Behaviour Modification Approaches to Parenting By E.O. Mash, L.C. Handy, L.A. Hamerlynck (Eds.). Brunner-Mazel, New York, 1976, XVII + 254pp.; $13.50.

Abstract

cover 6 social event categories describing the behaviour of adults towards the target child, and 19 child behaviours grouped into 5 broad categories compliance-opposition, autistic (i.e. social withdrawal), play, work and social. All categories are clearly defined and the manual provides examples both of correct and incorrect usage. The manual makes clear the rules for coding categories simultaneously within intervals, but it is not clear whether the implicit hierarchical nature of some of the rules affects the relationships across categories.