This study investigated the management approaches employed by nursery teachers in Greece to deal with children's behavior problems. In particular, the extent, frequency of use, and effectiveness of behavioral, cognitive, and punitive approaches were investigated with regard to conduct, emotional, and developmentally related problems. Participating…

Elementary school counselors were given identical descriptions of a child presenting typical school behavior problems with only the designated social class being varied. Counselors were then asked to rate the severity of the problem, to give a prognosis, and to make management recommendations to teacher and parents. The results provided further…

Improvement ratings were obtained from parents and therapists of 70 children treated by behavior therapy at the Stony Brook Child Psychological Clinic. Therapists rated children at 80 percent if specific problems improved at termination whereas parents, six months later, rated 77 percent of problems improved. The high ratings are discussed in…

Tourette's syndrome, which includes the compulsive vocalization of obscene words, has been attributed to both organic and psychological factors. Although no conclusions about the etiology of the behavior could be drawn, the operant nature of the symptoms was demonstrated in the present case study in the manipulation of responses by varying…

This paper outlines a training program in behavior modification consultation. Undergraduates with little or no background in psychology were trained in behavioral interviewing and operant behavior modification program design. Discussion includes the issues of screening, training procedures, and the effects achieved in actual consultation by the…

The Behavior Problem Checklist was seen as a useful way to quantify teacher judgments of first and second grade hyperactive boys' classroom behavior. The activity recorder score and vigor of play ratings (independently obtained from an experimentally designed free-play setting) were seen as salient variables in the behavior judgments that their…

Presents hypotheses generated from observational data from schools in Newfoundland and Jamaica on how certain physical conditions in classrooms encourage disorderly behavior there. (JR)

Article is a literature review, but a literature review with definite policy implications. It concerns the widespread use of amphetamines in the nation's schools to control a syndrome which doctors and medical researchers call "hyperkinetic behavior disorder," or "minimal brain dysfunction," and which teachers and parents know as "hyperactivity".…

Examined the nature of teacher responses to preschoolers' problem and preacademic behavior as a function of sex. Teachers generally responded more frequently to boys. (ST)

Describes a summer camp for children with learning and adjustment to school problems. Behavior modification is the basis of the remediation program. (ST)

These results lend additional support to the theorized importance of parental identification in the early development of behavior disorders. (Author)

The results of this study indicated that there is no substantive evidence to support the hypothesis that teachers' perceptions of children as emotionally disturbed can be modified through the application of the Rosenthal effect. (Author)

How one elementary school calmed down its hectic lunchroom periods. (SP)

Article provides a definition for diagnosing children as autistic and describes the positive effect behavior modification has had on the education of the autistic child. (Author/RK)

Two teachers ventured to do some prescriptive teaching with students having a history of disruptive behavior. (Author/RK)