A 6 1/2-year-old hyperactive boy was taught to reduce his muscular activity and tension through the use of electromyographic biofeedback for 11 sessions. (Author/DB)

This article focuses on the use of "timeout" as a classroom behavior modification technique. The questions and guidelines are presented in a flow chart format in order to facilitate easy and quick use by practitioners. (Author)

A Minnesota program sends artists into corrective institutuions to try through art to change the behavior of incarcerated youngsters. (Editor)

A study conducted at a metropolitan community center found that program planning is a pertinent variable in controlling the behavior of antisocial children. Evaluation of different activities indicated those that tended to decrease antisocial and nonsocial behavior and those that tended to increase the incidence of prosocial behavior. (Author)

A counseling procedure termed vicarious induction of behavior was used to develop academic achievement motivation in disadvantaged adults. The procedure required an analysis of the desired target behavior---academic achievement motivation---to identify specific skills and covert attitudes. New achievement behaviors were anticipated, specified, and…

Thirty female nurses were given a nine-hour death education course. The results were lower scores on the death anxiety test. (Author/DE)

This article describes two experiments determining the effect of video tape feedback on teacher behavior. (PD)

Basic ideas of reinforcement may be more easily applied in the classroom if three common teacher errors: noncontingent reinforcement, ambiguity of rules, and restriction of earnings, are avoided. (Author/SDH)

The present study represents an attempt to enhance the self-concepts of juvenile delinquents, with the prediction that the juveniles' behavior would become more socially acceptable as a result of the self-concept change. Significant results were obtained on the post-test of the TSCS. (Author/PC)

Covert conditioning includes a set of behavior change techniques that incorporate the "inside" aspects of human experience that had long been ignored by behaviorists. The author reviews the applications of covert conditioning to the field of counseling. (Author)