1. Editorial: Special issue on behavioral research

   • Eric Schopler

   EditorialNotes Pages: 311 - 314

2. Contrasting illness and behavioral models for the treatment of autistic children: A historical perspective

   • O. Ivar Lovaas

   OriginalPaper Pages: 315 - 323

3. Teaching functional speech to the severely handicapped: Current issues

   • Lori Goetz
   • Adriana Schuler
   • Wayne Sailor

   OriginalPaper Pages: 325 - 343

4. Teaching autistic children to use sign language: Some research issues

   • Edward G. Carr

   OriginalPaper Pages: 345 - 359

5. The simplest treatment alternative: The law of parsimony applied to choosing appropriate instructional control and errorless-learning procedures for the difficult-to-teach child

   • Barbara C. Etzel
   • Judith M. LeBlanc

   OriginalPaper Pages: 361 - 382

6. The effects of schedule of reinforcement on stimulus overselectivity in autistic children

   • Robert L. Koegel
   • Laura Schreibman
   • Richard Laitinen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 383 - 397

7. A food satiation and oral hygiene punishment program to suppress chronic rumination by retarded persons

   • R. M. Foxx
   • Mary Sue Snyder
   • Frederick Schroeder

   OriginalPaper Pages: 399 - 412

8. A behavior analysis approach to high-rate myoclonic seizures

   • Michael F. Cataldo
   • Dennis C. Russo
   • John M. Freeman

   OriginalPaper Pages: 413 - 427

9. Facilitating generalization of on-task behavior through self-monitoring of academic tasks

   • Jacqueline Holman
   • Donald M. Baer

   OriginalPaper Pages: 429 - 446

10. Book reviews

    • Donald K. Routh
    • Johannes Rojahn

    BookReview Pages: 447 - 451

11. Down's syndrome and early infantile autism: Diagnostic confusion?

    • Andrew D. Maltz
    • Eric Schopler

    Letters to the Editor Pages: 453 - 456

12. Acknowledgment

    Acknowledgments Pages: 457 - 457

13. Announcement

    Announcement Pages: 459 - 459