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Behavior Modification: teaching language to psychotic children, 1969

 File — Box: 5

Scope and Contents

Produced by Appleton Century Crofts. Written by O. Ivar Lovaas.

This film focuses on teaching psychotic children the functional use of speech and discusses the need for correction of self-stimulation and destructive behavior before language-learning can commence. It describes how instruction can be conducted through reward and punishment techniques.

Dates

  • Creation: 1969

Scope and Contents

Produced by Appleton Century Crofts. Written by O. Ivar Lovaas.

This film focuses on teaching psychotic children the functional use of speech and discusses the need for correction of self-stimulation and destructive behavior before language-learning can commence. It describes how instruction can be conducted through reward and punishment techniques.

Additional Description

Physical Description

16 mm answer print. Runtime: 43 min. Color, sound.

Physical Storage Information

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