A controlled outpatient study of 19 hyperactive boys (aged 4-10 years) of normal intelligence examined the effects of placebo and two different drugs on the boys' playroom behavior. (Author/NH)

Described are the services offered by a consultative resource team to elementary school teachers in three Virginia counties who need help in controlling disruptive classroom behavior and improving students' academic performance. (KW)

Argues that suspension of a student from school for disciplinary reasons should always be preceded by a hearing. (JF)

The author suggests a positive type punishment for a sixth grade class. (MF)

Discusses the interrelationship between environment and behavior in institutional settings and derives therefrom some understanding of the nature of decision that determines how people live. (Author)

Verbal Situation Exercises composed by Rosenzweig showed degrees of adjustment or maladjustment to frustrating situations. Mixture of Socially-accepted and non-accepted class disruptors from grades 3,6,9 participated. More maladjusted behavior choices were elicited from rural children in comparison to their urban counterparts. Very little…

After a 4-year interval, children who had been identified as behavior disordered but who had not received the help of any special education or psychiatric care, were reexamined to determine any spontaneous improvement or deterioration of behavior. (KW)

The author explains cigarette smoking as a coping behavior and believes that a healthier coping activity needs to be substituted. Methods for educating the young in health matters, including cigarettes, are explained. (BY)

The treatment program for the modification of self-destructive behavior of an institutionalized mentally retarded boy who needed constant physical restraints employed a variety of approaches and emphasized the development of an interpersonal relationship. (KW)

Collier School in Wickatunk, N.J., attempts to educate and to rehabilitate adolescent girls suffering from emotional disorders. (MF)

A token economy program established for psychiatric patients compared them to a control group on ward behavior, rating scales, participation in instrumental role activities, self care behavior and extra hospital visits. Results indicated improvement on ward behavior rating scales and greater participation in instrumental role activities for…

This study reports the procedures used to reduce the relative frequency of psychotic speech in an autistic child, and to produce verbal behavior appropriate for more conventional psychotherapeutic intervention. The results indicated that the subject's verbal behavior was clearly controlled by the token reinforcement schedule used. (Author)

Describes therapy program for treating somnambulism. After introducing a conditioning procedure, changes occurred. The mother carried out treatment at home. A simple associative learning model fit the data. Case described. (Author)