Eight mainstreamed students with specific learning disabilities (LD) and five with general LD (8-14 years old) were trained through films, role playing techniques and token reinforcement to apply learning principles to improve the quality of their social interactions with their nonhandicapped peers. Results of observations of Ss' interactions…

The various approaches to research on teaching extend into notions about teacher change. It is difficult to discern whether researchers select research approaches on the basis of their beliefs about teacher change, or vice-versa. Models of teacher change related to these various approaches to the study of teaching include: 1) changing teacher…

The effects of instructional variations during a role playing assessment on the assertive behavior of untrained, low assertive college students were investigated. Based on the responses of 1,392 students, 80 students who indicated a moderate to severe problem in refusing requests, and expressed interest in an assertion training workshop, were…

A BEHAVIORAL APPROACH WAS USED TO TREAT SMALL GROUPS OF CHILDREN IN AN INNER CITY SETTING. THE GROUPS WERE ORGANIZED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE HARTWIG PROJECT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE ORGANIZATION OF DETROIT AND CONSISTED OF CHILDREN WITH SCHOOL ADOPTION PROBLEMS, DELINQUENT GANGS, AND CHILDREN FROM DISADVANTAGED SECTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY.…

The 3R program at Highland Park Junior High School (St. Paul, Minnesota) serves seventh to ninth grade students with maladaptive behavior from 1 to 3 hours daily with the purpose of facilitating eventual return to all or nearly all regular classes. Student time in the classroom is totally individualized. The treatment plan involves a behavior…

Based on the author's Guidelines for the Evaluation of Training Courses, Workshops, and Seminars in Scientific and Technical Information and Documentation (UNESCO, 1975), this paper describes various approaches to both the summative and the formative evaluation of educational programs in the field of scientific documentation. Procedures are…

The relative effects of imagerial covert rehearsal with attentional shifts and the use of an independent reinforcing agent in a covert reinforcement therapy were compared. A 17-year-old female student, requesting treatment for a snake phobia, served as the subject. The phobia was measured along four dimensions: behavioral approaches to a live…

Nonsmokers repeatedly breathe smoke-polluted air in various settings, despite the evidence demonstrating the deleterious consequences upon such passive smokers. The extent of exposure to environmental irritants during a 17-day baseline period was tested, and the efficacy of two simple behavioral strategies in reducing smoke were documented…

Research and clinical workers in the field of applied behavior analysis appear wedded to the re-education model of child behavior change. A review of the empirical literature strongly suggests that this model is inadequate in a number of respects. In response to these inadequacies, the authors propose an expansion of the model -- an expansion…

A conceptual framework of the adjustment to parenthood as a developmental stage in which parents are faced with a wide range of complex tasks in several social systems is described. Results are presented of an extensive longitudinal study of of 64 mothers and 57 husbands during the first year with a new baby. Results indicated that parents become…

IN ITS MOST GENERAL SENSE DISCIPLINE MEANS INSTRUCTION, WHICH IS A RELATIONAL TERM REQUIRING TWO THINGS FOR ITS EXEMPLIFICATION-- TEACHING AND LEARNING. INSTRUCTION INVOLVES BRINGING ABOUT BEHAVIORAL CHANGE THROUGH REGULATED BEHAVIOR, THEREFORE DISCIPLINE ALSO MEANS REGULATION. DISCIPLINE AS A RULE OF PRACTICAL CONDUCT AND AS AN ORGANIZED BODY OF…

The case histories of five students enrolled in a university course in how to study are reported. The students ranged in age from 18 to 35, included two males and three females, and varied in school experience from no college in one case and some college in two cases to college degrees in two cases. Students were initially taught to chart their…

Concern about curriculum materials and behavior modification techniques being used in local schools continue to be expressed by individuals, groups, and organizations. One concern is the belief that federal funding for development and dissemination of material and techniques is an encroachment on local curriculum decisions. Although existing laws,…

Before presenting a model for physician training, this article reports development of a portable training packet for physicians in the application of social learning theory principles to the treatment of handicapped children and their families. A brief review of the recent literature underscores the need for physician training in behavioral…

Alcoholism researchers in the past 35 years have emphasized abstinence as the major criterion of treatment success. In recent years, however, this emphasis has been questioned and from the current debate over treatment goals and outcome measures at least two areas of controversy have emerged. The first, called the "abstention-moderation"…