The effects of different schedules of noncontingent reward on subsequent learning in children were investigated. In the first phase of the experiment subjects performed a block-design matching task and received one of three schedules of noncontingent reward, i.e., continuous reward (Group CRF), random reward on 50% of the trials (Group 50R), or no…

The booklet provides information on a number of strategies for teachers to use in managing disruptive behaviors in the classroom. In the first section several approaches (such as token economies) are discussed that pertain to the general, comprehensive management of classes. Included in Section II are several strategies (including taking away…

The effectiveness of four operant procedures (differential reinforcement of incompatible behavior, omission training, overcorrection, and reinforcement withdrawal) in changing self injurious behavior (SIB) of 16 severely handicapped students was examined. Analysis of correlations between reduction in SIB and subject characteristics, adaptive…

This book on writing behavioral contracts is structured to give the reader an opportunity to use contingency contracting in a situation that resembles the real world. Contracting is a technique used to structure behavior counseling by making each of the necessary elements of the process so clear and explicit that they may be written into an…

Two experiments are reported: one with autistic children in a day-care treatment program. the other with "hopeless" rating behavior in a grade six school setting. Although the samples were small (seven in the autistic group, 43 in the sixth grade group), the results indicated conclusively the increased rate of cooperative responses and decrease of…

The Treatment Evaluation Project was established to evaluate the feasibility of using behavioral treatment in conjunction with methadone maintenance to improve the effectiveness of methadone treatment. Over 100 outpatients were accepted into treatment and randomly assigned to one of four behavioral treatment modalities in addition to the usual…

Four case studies demonstrate the management of inappropriate behavior of severely handicapped clients (14-21 years old) in a prevocational training program. (CL)

An experimental group of 11 mentally retarded Arab children (mean age 8.8 years) were involved in a contingency-management program based on successful completion of academic work. (Author)

Contingent "preferred" music was used as a reinforcer with a mentally retarded and autistic-like boy (14-years-old) to increase appropriate conversational speech. (IM)

Provides additional data to explain the reverse effects of rewards on task performances for training problem-solving skills in fourth-graders. (RL)

Thirty-nine trainable mentally retarded adolescents were presented with a list of 32 reward options, consisting of primary (food) and secondary (cash equivalent) rewards that were immediately available or delayed one day at a ratio of 1:2. (Author)

This study was designed to investigate the effect of individual versus group rewards on task performance. Four instructional sets, in which reward contingencies were varied, were employed with triads of first- and third-grade children. (BD)

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Two experiments were performed in the naturalistic setting of a preschool classroom in order to assess the effects on children's social behavior of nonevaluative teacher attention to the children's cooperative or aggressive speech. (Author/JMB)

As a supplement to an article on the theory of introducing nonprofessionals into ordinary schools to work with disadvantaged or emotionally vulnerable children, a teacher aide program tested in six English schools was described. (GW)