A plan was devised to improve the behavior and attitudes of selected junior high school students who, as a result of continual classroom misbehavior, had been frequently referred by classroom teachers to the assistant principal. The program involved organization and use of resource persons already available in the school (including guidance…

A video tape treatment packet was developed and evaluated to determine its effectiveness in improving parents' ability to understand and more appropriately respond to instances of child misbehavior. The treatment tape consisted of a 65 minute discussion and elaboration of specific psychological principles in conjunction with simulated examples of…

Results support the assertion that self-rejecting attitudes have consequences that influence the adoption of deviant response patterns, such as a tendency to devalue the normative structure and to positively value contra-normative patterns as potential sources of gratification. (Author/AM)

Three experiments were conducted in a variety of settings to test the effectiveness of differential reinforcement of other behavior in reducing high rates of inappropriate behavior in 6 mildly and severely retarded children (8-14 years old). (Author/CL)

Resistance to endorsing peer-sponsored misbehavior, judgments of the wrongness of such behavior, and attitudes toward self, mother, father, peers, and adults were measured for 174 children in four grades. The results support Bronfenbrenner's findings that American children resist more under the parent and less under the peer than under the neutral…

An overview is presented of systematic behavioral analysis as a method for modifying both social and cognitive behaviors through reinforcement. Various techniques are explained: response differentiation, shaping, chaining, fading, extinction, timeout, and response cost. (SJL)

To explore the preventive efficacy of training in coping and social skills, 121 high school students were assigned to four risk classifications, assessed by measures of psychological vulnerability and environmental adversity. (Author)

The purpose of the study was to establish developmental norms for maternal-rated problem behaviors within a disadvantaged group of preschool children. The data are discussed in terms of their utility in assisting the school psychologist to select appropriate intervention strategies for the preschool child. (Author)

The Nevada State School and Hospital has begun a program in social dramatics aimed at bringing retarded adults into social responsibility. (Author)

Formation of the Indiana University Alcohol Education Task Force brought together university students, staff, and faculty to discuss possible campus drinking problems and to plan, implement and evaluate an alcohol awareness program for students. The program appears effective in increasing knowledge about alcohol for at least a three month period.…

An experimental group of 11 mentally retarded Arab children (mean age 8.8 years) were involved in a contingency-management program based on successful completion of academic work. (Author)

Reviews the prognosis for abused children in terms of death, re-injury, permanent physical damage, growth failure, intellectual retardation, and personality and behavior problems. Discusses problems of collecting data and inadequacies of intervention treatments. (JB)