This study compared guided compliance versus time out as a method of promoting child adherence to adult requests. Time out effected larger increases in percentage compliance among four of five participating children (ages three to six years) with mild developmental disabilities. (Author/DB)

After attending 12 classes, 210 grandparents with 1 son/daughter and 1 grandchild evaluated changes in grandparent behavior and attitudes. Compared to a control group of 185, the participants showed significant improvement. Classes covered feelings and ideas, listening to younger people, lifespan development, family communications, and…

This investigation examined whether auditory prompting tapes could influence performance fluency in three mentally retarded young people. The musical tapes with embedded, interspersed performance cues successfully increased the participants' vocational task fluency and decreased stereotypic behavior in one participant. (Author/DB)

Physicians were asked to commit through learning contracts to pre/posttests, seminar attendance, and follow-up tests and surveys in a continuing medical education program on various new treatments. Results indicated lasting gains in knowledge and behavior changes in patient care. (SK)

Examined effectiveness of regular classroom teachers as mediators for behavior change in regular classroom settings. Findings from 59 first and second graders in experimental and control groups revealed that in-class behavior change was significantly greater for experimental condition than for control condition; although behavior change from first…

From 241 published transcripts of therapy sessions with individual clients, judges identified transcripts containing instances of client manifest commitment and resolve to carry out postsession behaviors. Results indicated 16 therapist methods, mean of 5.07 methods for promoting each instance of client commitment and resolve, and varying sets of…

Explores the validity of a theory which states that traditional education is a form of violence, as described by philosopher J. Krishnamurti. Focuses on the idea of avoiding "thinking in opposites." Describes how a teacher changed his teaching methods as a result of several negative student encounters, while remaining true to the…

Teachers at all levels are encouraged to use role-playing and simulation. Unfortunately, teachers usually overestimate role-playing's learning value and often ascribe too much power to simple simulation activities. Teachers use these methods mainly to change behavior (and values), not reinforce curriculum content. Sociodramas (scenes based on…

Although teachers at all levels are encouraged to use role-playing and simulation, they usually overestimate role-playing's learning value. Teachers use these methods mainly to change behavior (and values), not reinforce curriculum content. Sociodramas (scenes based on typical situations facing children) are more effective role-playing activities…

Treatment of a woman with severe mental retardation with the Self-Injurious Behavior Inhibiting System (SIBIS) resulted in significant reductions in SIB behavior which generalized to the natural environment and the brief follow-up sessions. (Author/DB)

Analysis of employment continuity of three cohorts of women in their twenties (1968-73, 1971-77, 1975-80) supported behavior change (impact of social changes on labor force participation) as more influential in increasing continuity than changes in individual characteristics (such as marital status, childbearing). (SK)

Three problem areas are identified in mainstreaming gifted students: (1) teachers who feel that gifted children do not need differentiated opportunities; (2) teachers who do not address students' needs in subject areas in which they feel uncomfortable; and (3) insecure teachers who feel threatened by the confrontational nature of some gifted…

Presents an overview of the topics of planning and control to provide a context for the articles in this issue of the journal. Considers development across the life span, subgroup variations, and correlates. Also explores potential linkages between planning and control. (MM)

This article explains how cooperative-learning behaviors can be taught systematically and directly to students with behavior disorders using a four-step procedure in conjunction with an enhanced cooperative-learning environment to encourage generalization. Application with five primary grade students is reported. (DB)

This case study of a woman with profound mental retardation and a history of severe self-injurious behavior (SIB) found that the dramatic decrease in SIB following Naltrexone administration was maintained through placebo and no drug phases and at six-month follow-up. Findings are discussed in terms of endogenous opioid system theories of SIB. (DB)