Four variations of the thought stopping technique were applied to a color naming obsession. After 17 treatment sessions the frequency of this obsession had decreased by 95 percent, and a month later it was entirely absent. It did not recur in the course of a seven month followup period. (Author)

The use of relatively new medicines to induce children to follow accepted standards of behavior is discussed. (CK)

In training teacher's aides, the following techniques were used to teach behavior modification principles: (1) video tapes; (2) behavior measures of training effects; (3) a behavioral task; (4) attitude measure. Through these techniques, maximum change occurred in trainee behavior. (Author/KJ)

Analyses of data from task measuring imitative acquisition of cognitive responses indicated that differences in performance were related to differences in (a) treatment, (b) sex and role of rewarder, and (c) sex of rewarder and sex of subject. (DR)

The study assessed the effectiveness of a head holding procedure for establishing eye contact with a three-year-old developmentally delayed child who had not acquired the response via positive reinforcement techniques. A multiple baseline across four behaviors demonstrated that the head holding procedure substantially increased eye contact for…

Life Space Interviewing (LSI) can be useful in dealing with students with behavior problems. LSI focuses on real events and takes into account the mood of both the child and adult. Five steps in conducting LSI are applied to a hypothetical classroom incident. (CL)

When an oral hygiene punishment procedure was introduced, rumination (regurgitation) of profoundly retarded monozygous adolescent twins was dramatically reduced. The decrease was maintained over a 6 month period and was accompanied by increased rates of socially appropriate behavior. (CL)