The document is the fifth in a six part research report on the assessment and treatment of deviant behavior in children. In attempting to reprogram a social environment so as to maintain behaviors modified in an experimental setting, researchers felt that it was essential that the reprograming take into account the teacher's role as a controlling…

Results of this study provided indirect support for Marshall's (1965) Hypothesis with regard to the informational versus motivational properties of punishment (punishment of specific responses has discriminative or informative value, whereas punishment applied to the situation may have primary motivational value). (Author)

Three assessment instruments for disturbed children were developed: a 50-item behavior checklist which functioned as a screening device; a 124-item behavior rating scale which provided frequency measures on indices of the teacher's reaction and response to exhibited behaviors; and a behavioral observation form which recorded task-oriented behavior…

Three experiments concerning the modification of student behavior problems in the classroom are described. Experiment I analyzed the differential effects of three different treatments (token reinforcement, social reinforcement, cost contingency or negative reinforcement) in the modification of deviant behavior in an experimentally controlled…

The document is section four of a six part report on the assessment and treatment of deviant behavior in children. The effects of three experimental strategy were investigated to facilitate generalization of treatment effects following 2 months in a token economy classroom. Forty four subjects were assigned to one of three experimental strategies,…

Effects of three intervention procedures were compared in increasing academic achievement and level of appropriate behavior for children with relatively low rates of appropriate behavior. A significant experimental/control group difference, favoring experimentals, was found for reading and math achievement and level of appropriate behavior.…

A study involving 24 primary-grade children with behavior problems was conducted to illustrate the use of normative behavioral observation data as a standard for evaluating the practicality of treatment effects produced in other settings. (Author/SB)

A descriptive study compared family management practices of parents of antisocial and nonantisocial fourth grade boys (N=80), including discipline, monitoring, positive reinforcement, involvement, and problem solving. On average, antisocial subjects were exposed to far more negative and less competent family management practices than were subjects…

The efficiency of behavior modification technology, as a therapeutic intervention process, has been amply demonstrated. The establishment of special educational settings for modification of deviant behavior, as reported here, provides opportunity for a controlled analysis of the effects of groups of experimental variables, where treatment in…

The Contingencies for Learning Academic and Social Skills (CLASS) program is described. CLASS is a comprehensive, self-contained behavior management package designed for remediation of the behavior problems of disruptive, acting-out students in Kindergarten through grade 3. (Author/MH)