According to an annual Gallup Poll, lack of discipline was the number one problem facing public schools between 1969 and 1985. Chief underlying causes are inadequate parenting, ineffective teacher training, poor school organization, and inadequate administrative leadership. This monograph dicusses the Prospect School (Oberlin, Ohio) model for…

Theorists have hypothesized that alcoholism, antisocial behavior, and childhood hyperactivity are part of a spectrum of disorders that have a common etiologic component, i.e., neuropsychological deficits to the structures (limbic system, frontal lobes) which regulate impulses. To examine the similarities in neuropsychological deficits between…

The present study examined the spontaneous private speech of 16 children of 5 to 7 years of age whose documented birth weight was below 1500 grams and who showed evidence, at the time of testing, of behavioral and learning difficulties. Children in the sample, though of normal intelligence, showed depressed early reading skills, difficulties in…

The manual presents a curriculum designed for use with emotionally disturbed adolescents. The curriculum is designed to help students learn skills needed to behave in a socially competent manner and to provide teachers with a systematic approach to their instruction. The curriculum consists of four units (self control, problem solving,…

The adjustment and competence patterns of boys with conduct disorders were investigated using a developmental approach to psychopathology. The sample consisted of 438 boys divided into two matched subgroups: boys with and without conduct disorders. In each subgroup, three age groups were defined. The Conners Abbreviated Symptom Questionnaire and…

Using children from American and Asian Indian populations, assessment was made of the hypothesis that exposure to conforming or deviant models in a resistance to temptation situation would have significantly less deviating effect on Asian Indian subjects. Test results supported the hypothesis. The findings are discussed in terms of the differing…

Describes an attempt, through a curriculum designed to promote self-control, to help children with social and emotional problems and to prevent such problems from developing. (EJT)

This study attempted to identify cognitive and behavioral deficits which might be unique to hyperactive children. Fifty children between the ages of 5 and 12 were subjects of the investigation. Four experimental groups were formed: Hyperactive (HA), Behavior Problem Children (BP), Severely Asthmatic Children (AC), and Normal Control Children (NC).…

The utility of self-control procedures and covert sensitization as alternatives to rapid smoking in smoking cessation was tested in two studies. Subjects (N=33) were at least 21 and had smoked a minimum of one pack per day for five years or more. Relaxation training and discussion of goals were presented to subjects. In Study I, both groups…

Five studies are reviewed which indicated the effectiveness on weight loss by mentally retarded persons of a treatment program stressing self control. The intervention included procedures which increased the dieter's self awareness of overeating behavior patterns and body weight, reduced food cues, reduced eating rates, increased activity level…

This study examines the possibility that ability to avoid detection of deceptive behavior via nonverbal behavior might be related to an individual's role-taking skill. Sixty-one 5 to 12 year-old boys and girls were led to be verbally deceptive or truthful by saying that they either had enjoyed or not enjoyed an unpleasant experience or had enjoyed…

The Utah State Board of Education has developed, under the direction of an executive advisory committee, two process strategies to improve student discipline. The first, called "Democratic Discipline," is designed to alleviate discipline problems created or aggravated by school and classroom operation. State and national research results…

The root of many of the problems in education today is the shift in values from humanism to humanitarianism. While humanism elevates the individual, humanitarianism attempts to elevate mankind in general. Humanists feel that human problems stem from faults within individuals, and that the central purpose in life is to improve and discipline…