The authors successfully treated two families in which the index patients were anorectic adolescent girls by combining structural family therapy with behavioral modification techniques. Phases which appear to be typical of the treatment are described. A discussion of the value of the operant reinforcement procedure in family therapy follows.…

This paper describes one classroom environment and an assessment technique, goal-attainment-scaling, useful for settings where individual differences in learning goals and variation in progress toward such goals are accepted and encouraged. (Author/JR)

Remedial speech, hearing, and language services are offered in a short-term, self-contained special language program for first and second grade children with severe language deficits but normal potential in performance areas. (LH)

The author compares two philosophies of language instruction (medical and behavioral models); evaluates four major elements of the teaching/learning process (stimulus, pupil response, consequation, and feedback); as critical variables in developing a lesson plan; and discusses the effects of selection of pupils, teachers and space on language…

Research is reviewed which indicates that behavior modification techniques can be used to lessen debilitative effects of profound retardation in children. (MC)

An operant procedure which is potentially useful for testing auditory deficits was used with a 26-month-old nonverbal retarded female. (Author)

Demonstrated with 4 severely language deficient boys (7- to 11-years-old) was the feasibility of using operant principles in language therapy with a small group of behaviorally disturbed children to develop an imitative verbal repertoire. (LS)

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)