Compared 2l0 experimental subjects receiving instruction from a curriculum for grandparents with 185 control group subjects. Evaluated changes in grandparent attitudes and behavior from Grandparent Strengths and Needs Inventory completed by 3 generations prior to classes, at end of intervention, and 3 months later. Findings revealed significant…

Issues that impact on the ability of behaviorists to be effective in solving social and community problems are discussed, including use of legislative initiatives to bring about behavior change, sustaining interventions with local resources, and the possible rewards from employing collaborative methods in behavioral research. (JDD)

A 34-hour Restricted Environmental Stimulation Therapy (REST) session was employed as the intervention for the reduction of autistic symptoms of 12 children, aged 6-20 years, with IQ used as a matching variable. Significant within-group, positive effects of REST were found for older subjects and for less severely autistic subjects. (SH)

A method is proposed for manipulation of scale recalibration to evaluate techniques designed to detect change due to scale recalibration, including the Ideal Scale Approach of R. Zmud and A. Armenakis (1978). An illustration of an adaptation of the Ideal Scale Approach with 194 undergraduate students is included. (SLD)

This study examined a system for fading teacher prompts to children who served as peers in peer-initiation interventions for young children with disabilities (n=6). Results indicated that social interaction continued at the levels found during intervention and was maintained during a short maintenance period. (Author/DB)

In 1973 and 1988, researchers surveyed unmarried college students regarding gender-specific sexual behaviors and attitudes. Both sexes reported increased sexual and decreased nonsexual relationships. Most students felt adequately informed about sexuality and satisfied with their relationships. Students indicated a need for sexuality education on…

The authors of EC 606 783 examine the background of instructive feedback stimuli either related or unrelated to target behaviors, devised for students with disabilities. Issues discussed include the selection of feedback stimuli, presentation of feedback stimuli, and unique applications of instructive feedback. (DB)

Examined the influence of changes in child-care teachers and changes in teacher-child relationships on children's social competence with peers. Both changes in primary teachers and changes in teacher-child relationships were associated with changes in children's social competence with peers. (Author/BB)

The literature on fears and phobias of children and adolescents with intellectual disabilities is reviewed. Assessment procedures are then examined, including interviews, self-reports, parent rating scales, and behavioral observations. Interventions are drawn from the principles of respondent, operant, and vicarious conditioning. (Author/DB)

Analysis of parent (n=584) responses to good and bad grades received by their children in college allowed categorization of reactions into five categories. Results suggest that parental reactions are not only attempts at changing student behavior but also may be viewed as emotional responses expressing personal needs and values. (Author/MSE)

Among 110 Mexican-American adolescents in a Texas drug abuse program, initial use of toxicant inhalants was related to availability and sensation-seeking, followed by psychological problems, parental and home problems, and peer influence. Quitting inhalant use was related to social pressures, attitude change, and perceived health risks. (Author/SV)

A group of 61 college students received instruction about Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and 68 did not. Pre/posttests showed widespread acceptance of conventional wisdom prior to the study. Few behavioral changes occurred in the experimental group, although their attitudes toward interacting with AIDS victims and mandatory testing…

Reviews conceptualization of change as series of accumulating increments and decrements and depiction of change by growth curves as continuous process underlying individual performance. Clarifies problems with use of difference scores in study of change. Contrasts traditional methods with growth curve analysis for purposes of measuring change and…

Categorized 68 gay men who earlier attended Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) prevention sessions as successful or unsuccessful in change maintenance. Resumption of high-risk sexual practices was associated with identified variables, such as age and number of past sex partners, and 86 percent of subjects could be classified as relapsers…

A retrospective evaluation of restrictive behavior programs in a state residential facility for persons with mental retardation found beneficial behavioral effects. The behavior programs reviewed utilized isolation timeout, exclusion timeout, response cost, prone restraint, seated restraint, timeout device, nonexclusion timeout, standing…