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Stableford, William; And Others – American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 1976
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Case Studies, Drug Therapy, Drug Use
Miller, Barbara S.; Miller, William H. – Education of the Visually Handicapped, 1976
A 13-year-old congenitally blind black girl was involved in a study designed to demonstrate the effectiveness of a longitudinal behavior modification approach in extinguishing "blindisms" (persistent autistic-like behaviors) in a variety of settings. (SB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Blindness
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Denton, Jon J. – Clearing House, 1978
An overview is presented of systematic behavioral analysis as a method for modifying both social and cognitive behaviors through reinforcement. Various techniques are explained: response differentiation, shaping, chaining, fading, extinction, timeout, and response cost. (SJL)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Change Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education
Woods, Thomas S. – B. C. Journal of Special Education, 1978
The article reviews the recent literature dealing with teaching autistic children acceptable behaviors using behavior modification techniques. (DLS)
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Change, Behavior Development, Interpersonal Competence
Mithaug, Dennis E. – AAESPH Review, 1978
Four case studies demonstrate the management of inappropriate behavior of severely handicapped clients (14-21 years old) in a prevocational training program. (CL)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Change, Case Studies, Contingency Management
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Woods, Thomas S. – B.C. Journal of Special Education, 1978
Two autistic boys, ages 6 and 10 years, whose imitative responding was functionally inaccurate and whose performance generalized poorly, were trained to imitate accurately using a reinforcement-extinction strategy. (DLS)
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Change, Children, Exceptional Child Research
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Olofsson, Gunilla; Karan, Orv. C. – Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 1976
The present case study describes a toilet training program planned, developed, and implemented within a sheltered workshop. The client was a severely retarded woman for whom incontinence had been a life-long problem. The ease with which the program was carried out recommends its use with similar client problems. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Case Studies, Change Strategies
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Christophersen, Edward R.; And Others – Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 1976
Available from: EC 090 265.
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Family Counseling
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Kauffman, James M.; Scranton, T. R. – Child Study Journal, 1974
Thumbsucking of a girl aged 2 years and 9 months was recorded by the parents during three 10-minute reading baselines. In Study 1, thumbsucking was punished by contingent termination and resumption of reading. In Study ii, positive reinforcement was provided for other (non-thumbsucking) behavior. The results imply that parents can effectively…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavioral Science Research, Infant Behavior, Operant Conditioning
Abbas, K. A.; Donoghue, E. C. – Special Education, 1973
Behavior modification techniques were employed for 20 weeks with six profoundly retarded children (aged between 9 and 13 years) to improve play habits and daily living skills. (DB)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Children, Daily Living Skills, Exceptional Child Research
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Burger, Henry G. – American Educational Research Journal, 1972
Emphasizing immediacy of time and place of an experiment, operant behaviorism neglects the polymorphism of learning channels, social influence, exchange over time (diachrony) and over space (arbitrage), and institutions, and its proposed solutions disregard the complexities of culture. (Author/MB)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Influences, Environmental Influences
Trybus, Raymond J.; Lacks, Patricia B. – Rehabilitation Literature, 1972
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Community Programs
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Foxx, Richard M. – Mental Retardation, 1972
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Change, Body Weight, Exceptional Child Research
Parker, J. L.; Cook, James – Slow Learning Child, 1972
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Exceptional Child Education, Learning Disabilities, Motor Development
May, Philip R. A. – Occupational Mental Health, 1971
There is a striking variation in quality of work rehabilitation in the United States from progressive sophisticated programs to those that incorporate the shadier practices of custodial care. Long range funding is imperative to the establishment of good programs. (Editor/SB)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Cost Effectiveness, Mental Disorders, Mental Health Programs
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