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This final report describes a 3-year federally funded project designed to conduct an analysis of the factors that contribute to the performance of high intensity problem behaviors by students with severe disabilities. The project utilized a series of five integrated studies, which involved students with severe intellectual disabilities and the teachers who serve them, to define the theoretical and methodological issues related to the performance of high intensity behavior, develop a comprehensive assessment model for assessing and treating behavior response classes, and provide empirical documentation of the efficacy of the model. The objectives, activities, products, and accomplishments of the project are described and charts detailing the project's evaluation plan and timetables are included. The report includes a research report on three experimental analyses conducted to assess the effects of different consequent stimuli on the rate of self-injurious behavior (SIB) and stereotypical behavior of two individuals with severe developmental disabilities and dual sensory impairments. Findings indicate that noncontingent presentation of the specially selected stimuli resulted in reduction in stereotypical and self-injurious behavior. A concept paper that outlines an emerging model for assessing and treating low frequency, high intensity problem behaviors and data charts are also attached. (The concept paper contains 96 references.) (CR)

1Boy Crusoe

By Allan Eric

Also published as" A Yankee Crusoe" . A 15 year old hard working and studious farm boy finds the lure of adventure on the seas as a merchant seaman more than he can resist. This is his story. " I was born in a little town in the State of Maine, near the close of the Civil War. My boyhood life did not differ materially from that of the average farmer's son in the remote country districts of New England--except, perhaps, that I read more and thought more. Hard work on the rugged soil, two terms each year in the little yellow country schoolhouse, a day's fishing now and then filled the early years of my life full to over-flowing. " What he gets is enough excitement and adventure to overflow his wildest dreams. How he experiences disaster and uses his wits and knowledge to overcome every problem makes for a great read. - Summary by Phil Chenevert