Identifies six empirically and socially validated conversational behaviors that can serve as targets of interventions designed to increase social interaction among high school students with and without disabilities. Findings indicate that little social interaction occurs among these high school students in the absence of programming or support.…

In one experiment and two case studies, peer tutors were used in a program with disabled students exhibiting aberrant behaviors in the classroom. Peer tutors received training on how to provide appropriate commands and specific praise statements, as well as to decrease negative statements. Results indicated that trained peer tutors were able to…

Available from: Sage Publications, Inc., 275 South Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills, California 90212. Evaluated was the use of positive reinforcement in the remediation of severe perceptual motor disorders in the handwriting of four learning disabled boys (7 to 10 years old). (IM)