencing failure. (Authors)

Examined are two alternatives to the use of electric shock to control destructive or repugnant behaviors in severely retarded or schizophrenic children: continued use of noncorporal punishment, and widescale application of appropriately arranged contingencies of positive reinforcement. (KW)

Technicians participating in a behavior modification demonstration project with severely retarded institutionalized persons were encouraged to generalize the techniques they learned during limited daily trials to the control of resident movement behaviors in the intervals between trial periods. (KW)