The article provides a review of research on the role of punishment in relation to the normalization of retarded persons and points out that, in the natural environment, punishment procedures normally play some part in the determination of social behavior. (IM)

The Garden State School District, the agency responsible for correctional education programs in New Jersey, has attempted to eliminate the urban-prison syndrome through implementation of the Continuous Assessment Programs. This program is designed to ameliorate negative effects of urban life by giving each inmate an individuality and purpose.…

This paper reports further outcome data from an evolving comprehensive program for the behavioral control of smoking. At a six-month follow up evaluation, 50 percent of the participants were fully abstinant from all forms of tobacco. Clinical and physiological correlates of success are noted and discussed. (Author)

In a case study on a 9-year-old retarded boy with autistic behaviors, suspected dietary substances were demonstrated not to be effective influences on the child's behavior. (Author/JYC)

This study investigated the effect of two independent variables on the sharing behavior of children. The results indicated that both observing a model share and longer ownership of the item facilitated sharing in these children, although the latter was originally hypothesized to retard sharing. (Author)

A brief family intervention consisting of training in conflict resolution and contingency management was given to families reporting high rates of parent-child problems of long duration. The implications of these findings for a strong systems view of families and family therapy are discussed. (Author)

Snake- or spider-phobic subjects (N=32) were randomly assigned to one of four groups. Subjects receiving semantic desensitization therapy showed less posttest anxiety on the semantic differential than control subjects regardless of testing condition. (Author)

Clients (N=16) were randomly assigned to two groups receiving either individual or group treatment. Treatment consisted of relaxation training followed by viewing 45 videotaped vignettes depicting graduated sexual behaviors. Improvement remained stable through a one-year follow-up. Control clients showed no improvement and trends toward…

In this paper 14 anxiety-reduction techniques are discussed. The sex therapist can integrate these techniques into the sex therapy contract with individuals or couples and use them either singly or in a sequential multiple technique format to reduce sexual anxiety. (Author)

This study investigates whether six women who previously had received 15 sessions of group systematic desensitization (SD) for their sexual anxiety would report additional treatment gains from participation in a sexual-enchantment workshop with their partners. The women reported a significant decrease in sexual anxiety. (Author)

Self prompting techniques were used to influence people to turn off lights in bathrooms. After consumers were given a method for self monitoring their behavior there was a significant drop in the number of times lights were left on in unoccupied bathrooms. (AJ)

Certain forces affecting education today may have greater impact during the next 100 or more years. One of these forces--behavior modification is traced historically to the year 2584 A.D. Resultant changes in teacher-student relationships, technology use, management systems and other components of education are examined in this scenario. (Author)

Available from: Sage Publications, Inc., 275 South Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills, California 90212. Overcorrection procedures were used with two severely retarded males (21 and 35 years old) to suppress stereotyped movements. (IM)

This paper describes and analyzes a token economy program in a mental hospital's chronic ward which was terminated because the institution cleaned out a substantial portion of its backward population. (Author/AM)