Data seem to indicate that for children disadvantaged with respect to social class and ethnic background there is a functional interaction between art and language which allows such children to give verbal expression to their conceptual development. (Authors)

Where verbal deficits exist in children, one method of exceptional promise uses operant conditioning techniques to establish and modify verbal behavior. Modifications and extensions take place as the function of direct interaction between an experimenter and the child. Assuming that ideal teachers for such children, given the availability of…