This paper reports the results of a survey of attitudes administered in conjunction with a program of behavioral training. The trainees were employees of federally supported child care centers, and the program was specifically designed to modify some behaviors of the trainees toward the children with whom they worked. The training staff consisted of graduate students in developmental psychology. The training methods, which can be described as behavioral engineering, consisted of situations in which trainees observed demonstrations of various goal behaviors and subsequently practiced these behaviors themselves. Lectures, discussions, written materials, and assignments followed each observation and practice session. The pre- and post-training survey covered three main areas of child development and management: a) the use of reward and punishment, b) the reasons children behave as they do, and c) the use of written records in day care centers. The results of the post-survey show that a) with regard to use of reward and punishment, many subjects registered a positive change in attitude; b) with regard to explanations of children's behavior, there was no significant change in the attitude of the subjects; and c) subjects developed a clearer awareness of the necessity of record keeping although the competence with which they kept records showed little improvement. (HMD)