This study investigated the effectiveness of behavior modification techniques used in a 16-week summer remedial reading program for primary-level students. Ten elementary teachers enrolled in an introductory graduate course in diagnostic and remedial reading received eight hours of training in the use of behavior management techniques:…

In two experiments, three of four profoundly retarded and physically handicapped children (9-17 years old) with MAs below seven months demonstrated instrumental learning of a manipulatory response that produced either illumination or music. (Author)

To determine if the deficits in social behavior of retarded persons might be, in part, due to the failure of the environment to maintain that behavior. Inappropriate behavior of 18 institutionalized 12- to 20-year-olds was ignored, and appropriate social behavior was rewarded. (Author/CL)

A forced arm exercise was investigated as a means of eliminating head-hitting in two profoundly retarded children (8 and 12 years old). (Author/SBH)

Twenty hyperactive 6- to 9-year-old children of normal intelligence were studied in a half-day laboratory classroom in a double-blind condition in which half the Ss were placed on Ritalin and half on placebo. (Author/CL)

An intensive toilet training program based on behavioral principles was applied to an 11-year-old Down's syndrome child. (SBH)

The generalization of cooperative behavior and proximity across classroom situations was tested with three behavior disordered children between the ages of 3.5 and 4.5 years who had low rates of cooperative behavior. (Author/DLS)

Peer reinforcement, modeling, and cooperative programing arrangements are among the strategies described which involve peers in modifying the behavior problems of classmates. (CL)

Teaching procedures involving differential reinforcement, modeling, and physical priming were used to train a severely retarded woman (30-years-old) to assemble a saw chain. (IM)

Utilizing the terminology of the Managerial Grid (a two-dimensional model clarifying the behavioral dynamics of a manager's concern for both people and productivity), the team builder is advocated as the most effective leadership style. Presents a rebuttal to the counter belief that leadership styles should change with the situation. (EM)

A method of rapid token training was undertaken in which 20 moderately retarded institutionalized adults observed a model perform a specific behavior for which a token was awarded and exchanged for a back-up reinforcer. (CL)

Collaboration in behavior modification among consultants, administrators and teaching staff was found effective in solving child management problems in a day care center. (GO)

Compared the similarities and differences between the steps engaged in by master's and doctoral level school psychologists as they conducted operant behavioral consultations. Two of the 12 major steps in conducting operant behavioral case consultations revealed significant differences. Questions are raised regarding efficiency and outcomes of…

Described is the use of motivational strategy for instruction in remedial handwriting, and explained is the use of specific behavior modification techniques with a group of 10 students (9 to 11-years-old) with poor handwriting. (IM)