During the past 12 years the Oregon Social Learning Center has been studying the application of social learning theory to aggressive children. One result has been the development of a treatment program in which parents are trained to alter their child's behavior. That program has been evaluated on three separate samples of aggressive children.…

Investigated with three secondary school students who were unable to complete class assignments because of motivational and attitudinal problems was the effect of teacher-written praise notes and parental support on academic performance. Results of the intervention and communication between parent, teacher, and student indicated academic gains…

This book provides a practical approach or model for eliminating racism in education. The model has been developed over several years and is based on research and direct experience in various types and levels of educational settings. This model for change is aimed primarily at whites and/or white-oriented institutions. The book deals with the…

This unit has been designed as a means of sensitizing class members to various forms of social discrimination that exist against homosexuals. Each lesson can be adapted to a fifty minute class period; the steps indicate transitions in topic development, the key questions are recommended as guidelines for facilitating class discussion. Students…

Twenty-one upper level psychology students underwent 24 hours of paraprofessional training, followed by 15 hours of practica experience. When compared to controls, experimental subjects' attitudes toward three target groups (institutionalized patients, graduate students in psychology, and undergraduates in psychology) became significantly more…

The study was designed to examine the effect of teacher administered praise notes on the academic performance of three second grade special needs students with reading difficulty or learning disabilities. Also studied were effects of notes and their use in conjunction with parental social reinforcement. A multiple baseline procedure was used to…

Outlines some alternatives to disciplinary exclusion from school that need not interfere with the educational rights of other students and discusses some problems involved in developing such alternative programs. (Author)

Presented are case studies of three trainable retarded five to ten year-old children who learned basic sight vocabulary, letter and number recognition, and task attention through highly structured contingency management techniques. (CL)

Presents a case study of a 4-year-old girl, considered a high adult-low peer interactor, whose behavior was modified by the indirect method of priming and reinforcing. (ED)

The applicability of token reinforcement programs in public school settings is discussed in terms of: (1) effectiveness; (2) ease of implementation and management; (3) expense; (4) compatability with school and community attitudes; and (4) pupil satisfaction. (Author)

Reprinted from CHILDREN, Nov-Dec 1967.